Last weekend Ooma and I attended the Memphis Lightning concert at the Buckingham Blues Bar “back yard” – an outdoor venue that I had not seen before. This is a venue with a capacity in excess of 1,000 and so is used when there they have a high-profile featured artist. Memphis Lightning, a 3-piece “rocking blues” band led by Darren Thiboutot Jr, certainly qualifies as high-profile. Thiboutot, who is just 24, is one of the finest rock blues guitarists in the world. He puts on a good show. And with the Buckingham Blues Band, which is pretty darn good too, opening, it was a fine afternoon in good weather in a lovely venue. And Coronas were just $5 per bottle.
How can you beat that?
There were probably no more than 250 people in attendance, which made for an intimate concert. Patrons could gather close to the stage to dance. And at the end of the concert Thiboutot and his bass guitarist came down into the audience to play. Very intimate indeed.
