Shawn Mullins @ Variety Playhouse
Had my friend Neida email me about a concert that Shawn Mullins was going to have on the Saturday after Thanksgiving at the Variety Playhouse and was wondering if anyone wanted to go. I have one of Shawn’s CD’s and have always been a fan of his music. I thought it was cool that he started out in Atlanta and was still living in the Decatur area. I had always meant to buy his other CD’s but had never gotten around to it.
Neida knows I’m a fan of acoustic artists and we’ve been trying for years to go see Edwin McCain in concert, but haven’t ever been able to go. Something had always conflicted with the night he was in concert. I had tickets once to see Edwin in Connecticut, when I lived up there, but it happened to fall on the weekend that my Dad was going to be in NJ for his High School Reunion. So I decided to drive down and see my Mom and Dad that weekend and ended up giving away my tickets to the concert. No one in my family ever came to visit me when I lived in Chicago, NJ or CT, so I thought it would give me an opportunity to at least show my parents were I once lived and worked when I was in NJ. Plus my dad being an only child and his parents dieing when I was young, he hasn’t ever told us much about growing up in NJ. I figured this would be a great opportunity to find some things out.
Anyway, I’ve strayed from the subject, which is my inclination to do.
So a group of us met up for dinner and headed over to the Variety Playhouse in Little 5 points to see Shawn. I’ve been to several concerts in Atlanta, but I had never been to the Variety Playhouse. The venue is different. It’s set up like a movie theatre but there are seats with tables on the sides, with normal theatre seats in the middle. Evan McHugh opened the show. When Shawn came out, it was just him, which seemed strange because there were instruments set-up all over the stage. He played a few songs by himself. Then he had an intermission. After a 15 minute break, he came out with his full band. The show was unbelievable. Shawn truly is the prolific singer/storyteller and was amazing alone and with his band. I can’t believe I only paid $20 for the concert. It was more than worth it. They were video taping the show, so hopefully it’ll show up on DVD and I can see it again.
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