Our Magical, Surreal "Big Country Day!" - Part 2

Tom initially wanted both of the boys to get to see his opening act for Big Country, but we decided that it would be better to leave Dylan at home with our trusty babysitter. I was afraid he'd see his Daddy out of his reach up on the stage and would start crying and wailing "Da-Da!" So I took Evan as my date.
                                    

 

Me: "Evan, are you excited about seeing your Daddy up on the big stage?"  Evan: "YEAH!! Um, what's a stage?"

A hilarious picture Tom took of Derek (the bassist), Bruce, and Jamie outside the Tally Ho. Their crew is a bit bare-bones, but do they really have to spell their own name out on the marquee? :)

 

                                 

 

The band gave us free VIP passes which allowed us to sit in the balcony and have a great, unobstructed view of the stage, but as soon as we got up there, Evan said he was scared and didn't like those seats. So we went back down and sat at the table right up front near the stage. Turns out we had a great up-close view of Tom.

 

 

He did SUCH A GREAT JOB! He played a few of the more obscure Big Country songs that won't get played live by the band on this tour, but were big crowd pleasers for the die-hards in the audience, and he also played a few of his excellent original songs. He sounded great and I was so very proud of him. Here's the link to full video of his performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNAoX4HnDVA&feature=youtu.be