During our first summer at Camp Michigania, we met a very nice family from Mendham County, NJ who kindly invited us to a concert at their house. We appreciated the invite and the many others that followed thru the subsequent years, but for one reason or another we never drove out there. This year yet another invite came and as fate would have it, Ms. S. and her camp friends were invited to a bat mitzvah the same night less than 7 miles from the Sager's house. So last night, through the wild rainstorm, we finally made it to one of their parties!
Needless to say, and as we expected, it was super to be there! They had their friend from Austin play. He goes by the name of Matt, the Electrician and he is playing at The Living Room tonight in NYC.
We could only stay for the first set, but we really liked his lyrics, bought his CD and played it for the girls in the car on our ride home to NYC. I particularly liked the song he wrote for his son Arlo about food and the track For Angela about customer service at Walmart.
Dave and Megan, thanks for introducing us to Matt's music. We realized the drive is not so bad and worth enduring to come out to one of your parties. Keep the invites coming, we'll be there!
***This is the third time I have seen a concert at someone's home and it is really quite special and unique. Small, intimate and supportive of the musician.
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