Oxford Music Snob

I had forgotten how great Caroline Herring is.  I was reminded tonight.

I had a plan to start the evening.  The basketball Rebels were playing West Virginia and the game started at 8:00.  Caroline started at 8:30 at Larry’s.  My plan was to catch the first half of the game (my first foray to the Tad Pad this season) and head over to the square for Caroline at half time.  A work emergency (it ended up ok) kept me from making it to the game, but I caught the first half on the tube as I worked at home.  I finished putting out the fire and headed to Proud Larry’s at half time of the game, with the intention of keeping up with the game while listening to Caroline.

From the moment I walked in the door, I was captivated.  As I said, I had forgotten how amazing Caroline Herring is.  I won’t forget again.  The audience was completely focused on her with no talking.  And I mean NO talking.  That is a rarity these days, but it was well deserved.

One thing Caroline inspired me to do is read Fay again.  Larry Brown’s Fay has been my favorite book for a while now and will probably remain so for a while. Caroline has a tune called “Song for Fay” that she wrote about the book.  When I recommend the book and someone asks me what makes it so great, I say, “It’s the character.  She sticks with me to the point that I’ll be walking down the sidewalk and meet a girl and she’ll remind me of Fay.”

One thing I don’t do enough of is re-read books that I love.  I’ll be reading Fay again for the next few days and enjoying every minute of it.  Maybe I’ll be inspired to start writing again too. 

Thanks Caroline.

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