(Terri Simpson, Mike Lucas and Randy Cook at Mike's studio last week)Getting ready for this Patsy Cline tribute concert at the Virginia Historical Society this Friday night has been an adventure that I'd take nothing for. To get such dedicated and enthusiastic work out of our amazing musicians has been a true joy to witness and I just hope we'll have a big crowd to pay them off with our cheers and applause. Brad Spivey and his woodshedding honky tonkers with keyboard ringer Lucy Kilpatrick have spent their weekly rehearsals for the past two or three months learning this often tricky material, and the last two weeks' run-throughs with singers Kelli Moss, Sara Arthur and Terri Simpson have been a real thrill. I hesitate to say too much more, especially with Jimmy & Donna Dean coming to go over their stuff tonight, but if you're a fan of the the American classics made popular by Winchester's ambitious, courageous and pioneering girl singer, you need to be at VHS on the 4th. The concert caps a day long symposium entitled "Sweet Dreams...The Life and Times of Patsy Cline" You can do the whole day with lunch included or just the concert. Call 804.358-4901 for reservations.
Sadly we're up against extraordinary guitarist David Grier at Ashland Coffee and Tea and Hot Tuna's Jorma Kaukonen at the National, but as our musical options grow in this town, so do the frustrations that on any given night, chances are you're missing something good.
Just get out and hear some of this live music in town. Or check wonderful art galleries teeming with folks for First Friday along West Broad downtown. If you haven't been, you'll be blown away.
TT
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