Skeletons of Steel

Unless you've recently met me, or do know me and have been hiding in a closet for the last few years, you'd probably know that Dallas Green of City and Colour is my favorite musician.  I've found a joy in sharing his music (something that is very near and dear to my heart) to people who have never heard of him.  I've probably listened to his album 'Sometimes' more than anyone else, and probably more than any other album I own.  Over the last couple of years I've had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with him through our mutual friends.  Those times being some of the best I can recall, and will remember for the rest of my life.  The highlight of them all would be him playing Sam Malone for me in the summer of 2007.  At this time Dallas had never played any solo shows in California.  That being the case, he was nice enough to  play a song for me of my request.  Best part about it, the only people around were the two of us.  Truly one of the best moment of my life.  Getting to know Dallas a bit has only enriched his music for me.  He's one of the more genuine people I've been around.

Since that summer, he's played LA a few times.  Each time he comes back around he sells out a larger venue.  It's nice to see the progress of his music being spread here.  It also comes with the frustration of bigger crowds, which entails more people talking during his set.  He played in Hollywood this weekend.  I was especially excited for this show not only for his set, but to see everyone else I knew that would be going as well.  I love that music brings so many people together.  To make things even better, Cancer Bats were in town and their show had been cancelled, so they came as well.  Talk about Canadian overload!

City and Colour's set couldn't have been any better.  Adding the twist of a live band with songs I've listened to religiously as just acoustic made me feel like I was discovering the songs for the first time all over again.  He played every song as if I would have written the set list myself with the addition of a couple new songs (which were amazing!)



The night ended on a high note.  Vagrant threw an after party with a delicious taco bar.  Said my goodbyes to everyone with hopes of seeing them all soon.  Both Cancer Bats and Alexisonfire should be back sometime around May.  That's what I'm hearing, and keeping my fingers crossed on.