if he wants to rock he rocks ...

I can't believe I didn't blog about this when it happened ... last week I won tickets to an Eric Hutchinson concert by calling into the radio. I was listening to Y98, when all of a sudden I heard something about a concert and "Call Now to Win!" So I dialed--without really knowing what I was calling for--and won.

The "concert" was today, at 1:00 in the afternoon (That's probably why no one else was calling in for tickets ...) But the set-up was very cool. It was one of the station's "Studio 98" events--where every month they bring in an artist to play a few songs and answer questions from the crowd. I don't think they sell tickets for this--they only give a few away over the radio and their website.

So today, about 50 people took a lunch break to hear Eric Hutchinson play at the Bottleneck Blues Bar in St. Charles. Or, as Eric said when he came out, "So how does this work? Do you all just say you have a dentist appointment?" John came with me, since we seminarians have little else going on during our two-week fall break.

I had never heard of Hutchinson before last week, but I was impressed. The guy was laid back, pretty talented, comfortable on stage, and threw in enough sarcasm to keep the performance interesting.

I'm not sure what my favorite part was. Maybe the 50 year old women in the front row hitting on him during the question/answer period? No, that's probably not it. But it was a good time. And now I have that song stuck in my head. Go to his website and you'll hear what I mean ...