Just another fabulous night with Todd Carey

This is a follow up to a post I did back in August after seeing Todd Carey play live for the first time. I was lucky enough to get to see him again tonight, and once again, he was fantastic!

When I found out I had a work meeting in Philadelphia, I decided to take a few extra days and originally planned to go to New York. However, when Todd announced his December tour and I saw this date in DC, I decided to take my extra days here. Todd and I tweeted back and forth after I posted that I got a ticket, and I was thrilled when he promised to play my favorite song...Photograph.

So, the weeks passed, and finally, I was headed East. I got to Philly on Wednesday, had my work stuff on Thursday and Friday, and then played in Philly on Saturday - checked out some Flyers hockey, which was fun...very different than the Sharks games I'm used to, but still good. No fights though, which was frankly, a little disappointing.

Anyway...this morning (Sunday) I boarded a train to DC. Before the concert, I actually had some other fun...toured the National Postal Museum and ran into an old friend from WVU in Union Station. We had fun catching up and then I came back to the hotel to rest up for the night.

My journey to The Red Palace - a very cool venue by the way - started fine. I got a cab, and despite the tone of the cab driver, we got on our way. About $4.00 in, I realized I'd left my ticket in the room. I nearly died. That is so unlike me! So, I asked him to take me back to the hotel, paid him, came back in, got the ticket, made a visit to the ATM and then got another cab. And oy. The second cab driver was seriously the slowest driver on the planet and took us down the world's worst road. I felt so car sick by the time I arrived that I had to get a Sprite to settle my stomach. But then they let us upstairs, and shortly thereafter, the music started.

The concert kicked off with Isaac Russell, someone I'd never heard of, but definitely enjoyed. Next came Josh Hoge (that's him in the photo to the left) and I'd heard a lot of his music and liked it, but hadn't seen him live. He was great! And funny! I will definitely see him again. Todd was the final act of the evening, and as usual, his music was great, and his stage presence fantastic. He played a couple of new tunes, a couple of really fun covers - including a crazy one of C-Lo's latest, and then played a number of old ones. But no Photograph. I was bummed, but figured it just didn't work with his set, and that was fine. It was all still so good!

Afterward, I went back and chatted with him for a long time at the merch booth, got a new picture taken, which yes, looks suspiciously like the last one, but whatever! When I told him I was bummed he didn't play Photograph, he offered to play it for me, and I honestly didn't think he was serious, but he said if I could hang out for a bit, he'd play it. I had absolutely no problem hanging out!

While he chatted with others, I met Josh and chatted with other Josh and Todd fans, and then the bartender said we had to go. I made my way back to Todd figuring Photograph wasn't going to happen, but I was incorrect. He said he'd do an abbreviated version for me, and I was more than good with that. He pulled out his acoustic and started to tune when Steph, the gal manning his merch table and probably more than that - she rocked too! - said she was already in trouble for not getting him out already. That's when he said, "Okay, let's go to the green room." So, we went to the green room, and he played Photograph for me, and OMG. It was freaking awesome, and I will never forget it.

Once again, Todd gave me a great night of music, and I only wish I could see him more often. As you might guess, I'm having a hard time getting to sleep. It's well after 1am here on the East coast, yet here I sit telling you all about my night of joy.

Todd, you completely rock!!

(Note: A few videos from the evening are posted here...enjoy!)