Not just another House Concert... Pittsburgh, PA

Ok, we actually arrived early for this one.  Had time to do laundry before sharing a great meal cooked by our generous hosts, Ben and Francine.  The house concert was in their house and before showtime, the porch filled up with local hipsters and lovers of all kinds of music.  Among the crowd was a journalist who wrote up a great blurb for us in the City Paper.  Check it out!  http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/archive.cfm?type=Music%20Previews&action=getComplete&ref=2469

I like house concerts because they're less informal, if you want them to be.  We have an informal approach anyway, so it's a perfect place for a Wilders show (besides the Big Stages that we are starting to enjoy, too).  I'm just saying I like house concerts.  If Ike breaks a string (which he did), I feel comfortable doing the kind of things I do solo.  If we end up playing all the big stages we want, I will still want to play house concerts too and not just for that reason.  Especially if the house concerts are like this one!

It was a real good time overall.  After the show, it turned into an after party.  We enjoyed beer from our hosts (well, some during the show too), a local flavor called Steel City.  Real good and in cool bottles, like Red Stripes that got tall.  The party was full of good company, good conversation, and jamming (our host Ben can really sing that country music!).  Yours truly did not jam that night, instead opting to accept an invitation for an awesome scooter ride across the river (Ohio, or Monongahela, hard to keep it straight where there are Three Rivers [as in the stadium]).  And I wore a helmet, don't worry, as did my Expert driver (Top Notch driving, thanks Cap'n America). 

Now that was a good time.