Sax Man

So, I heard Dave play last night. I kinda figured he'd be just a sax player among the many band members....but it was only the guy on keyboard, a drummer, and Dave. The guy from the Drifters was excellent (what a voice!), and he did a lot of different songs in different genres.

Dave didn't know a lot of the songs, but he just hung on long enough to pick up the key and the progressions, and then he was off, wailin' and providing color to the songs. It was a pretty impressive performance -- just being able to improvise like that.

Towards the end of the evening, an older gentleman (I'm guessin' 65 or so) stood up and started dancing, all by himself. His eyes were closed, and he was just happy. Watching him in his cheery reverie made me happy -- what a cool thing it is to make music that is so compelling that people have to stand and dance.

Unfortunately, that was the last time he'll be able to play that particular gig -- the bar itself is being closed. I'm hopin' that Dave gets to play with him again somewhere else, though. They really did do amazingly well together.