We’re going to see Melissa Ferrick tonight, in Evanston. Yay for Melissa in Evanston!
Last night she was in Indianapolis and she’ll be heading to Ann Arbor next.
We’re only seeing her tonight in Evanston.
*sniff*
Back in the day, we thought nothing of driving all over the south — following Melissa from venue to venue. We’d get home at 2am on a work night after a show in Jacksonville and head out the next evening and do it again in Orlando or Tampa.
There were some weeks when we’d see her five times, in five different cities and sometimes in multiple states.
We’ve driven to Nashville (from both Florida and Chicagoland) to see her. We’ve driven to Atlanta, from Florida, several times for a show (and then considered following her to Nashville or Chapel Hill coming to our senses just in time to take the drive south instead of north/east.)
I don’t know how many times we’ve seen her in Hollywood, Florida. And then there were shows in Charleston and Tallahassee and Saint Augustine. Not to mention a couple in Gainesville. We’ve seen her in Madison and Milwaukee, too.
(I almost feel like I’m singing “Welcome to My Life” with this list of cities…)
A couple of years ago, we flew to Florida to see the big kids — or so we said. What we really did was fly to Florida to see the big kids AND see Melissa. Twice.
It’s very tempting to walk back to the bedroom and tell TW to get ready for a road trip and follow Melissa to Michigan… very tempting.
Have fun tonight! Maybe a road trip to Michigan might be fun…
Have fun! We haven’t seen her in years.
I’m obviously a little late but you should have sent her the link to this blog post. I’m hoping you have met her…please tell me you have. I think you two are her biggest fans and you should have backstage passes. Or dinner with her or something.