Life of Wry

Jim and I went to hear Duo Quartet tonight at the Odd Fellows Hall. Duo Quartet comprises two duo groups: Chris Webster & Nina Gerber, and Pam Delgado & Jeri Jones. When they all play together, they’re the Due Quartet. Plus a dog, who lay quietly in her doggie bed right on stage.

This is who I really wanted to see.. Nina and Chris.

Jim and I have heard Chris sing countless times, mostly at Home for the Holidays annual concerts (like, almost 20 of them) and a few Mumbo Gumbo events. Her voice is just buttery gorgeous. Nina accompanies a whole bunch of singers (the ones I know and have heard live are: Greg Brown, Kate Wolf, Lucy Kaplansky, Eliza Gilkyson). I just read on Nina’s website that she and Chris are performing twice this summer in Sac, just the two of them… might have to pitch that to Jim.

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Had a nice lunch at Tower Cafe this afternoon with Susan. A sad percentage of our lunch was taken up with fretful, angry conversation about the current president and all that he’s doing to tank the economy, topple the world order, strip us of our civil rights, rewrite and whitewash history… horror on every front. But it was good to see her and it’s always good to share perspectives on the politics of the day.