Last night the boyfriend and I went to Wolf Trap for our seventh concert of the summer. We went to see Shawn Colvin. On the bill with Shawn Colvin was John Hiatt. We thought he would be opening for Shawn Colvin but actually they were billed equally on the ticket. Shawn Colvin started the show and played for about 45 minutes and then John Hiatt joined her on stage for a few songs and then she was done. After a good 20 minute break, John Hiatt came on stage and started his set. It went on for about another hour.

I think we both agreed this was our least favorite concert of the summer. Shawn Colvin was great but very subdued and calm. John Hiatt was fine too but he was more upbeat. Both were great muscians but I didn’t find the music very appealing. The boyfriend liked it better than I did.

The crowd was pretty different too. We expected there to be more lesbians or family members there but we only saw one of the gay couple. I’m sure there were more but we didn’t see them. I think the crowd is what kept me from getting into the music. There was an obnoxious guy behind us who was really loud and wouldn’t shut up during the whole concert. The boyfriend was better at filtering him out. There was a kid in front of us who was a bit more active than I care for and there was a bunch of chatty girls to our right that got on my nerves too. Oh well.

We do have one more concert coming up after labor day. We’ll be going back to Wolf Trap to see Brian Colbertson. We know we’ll enjoy that one. We love his music already.