Hello Friends and Neighbors!
I'm making my grand comeback after what seems like years of non blogging. Did you miss me? I missed you.
I feel that my place of employment has not taken a center stage (you'll get the pun in a moment) in my writings and that really needs to change.
I work at a local arts and entertainment venue called One Longfellow Square. I've been here for nearly two years, which is nearly as long as the place has been open; working as a bartender and more recently as an all around office chameleon. The fact of the matter is, One Longfellow Square has changed the way I listen to music. The quality of the music that comes to our venue is consistently high caliber; be it Blue Grass or Blues Guitar, your ears will go home smiling. There are people that claim to listen to everything then follow up with a list of exceptions. I am legitimately a person with the ability to enjoy most everything with a beat or melody (...except reggae... HA!) and have developed an acute appreciation for really great tunes.
In my time here I've seen Burlesque Dancers, John Hammond (amongst other blues legends and up-and-comers), and ummm... RICHIE HAVENS. I'm extra grateful for the ones I wouldn't have known otherwise: Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Brave Combo, The Wiyos, The Low Anthem, Stephane Wrembel, there are just too many to rattle off. The experience of seeing an artist you love (or grow to love) in an intimate setting (with a beautiful cocktail in hand) is certainly not one to miss.
The point that I've been working my way up to making involves a tune you've all heard on the radio. Every time it has come on lately my insides start swelling with pride. And then I start singing along...
That's right folks, right here in Portland, Maine: Pure Prairie League. In what is soon to be your favorite venue, with 199 of your new closest friends, with a cocktail in hand, coming up this Thursday 9/10/09.
Tickets are $45, but if you call in and mention "Lucy's Blog" you can save $5 per ticket (up to 4 tickets, only by phone). You really don't want to miss this, and as an added bonus you'll be visiting me at the bar!
So Amie, whatchu wanna do? (207) 761-1757
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I wholeheartedly agree that One Longfellow Square is awesome. I've been exposed to such a wide variety of music in the shows I've seen there, and all of it has been quality. I haven't seen a show I haven't enjoyed. Everyone should definitely check it out!
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