Can't Complain

Last night (Tuesday) I went to my first Nickel Creek concert at the LC Pavilion down in Columbus. There have been at least 2 other NC concerts over the past few years that I have intended to go to but missed; for the first one I couldn't find anyone to go with, and for the second I was having my first night of one of my first grad school classes at the same time as the concert. (If it had been later, clearly I would have bailed on library school in a heartbeat in favor of an awesome concert. Live and learn.)

Anyway, last night's concert was pretty much perfect. It was unbearably hot and humid all day (heat index in the low 100s) and threatened to storm, but when the concert started a strong breeze kicked up and not one drop of rain came down the whole time. The music was great. They played several of my favorite songs and did a couple of things that were new to me. One of the highlights was the hilarious "If You're Gonna Leave Me (Set Me Up With One of Your Friends)," including sweet lines like "Who'm I gonna take to the Grammys? Who'm I gonna make out with when I win? If you're gonna leave me, set me up with one of your friends." My other favorite moment was when the bassist clogged/tap-danced as percussion during one of the songs. That was awesome. Even the parts of the concert with Fiona Apple were really good. I hadn't listened to any of her music in a LONG time, so I didn't know most of her songs, but they did some great covers and a bluegrass version of Criminal. Nickel Creek was onstage playing during Fiona's parts of the concert, so I really couldn't have asked for more.

The only con, I think, was that people kept randomly screaming for Fiona. It seemed like there were a good number of people there just to see her, and a few of those people were kind of disrespectful to Nickel Creek. That got on my nerves because A.) it was pretty clear to me that it was mostly an NC concert with Fiona as a special guest, and B.) don't be rude, assholes.

Finally, I got some pretty good pictures since we were in the second row (SECOND ROW!!). They're not perfect since obviously it was dark and my camera's kind of a POS, but you get the idea. Check 'em out: concert pics.