Todd Sheaffer and Friends @ The Fountain House 02.13.2010<\/p>\n
I have been back in the states for a month and two weeks. \u00a0I have been itching to go to a show. \u00a0My first show was going to be very important to me because I was just diagnosed with cancer. \u00a0I haven\u2019t really done much since I have been diagnosed. \u00a0I have had some friends stop on over, but I have not gone out with this condition. \u00a0Its like I am a different person now having cancer. \u00a0I know I have this thing, but no one else knows. \u00a0Hobos are the die hard fans for the group Railroad Earth and I expected to see some of them at this show. \u00a0I was nervous. \u00a0If I run into someone at the show, how do I share the news. \u00a0What do I say? \u00a0Honestly, I tried to avoid many people because I did not want to have that conversation. \u00a0I am at this concert and everyone is having a happy time and I don\u2019t want to bust this news on anyone. \u00a0I was excited to be going to my first concert in 8 months, but nervous to run into people I know.<\/p>\n
Todd is the lead singer of Railroad Earth. \u00a0For all of you that might not know, Railroad Earth is my favorite band these days. \u00a0I heard that Todd\u2019s friends were going to be members of Railroad Earth. \u00a0One of them was John Skehan, who plays the mandolin and bouzouki. \u00a0The other friend was Johnny Grubb, who plays the bass. \u00a0Grubb just recently announced that he would no longer be apart of Railroad Earth. \u00a0I was saddened when I heard this news because he was a great bassist and always looked like he was having a great time on stage with the band. \u00a0This was a great chance for me to see him one last time with some of the RRE crew.<\/p>\n
I asked my uncle Chris and aunt Patti to come to the show with Anna and myself. \u00a0Chris and Patti are big Todd fans, so I knew that they would want to go. \u00a0All four of us headed out around 7:30. \u00a0The venue was in the middle of the woods in western New Jersey. \u00a0The Fountain House is an old house that does not look like any kind of bar. \u00a0In the back of this house was the small bar. \u00a0The stage was small with a big banner of hearts in the background. \u00a0The place was packed with probably 100 people at the bar. \u00a0What I loved about this show was the variety of songs Todd sang. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t just all RRE earth songs, but really good covers or songs from Todd\u2019s other band, From Good Homes. \u00a0\u201dBright Side of the Road,\u201d is a Van Morrison song and I know this song because of the Jerry Garcia Band covering it. \u00a0It was great to hear another version of this song. \u00a0\u201dDonkey for Sale,\u201d was another highlight for me. \u00a0I have only heard this song once before at a RRE show at the Stone Pony. \u00a0Another reason I enjoy this song is because it is a New Jersey song and I love NJ. I thoroughly enjoy this song. \u00a0Its an up tempo song and I really enjoy the vibe this song puts out. \u00a0The absolute highlight of the first set to me was \u201cPeggy-O.\u201d \u00a0This version rivals most of the Jerry versions I have heard. \u00a0I just loved Todd\u2019s take on this classic. \u00a0Todd sang it beautifully and gave it justice. \u00a0The setlist does not say say it, but I am pretty sure there was a \u201cLittle Bit O\u2019 Me,\u201d in the first set. \u00a0The connection that these three friends have are tight. \u00a0It really shows on songs that they have all made together like the song I just mentioned.<\/p>\n
The second set opened up with a dedication to Papa Phil. \u00a0Papa Phil is the main roadie for the band. \u00a0He puts out setlists, tunes up instruments, and really runs the behind scene. \u00a0He just had surgery for prostate cancer and my thoughts and prayers goes out to him. \u00a0I am going through a similar situation, so I know what he is going through. \u00a0\u201dRV,\u201d was the song they played and is a song about a couple whose kids are all grown up and they finally go on a road trip in an RV. \u00a0I love Todd\u2019s voice in the song because it is like he is channeling Johnny Cash\u2019s voice. \u00a0The highlight of the second set was the instrumental version of \u201c1759.\u201d \u00a0Skehan was playing his bouzouki. \u00a0The bouzouki is an irish mandolin. \u00a0When John plays it, he makes it sound like a couple people playing multiple instruments instead of the one bouzouki. \u00a0This song just rocks and the sound was so full.<\/p>\n
Set One:<\/strong> Set Two:<\/strong> Todd Sheaffer and Friends @ The Fountain House 02.13.2010 I have been back in the states for a month and two weeks. \u00a0I have been itching to go to a show. \u00a0My first show was going to be very important to me because I was just diagnosed with cancer. \u00a0I haven\u2019t really done much since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSaid What You Mean
\nBright Side of the Road
\nDonkey for Sale
\nComin On Home
\nGiving Tree
\nI\u2019ve Endured
\nPeggy O
\nReal Love<\/p>\n
\nRV
\nEverything Comes Together
\nI Only Want
\nWhere Did The Time Go
\nGirl From The North Country
\nLois Ann
\nMary Don\u2019t You Weep
\n1759
\nLovin You
\nRight In Tune
\nE:<\/strong> Walls of Time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"