indigo girls… let me walk you through it

Last night, we saw the Indigo Girls at Chastain, and it was awesome. They deliver like no other band, seriously. It is like popping in one of their CD’s, and just sitting around listening to it with 100’s of other people. It was great.

As expected, there were tons of other gays and lesbians around, so the atmosphere was so welcoming, that it was practically palpable in the air. The cute lesbians next to us (Ashley and Victoria) were fun to be next to; it was obvious from the beginning that they were there to have a great time.

The concert was wonderful. They started off with “Yield”, from the CD Become You (which just happens to be the ringtone that I have for when James calls… so needless to say, I was pretty excited to hear it). The entire concert was played with an acoustic vibe, with most of the playing being done by only Amy, Emily, or the combo of the two. They just had a ton of guitars that they had someone bring out to them after each song (my assumption is that they were tuned differently), and jammed their hearts out; and you could tell that they were really performing at their best.

Needless to say, I absolutely love the indigo girls, and I had a great time. James had an awesome time. The people around us were dancing, singing, and having a blast. All in all, I would go see them, pretty much any time, again in the future. The best thing about the concert was just being outside, in the beautiful night, sharing wonderful music with so many people, just like us. It was a very loving environment, and you could feel the sense of community. I loved it.

I wanted to give you a taste of how great they were, so check out these clips I got of the song “Winthrop”, which is off of their new Rarities CD… and is amazing. (right click to download)
Winthrop 1 (about 10mb)
Winthrop 2 (about 10mb)

I also took some photos, but most of them were blurry. I will try and post them at some point in the near future. The one above was one of the best ones that I was able to take.