Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
My friend and I stopped by the free Grace Potter show — Yes, I’m emphasizing the word free to preserve my dignity — and we went for selfish Potter related reasons, since my companion shares the name.
But it was not without its charms.
Foremost, I was pleased to see a black teen and his brother betray their race play some mean air guitar, along with the Nocturnals no less. That’s equivalent to advanced Guitar Hero, no?
The couple that was feeling Grace for real, that picked up everything she put down, well they stood right in front of me, flaunting moves they hadn’t busted since Def Leppard 1991, when they were freshman at Babson.
But nothing pleased me more than the man who looked like Willie Nelson on his fifth bennie. Clad in head to shin blue plaid — long sleeve button down and jams — and flesh colored crew socks, he noodle danced the night away.
In the end It was kind of magical, as the sun went down and the air cooled and the Bank of America employees came out to hear some music… standing in the crowd with my Potter, watching them watch their Potter, on a summer night in NYC.
