Collective Soul

I got an email Monday morning informing me that I'd won two passes to a KFOG Private Concert with Collective Soul. Even better, the show was in the PlaySpace, KFOG's little performance venue/recording studio, so there would only be 20 or 30 people there! After some exculpatory emailing to determine if babies were welcome (they were, mostly), we headed up to the city Wednesday for a long lunch and Evan's first studio show.

Here's the picture we got with the band after the show was over:

From left to right, that's me, Joel Kosche (lead guitarist), Evan, Steph, and Ed Roland (lead singer/guitarist).

It was just the two guys, their acoustic guitars, and 20 or so Fogheads (KFOG listeners), and that's it! It was a really neat experience. Unfortunately, since they record the shows for possible later release they didn't want Evan to be in the actual studio (that's what I meant when I said babies were "mostly" welcome), but he and Steph got to sit in the control room adjoining the studio and watch the show from there. As you can see in the photo, Evan liked the show so much that he fell asleep (which is really about the highest compliment a baby can pay -- the music was so harmonious he drifted off). Both Ed and Joel were very friendly (in addition to the photo we talked with Ed and his wife for a few minutes about kids and baby carriers), as was everyone involved... we had a great time.

== May 3rd, 2008 ==

KFOG posted videos of two of the songs Collective Soul performed on YouTube, "Hollywood" and "Shine".