On tuesday after my dancing class I talked to my dancing teacher for a while about what makes people interesting for us. We agreed about that it is someone's desire for and engagement in an interest no matter what it is, that makes a personality to take somewhat shape. He dances and plays music, because he wants to use the time in college to learn something else except from the formal education. After thinking about this for a while, some days ago I decided to learn playing the guitar. On the way to the Andy Irvine concert last night, I drove with Ali to buy a used guitar from someone in Eastern Hartford. I have a guitar. Now I just need to learn to play it...
The folk performance of Andy was awesome. We listened to beautiful ballads and many funny songs about crazy boozy evenings, played with guitar, mandolin and harmonika.
To give you an insight I seriously recommend that beautiful sad song "empty handed". It is about an immigrant farmer who has to tell his family that they are ruined...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOoh1w400fU
Who don't like the heart-warming ballad should check the very funny song "The Close Shave". It is about a man who see's everything twice when he gets drunk. So one evening he believes to go home with two beautiful women...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgrdzpJVDI&feature=related
I hope that I really got come to age now, because I have a feeling that this could happen to me one day completing the infinite number of antics!
After the Concert I drove with Ali to his hometown Middletown to attend the bar Eli Cannons having some cyders and a huge mountain of nachos with tons of cheese!
Being overeaten and sick we drove to Ali's house listening to Bob Dylan's epic Highway 61. Arriving there at 2 am, I got my first lession in music theory with writing down notes, scales, and chords on the backside on a monopoly game box. Finally, we watched a awesome Jazz documentary and fell asleep...It was the best sleep I have had for a long time resting even until 1 pm in contrary to my usual habits...
Ali, buddy, thank you for the great weekend!
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