July 17 2008: Richard Shindell, Caroline Herring - Energy Park, Greenfield MA

Caitlin and I drove up for dinner at the Pint to be followed by a free Richard Shindell gig. The skies were blue and not too hazy and there was a hot air balloon floating around. Hard to beat an evening like that. Caitlin had never seen Shindell before, and I'd never seen him with a band. It was fun. He opened with "The Last Fare of the Day," which was the best tune of the evening, did that Jeffrey Foucault tune that he does, and a few of those painfully sincere tunes that he likes to do.

Drew found us about halfway through the set, dressed up like he'd come straight from work. Which he had. People who work sure are interesting. Always having to be places.

The Encore was Dylan's "She Belongs to Me" with Caroline Herring (whose set we caught the last couple tunes of) and Mark Erelli (whose set we missed entirely due to getting that second round at the Pint) on a verse apiece. Good times.