Sadie’s Birthday
Today was my daughter’s second birthday. She was in Nashville and I was in Kentucky. Bummer. We’re having a great time out here, but I’m sad I missed on the day. We’ll have a party for her when I get back home.
She’s pretty great and we’re blessed to have her in our family. She’s the life of the party, honestly one of the funniest people I know.
Andy P and I made everybody (who was still awake at 1 am) watch the first episode of Battlestar Galactica last night, and that was awesome. Hopefully we’ll be watching more tonight.
Oh, there were a bunch of home-schoolers in the gym at this church all day today, I’m not sure why. But it was a high of 35 degrees today so we couldn’t really go outside either, so no P.E. today. Guess we’ll have to do extra push-ups tomorrow.
All right, Cason, Ben, Andy G and Andy P are playing Speed Scrabble behind me and they need to be destroyed. By me.
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Last Night’s Songs:
Canada
Hold the Light
Tonight’s Songs:
New Beginning (for Sadie)
Hold the Light
December 5th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Hey man, the music sounds great. I met you at a show in Rocky Mount NC back in….97? or something. The Normals were playing with Silage and The Supertones…maybe Allstar United? You were real cool to me and spent probably 15 minutes talking guitar with me. I remember that you actually wrote out the chords for “everything” on a piece of paper for me.
I think you even emailed back and forth with me a few times it might have been your dad. We (some friends and I) were trying to find out info about recording music. i was in High School then… Now i’m 26 and am a Youth Minister in Greenville NC. I too have a 2 year old too. Silas is great.
The reason I’m writing is just to encourage you a little. Your music and skills have had a big influence on my musical style and process. So thanks.
God bless. Keep crankin out the tunes.
December 5th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Andy - Thanks for a great show in Lexington last night. I’ve been waiting a long time for you guys to come close and it was no disappointment
December 5th, 2008 at 9:51 am
We live in St. Louis and the closest show this year (I think) is the Ryman. Unfortunately we can’t make it - although for good reason - a new baby girl in our family!
Just wanted to say thanks for keeping your site updated with the tunes you’re playing every night. Reminds me of Springsteen, no 2 shows are ever the same. Although I doubt the E Street Band does PE before each show! In a way, their show is PE.
December 6th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Hey Andy!
It was great seeing you last night in Richmond. Great show; I always get chills when you bust out “…ancient and strong…” on the reprise. Good stuff.
December 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Andy,
While I’m sure Sadie was sad that you weren’t there, we were glad you were. The show was great tonight, and my buddy Stephen was really pumped that he got to talk pedal boards with you. Thanks not just for the amazing music but for your humble spirit!