You’re my favorite song
I just wanna sing along
You’re my favorite song
I just wanna sing along
Favorite Song O.A.R.
It is with great pride that we announce that we are expecting another little boy in November! We have spent this summer trying to instill in our unborn son the joy of music just like his brother! We love seeing concerts and we are fortunate here in Florida to have some great shows during the summer. So far this year we have seen:
June 9th: Hootie and the Blowfish with Barenaked Ladies in Tampa
This was a great show. Hootie and the Blowfish are one of my wife’s favorite groups, and I got her tickets to this show for Christmas this year. We had a great show by both bands and by the lightning before, during, and after this show. We enjoyed hearing the hits by both bands.
June 15th: O.A.R. with American Authors and the Huntertones in St. Augustine
This was also an amazing show. I have been a fan for quite a while, but only started going to see them in concert a few years ago. My first show was in 2016 right before I left Virginia to come to Florida (and in fact I decided to drive to Richmond at the last minute when my call night the night prior went so well). I have enjoyed them ever since and try to see them when they come to town.
They actually were playing in St. Petersburg closer to us, but it was during the week, so we made a road trip out of it and we went up to St. Augustine to hear them play. That amphitheater is small but it is really nice. If anyone is thinking about going this year, I would definitely get there in time to hear the Hunterones who are amazing. Check out their Queen Mashup if you want a taste! American Authors will always have a special place in my heart because the #1 song when my son was born was “Best Day of My Life.” Sadly this year during the show the plague had already started to affect me so I could not sing along with any of the songs.
July 7th: The Goo Goo Dolls in Tampa
I have always wanted to see the Goo Goo Dolls–more so when I learned they are from Buffalo, NY (I spent 2 years doing my fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute). While we were on my “staycation”, we decided to go to see them along with Train thinking we would easily be over the plague by the time it rolled around. I was finally feeling ok, but my wife was still not quite right. We stayed for the opening act and for Goo Goo Dolls, but we had to leave before Train took the stage. We love seeing Train, but it was just not meant to be this year.
July 26th/27th: Dave Matthews Band in West Palm Beach
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love the Dave Matthews Band. I have been seeing shows since 2002. These are the 31st and 32nd shows I have seen and while that may seem like a lot, I know people way further to the right on the bell curve than I am. We love going to these shows because of the variety. I have seen 32 shows in 6 states and a show in Toronto, Ca. In West Palm Beach we heard 40 different songs over the two nights we were there (the only repeat for the two nights was Come Tomorrow). We even got a guest on night two. Oteil Burbridge came on to play bass guitar on #41. He was amazing. Thank you dmbalmanac.com for keeping track of my statistics.
If our son to be does not like music after this summer it is not from lack of trying!