As mentioned in the previous post, my big sister Sally (and entourage) was visiting and expressed a hope that there'd be a fun folk concert for us to see. As it turned out, the great Darrell Scott was playing Passim on October 15th, the night before they had to leave, and I was able to get tickets to the early show for 8 of us! This promised to be a lot of fun.
And it sure was. Sarah and I hung out at home during the day and then met the other 6 usual suspects in Palmer Street at 6:00 exactly, after parking on the Cambridge Common. We had some great conversation and a fine, eclectic meal with good beer and wine. Hit the bathroom right before showtime and of course had a few words with Darrell as he was waiting to go on, charmingly nervous and polite.
He opened on a wonderful-sounding acoustic and switched to a growling electric guitar for some tunes, and a bright electric piano for a few others. He mostly stuck to his originals, which are as good as it gets, he's a fantastic song writer. I was hoping for some of his "hits" but was not disappointed at all when he stuck to his newer stuff, as a good artist should.
I was more than delighted when he called for Cambridge country-folk veteran Sandy Martin to join him on bass and vocals. She sang a great cover of Neil Young's Harvest Moon, and then they played John Lincoln Wright's Rockabilly Man!!! I was in heaven.
He finished the set with a singalong of The Man Who Could Have Played Bass For Sha Na Na, and encouraged us to stick around for the late show. I wished I could have, but we had plans and headed home. A really great show!
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