a beautiful boy,
and his guitar.

an amazing voice,
and killer wit.

i fell in love.


matt nathanson was amazing last night. and fish and his cello almost brought a tear to my eye more than once. he did a prince cover that brought the crowd to life. granted he didn't play my favorite song of his, bent, but i can forgive him for that. matt seemed to love every second that he was on stage. and he ate up each and every single laugh the audience was more than willing to give back to him. he had an elaborate lie prepared to introduce almost every one of his songs. and then with the slightest smirk he'd cave and announce that it was really just another song about getting screwed over by a girl. gavin degraw was good as well, but matt was simply a hard act to follow. i just never felt that gavin got the crowd to the same level of excitement that matt seemed to do so easily. true i did eventually warm up to gavin, but it took several songs before i felt that i was enjoying what i was hearing. gavin's cover of let's get it on was brilliant, but i still felt a little let down with having him as the second act. i think that gavin's voice, which shines on his cd, got a little drowned out in the loudness of the full band. whereas matt only had a guitar and a cello to compete with, allowing his strong and beautiful voice to shine and at times sound heartbreakingly haunting. overall it was a great show, probably in my top ten. along with my first howie day show, the crows in columbus and tonic's acoustic performance (which is still my number one) just to name a few. definitely worth checking out if they hit your area. i just wish they'd do a little revision with the lineup. they mentioned a few times that it was a co-headlining tour, i just think they should put the stronger performer on second.