Micky always jokes about HEAD, and asks the audience if they know what it's about, and if they can explain it to him. It always gets a laugh. But at the most recent set of shows done by him and Mike, there was a lovely deep dive into HEAD-which in and of itself feels like a good happy/high-low point in the whole journey. Beauty-diving in, being in over yr head, near-death, rebirth, mermaids rescuing you-feeling suspended in a very specific moment. That's the amazing experience that happens when I'm watching and listening-I get transported to my past self-but I'm very in the now.
I was lucky to catch some of the last few concerts. Boston (Medford) and NYC (The Beacon). These were the rescheduled events from last year, postponed due to Mike's cardiac incident-and a perfect confluence of other emotional days. Peter's passing on Feb 21, the anniversary of Davy (Feb 29, 2012 for the record), and on the upside-Micky's Bday on March 8.
After all these years of attending shows, including Shoe Suede Blues, the previous reunions and incarnations, this felt like a great reunion of sorts for all of the fans-at least all of the familiar faces I saw in the audience.
And the show's set list was a love letter to the fans-alternating the big hits with more obscure yet well loved songs. I can't believe Micky seemed to miss a few lines from some Clarksville, but I was amazed at how Door Into Summer is a song about ME as a grownup business person.
I ran into Eric Lefkowitz after the show, who said he felt old. If anything, I feel rejuvenated-I feel like I had just dived into something timeless-a way to preserve & relive the memories and still be rescued by the mermaids.
I was lucky to catch some of the last few concerts. Boston (Medford) and NYC (The Beacon). These were the rescheduled events from last year, postponed due to Mike's cardiac incident-and a perfect confluence of other emotional days. Peter's passing on Feb 21, the anniversary of Davy (Feb 29, 2012 for the record), and on the upside-Micky's Bday on March 8.
After all these years of attending shows, including Shoe Suede Blues, the previous reunions and incarnations, this felt like a great reunion of sorts for all of the fans-at least all of the familiar faces I saw in the audience.
And the show's set list was a love letter to the fans-alternating the big hits with more obscure yet well loved songs. I can't believe Micky seemed to miss a few lines from some Clarksville, but I was amazed at how Door Into Summer is a song about ME as a grownup business person.
I ran into Eric Lefkowitz after the show, who said he felt old. If anything, I feel rejuvenated-I feel like I had just dived into something timeless-a way to preserve & relive the memories and still be rescued by the mermaids.
