Last night, Kim and I headed up to the Ogden Theatre to see Grace Potter along with Brett Dennen.  I thought that Grace Potter was going to headline, but she actually ended up playing before Dennen.  I’m glad we got there when we did, as we walked in just before she took the stage.  Her set was definitely the highlight of the night for me.  I’ve seen her a couple times before, both times at festivals, and I must say that I’m even more impressed with her now than I ever was after last night’s near 1.5 hour set.  Her backing band, The Nocturnals, are all great musicians and really put down the perfect sound for Grace’s powerful vocals to take center stage.

We saw Brett Dennen for the very first time at the same venue about two years ago.  Since then I’ve seen him play a few other times.  Each time I enjoy it, but I wouldn’t say that I’m ever really amazed.  I really like his studio releases, but for whatever reason I just can’t get into the live performances.  So when they didn’t start playing until around 11, we only stuck around for a few songs and then called it a night.  I hope we didn’t miss anything too amazing, but it’s been a long week.

One thing that I wish I would have remembered was that you should get to the Ogden early enough to secure some of the many stools up in the large balcony.  If you arrive too late you could be forced to watch the show from a spot with very bad sight lines of the stage.  Maybe I will actually remember this the next time we go.