Day Four: Brooks Center Arts. Denver, CO

We woke up to a beautiful day in Colorado on Saturday and cruised down to Boulder to catch up with some friends for lunch and a hike. We had an amazing afternoon with Tim, Carrie and Mariah and her dog Indie before cruising in to Denver for an early show at Brooks Center Arts -- an underground teahouse in the basement of the Brooks Center for Spirituality. Our friend Laura Goldhamer caretakes the place and was the host for this show, which was an all ages Potluck / Concert / Art Show. And a pretty epic one at that. Laura didn't play tonight, but she's rad and you should look her up on myspace for sure. And what a giant heart she has. Oh my oh my.

The art opening was for local artist Paul Langway, who's art is behind Lisa in this picture. All in all, this show was a pretty epic community gathering with lots of rad people hanging out and helping, and all the other bands that played were fantastic. Tap & Kramer kicked the night off. We followed. Then Magic Circles. Then Zebra Junction. Then The Lisps (brooklyn, ny). Then Paper Bird. It was a fairly eclectic evening, but everyone was solid and super nice, and thus it all worked great together. We had an amazing time and were so thankful to be a part of such a great show and gathering of good people. On all levels. Reminded us of our history of potlucks with great friends and solid community gatherings in general. Had a very Moscow, ID vibe for us. Thus, it felt very much like home. Helped that we had some good friends there. What a blessing on tour.

Definitely check out all those artists that played. All worthy of your time. Really fantastic stuff. Here's a little video clip of the end of Paper Bird's set, and the end of the evening. A little glimpse into how special of a night it was... they played totally unplugged to a hushed crowd.




Reporting via satellite as we drive through Nebraska for all of us Finn Rigginses.
--g:/bert