An Evening of Music

I enjoyed a beautiful adventure this evening. I called up one of my girlfriends (the lovely Diana) and the two of us went on a quest for the Oasis Dance Studio in North Lincoln to see the wonderful and illuminating SJ Tucker a.k.a. S00j a.k.a. Skinny White Chick perform on one of her many stops on her drive across the big USA. I've been a big fan of S00j ever since I happened across a link to some of her music on a story-blog I frequent by one Alexandra Erin (whom I also had the pleasure of meeting this evening), and have been an addict ever since.

The concert, held in a small dance studio, was small but enthusiastic. A trio of bellydancers performed in the background as S00j performed her set, and even though I was aware of Ms. Tucker's vocal talents before, this live show absolutely blew me away. It is indeed hard to believe that such a loud, soulful, passionate voice can come out of one 'skinny white chick' playing a guitar. But it did, and it was spellbinding. She sang of dances, raccoons, ninjas (yes, really, streaking ninjas), owls and carnivals, each song jumping straight out of her heart and into ours.

Afterwards there were smiling faces all around; I got me a shiny signed CD (squee) and a big hug, with thank yous on both sides to go with it.



There it is; all signed just for me <3.



(As you can tell, I'm all dorkishly excited about it).

It was a wonderful experience; I'm definitely hoping the delightful s00j will wander back to Lincoln (or Omaha, or possibly even Kansas/Missouri :3) again in the near future. The show was a huge warm fuzzy blanket of positive energy after a not-so-awesome day. So thank you S00j; you give the rest of us Skinny White Chicks the hopes that someday we can be as inspirational and wondrous as you are, and will no doubt continue to be.

(Also, in case you readers missed that link to find out more about Ms. Tucker and her musical delights, here it is).

I'm off to bed now; more on music and writing tomorrow, with a shiny special update in the morning hours (hopefully anyhoo!) Night night!