Night #3 - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

This evening was far more special than the last three. My mother and her posse of ladies had all fallen in love with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. My friend Stacy from Bonas also is a big Grace Potter fan, so we all planned to meet at the 8x10 for a snazzy Thursday night full of music. It was an exicting evening for the band, who is from Vermont, not only had the sold out the 8x10 but was also filming for their first full length DVD. This was my mother's second time seeing the band live, her first being familiar with their music. I knew that "Joey" was her favorite tune so I asked the Nocturnals' bassist Bryan Dondero to add it to their set list, five songs later, "by request" "Joey" was played for my mom. Grace Potter, Scott Tournet and Bryan all came over and shook my mother's hand. Pretty neat audience participation I must say.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Artscape '06

This was a very special event for me. My mother, who is very hip and once booked Elton John and Loggings and Messina to play at University of Dayton in the early 70's, had about heard enough of my rock 'n roll adventures. So I had told her about hottie Grace Potter and the Nocturnals post All Good Festival. I assured her that this was a band she would enjoy and unlike my other favorites they were all rock 'n roll with a tinge of jam. On this exceptionally hot day in July, my mother and I went downtown and sat on the grass, drank microbrews and listened. Mom fell in love with Grace and the Nocts' music, afterwards we spoke to Grace, I bought Mom her CD "Nothing But The Water" and had Grace sign it. My mother listened to it often, eventually picking the tune "Joey" as her favorite. This story will become more substantial in September.