Dave Matthews Band

We had a fantastic time at the Dave Matthews Band concert this past Saturday at Cricket Pavilion. The temperature outside was 108 degrees when we pulled into the parking lot but at least the sun was setting. Later on during the concert, the clouds rolled in and a refreshing light rain fell over the crowd. Coupled with the breeze, it felt a LOT better than it did when the concert first began. We had pretty good seats -- the first row of seats just outside of the "tin roof" covered area, so we could see well.

The biggest highlight of the evening for me was getting to watch Jeff Coffin play with Dave Matthews Band. LeRoi Moore, the original saxophone player (and one of the founding members of Dave Matthews Band) died this past Tuesday from complications due to an ATV accident back in June. Jeff Coffin stepped in to help tour with the band while LeRoi was recovering. I was thrilled to get to hear Jeff Coffin play again -- in my book, he's the best saxophone player in the world.

Now if I can only manage to catch Bela Fleck and the Flecktones sometime this decade. They're playing at the end of November in Hawaii, so I was thinking of flying down to visit family and catching the concert at the same time.