Ok it's alright with me...

Except it was way better than alright...it was more like flipping awesome. We went and saw Eric HUNKFEST Hutchinson last Thursday night at the Bluebird Theatre after eating some yummy dinner at Goosetown Tavern.

The venue was much like Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh in that it had the stadium floor with upstairs seating and a small mosh pit area up front. The show began promptly at 8:00 with a new artist, Matt Hires, who I believe has recently been signed, but if he hasn't, he most definitely will be soon! Holy cow! It was just him and his guitar and I just fell in love with his voice...and him of course.

Not a very good shot of him...a little dark as my camera has been acting up...but he was so cute and so amazing on stage. His voice reminds me of Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows and he really captured the audience, both with his music and looks so with that said, be on the lookout for Mr. Matt. And sorry ladies...he is taken...not by me :(...but by someone called a wife, which was honestly a bummer because he didn't wear his ring while he played, but it was most definitely on after the show when he was signing CD's. I thought there would be a chance...

Anyway, Meaghan Smith took the stage next for her 5 songs and she was really good as well. It made me really appreciate Eric even more for bringing along two incredible opening acts, even if they were only able to play a couple of songs. Her music is rather hard to describe, which isn't a bad thing, but it was a little folky/jazzy/indie. One of the songs she played though was on One Tree Hill last night so you know she is on the rise :).


And then...the moment I had been waiting for...Eric Hutchinson came on and wow! He was even better and funnier than he was at Mile High!

I swear I would love to just hang out with this guy. He is so geeky yet witty, often making fun of his album or a song or just himself. Nonetheless, you can tell that he absolutely loves what he does and is so appreciative of all of his fans. I noticed that every time someone would raise their camera to take a picture, he would try to make eye contact with the camera (although that was not the case with me of course). That is just freaking awesome if you ask me!

He played most of his album with two new songs (next album will also be very good) and even covered the oldie 'My Girl' with a break into 'Ignition' by R Kelly. Unbelievable!!!

As you can see above, he got a little hot and sweaty with his jacket on and it had to come off...but what you cant see in the picture below is that the guy playing the drums, also had a tambourine he was responsible for.

So in case I cannot find a job here in Denver, I think I am going to reach out to him to see if he would like some help with that tambourine. What do yall think? I mean surely I am capable of that!

Anyway, this was probably one of the best shows I have been to in awhile and I cant believe that for 15.00 I was able to hear 3 terrific acts. I would have paid double that if I knew how good it was going to be!

Oh and as for HUNKFEST...I think it was a total joke on his part. Seeing his personality and hearing him talk about the reasonings for some of his lyrics makes me believe there is still hope for me :).