wow funny, cool lol quite a coincidence there Wes -sounds like time for Gordon to book a concert in Cleveland!
I sure didn't run into anyone from New England! At intermission a group of folks (mostly from TN, OK, Ala) were trying to guess my accent and were stumped. They thought -MI, MO, MN. Finally, one guy sheepishly said 'Boston'...close enough!
A guy seated in front of us -a Nashville songwriter, originally from Barre, ON. His friend (she gave me her email to send her pics, and I lost it
) is also a big fan of J. P. Cormier. Behind us...a guy who has been to 3 of Gordon's concerts and he said that last time Gordon was booked at the Ryman, was cancelled. Another guy told me that he's been to see Gordon every time he's had a concert in Nashville the past 30 years.
Walking around downtown before the concert was a blast! The Gruhn guitar store is nice and I tried out a few guitars there. We had dinner at the Big River Grille, which was packed. A couple of the street musicians were playing GL songs....and the one we went by at a corner close to the Ryman, was playing Sundown and telling passersby that Gordon would be performing that night at the Ryman.
I just loved walking by the bars and hearing the live music. All the TV's and radios -the Vanderbilt game. March madness, spring break. Was telling one lady at intermission, how much fun downtown is (she and her husband had driven @4 hours...they live out in the boonies in TN) told me to watch out for the hobos and that I need to be carrying a knife.