Saturday, May 02, 2009

Chuck Leavell Last Night
Current mood:  contemplative
Last night was just a real dream!!!!!  I got to hear Chuck Leavell fom the second row seat of the most spectacular Venue called the Melting Point…………  Chuck played with the Randall Bramlett Band and they are just all amazingly talented!!!!!!!! 

I love to watch the musicians fingers to see how they make the sounds…..  but I couldn’t watch Chucks on the keybord,  because I was below him……..  But I had a PERFECT view of his FEET!!!!!!!!  I never have watched a musicians feet before,  because I am so focused on the fingers, but chuck’s feet taught me more last night,  than any other performance has taught me before……  You see, when he is playing…….   the music is not only running through his head and fingers, but it moves all the way down his legs and into his feet and toes……  You have never seen anything like it……  It’s almost like he is levitating…….  I realized last night that I got to start feeling the music in my feet and toes…..  I want to levitate too…….  I have never heard a piano sound the way it did last night, but I can only imagine that it is what it sounds like up in heaven!!!!!!!!!! 

The icing on the cake was that I got to meet him as well………  and not only is he an incredible pianist, but he is one of the sweetest, kindest souls I’ve ever had the priveledge to meet…….I only got to talk to him for a few minutes, but you can just tell when you look him in the eyes that he is just goodness!!!!!!  This musical journey is the most incredible fun ride I have ever been on!!!!!!!!

The reason why I got to see this event is because of the University of Georgia School of Music……  Last night was a fundraiser for the music school, because it is privatly funded…….  If you’ve got some extra money, and love music, you should send it to them, because they are doing incredible things over there…….  Bruce Burch has been organizing these super events all year, and the ones I’ve gotten to attend,  have litterally changed my life from a musical stand point!!!!  And the music I’ve heard has given me outer body experiences!!!!!!!!   Also make sure to check out the Melting Point…..  The venue is just awsome!!!!!!!!! 

Thanks for reading…..and I forgot to tell you that Sunday night @ 10:00pm I will be singing an Aretha Franklin song at the 500 Songs For Kids Benefit……  I would love to see you there!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Lex

Currently listening:
Aretha’s Best
By Aretha Franklin
Release date: 2001-05-15