Cafe Eleven is a great little place but every show we’ve seen there has had a sound problem. You’d think that would be bad, but it isn’t. We were there early, for dinner (because Michelle was starving), and watched Melissa’s sound check. Fun and interesting for us, frustrating for Melissa, her band and the sound guy. In the end, it all worked out because Melissa played a completely different show. She played most of her set from a stool. She played a lot of old songs. She talked a lot. It was a great show.
You can see the photos from Melissa Ferrick @ Cafe Eleven and check out the videos (pay particular attention to Anything, Anywhere and Nebraska and Everything I need – especially if you’re a big Ferrick fan and enjoy her stories.) You can also see a very good video of Closer on blip.tv. (The John’s Field video is also linked there – these two were too large for youtube and I don’t have a video compression tool on the tablet.)