Lisa’s brother got tickets for us to see Blues Traveler at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison on Saturday night. The thing about these guys that amazes me is that each “song” is actually a 20-minute set of songs, and their playing never lost its energy.
The opening act was a group called Carbon Leaf, who were also great. Their music (and lead singer) reminded me a lot of R.E.M., but I’ll leave it to a real R.E.M. fan to offer her opinions on that. They sounded good enough for me to pick up their latest CD at the show.
This was a great way to cap off a day that saw a big Badgers football win.