ian moore and friends

…goodness gracious, this has been a busy week! and it’s only TUESDAY! i’ve even got cadence making phone calls for me, i’m so busy!

…last night, our fam went to the abbey pub to see our friend ian moore play a show…ian’s the one we visited for his son’s bday party on vashon island while we were out in seattle…it was an intimate show, although the room is pretty big, so it wasn’t very smoky at all, which was great cuz we could keep cadence with us during the whole show instead of taking turns going in and out of the music room…the only thing about the abbey is that the sound tends to be really loud, like ear-piercing loud…we made little ear plugs for cadence but she kept trying to take them out, which was hard for me to monitor since i had her slung to my back….she finally fell asleep halfway through ian’s set, and i just held her in front while sitting down and kept my hands over her ears…i think i better start looking for some baby ear muffs…

…anywho, sore eardrums aside, ian and his multi-instrumentalist kullen fuchs played an awesome set…i miss seeing his former tour buddy chris dye, but i have to say that kullen is the fastest trumpet draw you’ve ever seen…he’s literally singing harmony and playing the vibraphone one second, and a beat and a half later, he’s blowing that trumpet right on cue, on perfect pitch and clear as a bell…i couldn’t believe how long he held some of his notes without passing out from lack of oxygen…

…alana waters, a friend of ian’s who he always stays with, sang harmony on ‘wedding day’ and ‘kangaroo lake’ like she did at the uncommon ground show back in june…it was great to see her again…she’s really cool and sweet and also a mom!

…she was also nice enough to take a photo of us with ian…interestingly enough, after all these years, the only photo we’ve taken WITH ian as opposed to OF ian was in a photobooth at schubas…so i decided it was high time for a proper family photo with him…

…we also got to hang out with gary, ian’s chicago merchman extraordinaire…he introduced us to a beer we’d never heard of before…it’s from ireland and is called Smithwycks…ted says it’s kinda like a mix between guiness and newcastle…i wouldn’t know, but it tasted just fine to me…didn’t leave a bitter aftertaste at all…

…all in all, it was a lovely, all-be-it late, evening…we didn’t head home until close to midnight…cadence was great for the most part, even though she’s been pretending to be shy around folks she doesn’t see all the time…she did loosen up towards the end though, and she even gave her own little performance on the piano in the abbey pub music room…

…it was great to see ian play again…he did this version of will the circle be unbroken that would’ve sent chills up and down A.P. Carter’s spine…ian is one of those performers who you just have to see live…he’ll blow you away for sure…

tonight, he’s opening up for paul weller (lead singer in The Jam) at the vic…he put ted on the guest list, but i’m gonna stay home with cadence and recuperate from last night…ian is really excited to be doing this tour with paul, who is one of his idols…i’m sure it’ll be an amazing show tonight! and some lucky somebody will get to go with teddy instead of me!