This isn't the most unusual, but it was different. Summer 2008 at the Botanical Gardens in Denver. The audience was seated on their own chairs in a circle around a stage that was down in the center of a magnificent lawn surrounded by exquisite gardens. The band appeared, entered from above, and walked, single file, down a long path to the stage, followed almost immediately by Gordon, unescorted. It was about 7 pm, broad daylight, beautiful August evening, elegant setting, yet it had quite a different feel from the usual entrance in the dark with the lighting controlled. The five players looked like what they are . . . troubadours, walking in our midst. To work.
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