One of our favorite things to do is going to small concerts at intimate venues. Our favorites are Tyrone Wells and Brett Hite, we have been going to their shows since we met and I had been going for years before that. I was so lucky Brandon had Brett Hite play at our proposal, check it out here:
Astra and Brandon Proposal 4-17-11 It was one of the best days of my life!
Both of these artists are from Spokane, WA. Its kinda hard to find artists like these unless you go to their shows. We always love who Brett Hite and Tyrone Wells has open for them because we always find new artist to follow like Anthony Hall, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers and Hot Bodies in Motion, just to name a few. We haven't been to a show on the road yet and we just figured we wouldn't unless we got lucky and they were playing back home when we happened to be there. It was pretty bittersweet when I knew Tyrone was playing at the Knitting Factory and we weren't there and when Brett Hite was playing at Gonzaga and we weren't there. Those were "our things", we would have been there in a heartbeat!
I found out Tyrone Wells would be playing TWO nights in Denver in March and I wanted to buy tickets so bad. With the apprenticeship though you can't commit to anything because as soon as you do, you'll get moved. So I waited until the Monday before the shows and bought our tickets, hoping they hadn't sold out. Luckily enough they hadn't and we got to go! We decided to make a day of it and spend the day in Denver. I was so excited, I had had my outfit picked out for a week, with the perfect shoes! Its March in Colorado, its supposed to be spring now. Wednesday I was running in 55 degree weather and it was 70 in Denver! Saturday morning we wake up to a blizzard and inches of snow. Brandon says to me "if we had ANYTHING else planned we would not be going, we should not be on the roads" but he knew we had to go so we did. I had to change my outfit a little....mainly my shoe choice, but I made do and still got to wear heels :)
Always sneaking pictures of me! |
Brett Young |
The second opener was Brendan James and he was a completely different sound then Brett and Tyrone but had a wonderful voice too. He played his whole set at the keyboard and he is so good!! He was very funny in his story telling and his lyrics were so real. They were about real life, things you can truly relate to. He had a passion and a love in his songs that is unique. We will definitely be watching out for him too.
Brendan James |
Tyrone was wonderful as well. It was different not seeing Mark Chipello on the drums anymore but life happens and people move on. Tyrone had a really fun and entertaining set as always and it brought back so many memories. Each song sparks a memory and it was so special getting to do "our thing" with my love in a new city. Now we have new memories to attach to those songs as well.
Tyrone Wells |
17 Weeks 2 Days and baby can hear outside sounds! 1st concert:) |
Love that you've gotten to do and experience comfortable things in a new environment. You have inspired me to find a church, which is something we still haven't done, in our new locations.
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