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Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired
By SugarMagnolia in Touch of Grey
August 4, 2008

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Well now, isn't serendipity wonderful! I wrote the title (a great song by Traffic) to this blog because I literally have been feeling uninspired of late, unable to form even a decent thought for a posting. But lo and behold! There it is, in all its irony, precisely the moment I am typing it in! Traffic, or that is, specifically Steve Winwood, will be coming to Houston on August 29th, with headliner Tom Petty. I remembered seeing the ad for tix a few days ago in the Houston Chronicle, but it just kind of went over my head; I took notice of it but it didn't really sink in till now.

All apologies to Petty, it should in my book be the other way around (Petty opening for Winwood). I have seen Tom Petty in concert, and he is truly awesome. I had never before Petty been to a concert where the band just launches into a cover (and a very adept cover, at that) of Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction". That will forever stand as one of the greatest moments in concert history, as far as I am concerned.

Having said that, I must admit, ashamedly, that as much as I love Steve Winwood, and as talented a musician he is, I have yet to see him in concert. Why? I just don't know. What a pity. I am looking to change that on August 29, however. I just won't let him get away again. I have far more Steve Winwood records, solo, with the Spencer Davis group, Traffic, and Blind Faith than I have of Tom Petty. I remember being in junior high and buying his "Arc of a Diver" lp and listenting to it over and over. I probably wore the grooves off that album. Have it still. Jeez, this guy has been at it for at least 40 years. I will say that again, guys.....40 YEARS.

That's as long as I have been on this earth. And he's still out there touring and being creative. Yep. I'm gonna go to see him come the 29th.

And that, my friends, is true inspiration. Steve would be proud. Looks like his times of feeling uninspired were few and far between. Lucky for us.

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  • SugarMagnolia SugarMagnolia Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Thanks, Ziggy. It has been too long since I've been to a good concert. Looking forward to it!

    August 4, 2008 at 7:33 p.m.

  • Ziggy Ziggy Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Now you have to go! You will have a lot of fun and be wonderfully inspired afterwards. I just came back from seeing John Mayer (my daughter's birthday gift to Mom)  at The Woodlands (Pavillion). What a maze of trees! I saw, too, the Tom Petty/Steve Winwood ad come up on the large screen during intermission. Enjoy!

    August 4, 2008 at 10:45 a.m.

  • SugarMagnolia SugarMagnolia Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Wow, how cool freethinker! Hope you enjoy those great acts if you decide to go!

    August 4, 2008 at 4:31 a.m.

  • freethinker freethinker Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    There both playing near me on August 23. I might go. They are part of a big three day concert happening August 22-24 in Golden Gate park. Tom Petty is headlining the second day and Steve Winwood is also going to play that day with another 25 or thirty bands. Radiohead is headlining the first day and Jack Johnson the third day. www.SFoutsidelands.com      I hope you have a great time at the concert in Houston!

    August 4, 2008 at 3:51 a.m.