josephine!

i'm in vancouver.  its awesome.  but before i get to that, i have a story to tell you...

i played an afternoon set today at C&P Coffee Co. in west seattle.  it was a great, intimate little acoustic room with a nice stage at one end.  my friend nelson opened the show with a great set of folk standards as well as his own originals, (which i like even more every time i hear them!)  then i played for about an hour and a half.  as usual, near the beginning of my set, i had mentioned that i had cds for sale.  well there was this young family in the audience, (a couple in their twenties and their two small children) who dug my music!  so midway through my set, the cutest little two year old girl that i've ever seen walks up to the stage with ten bucks in her tiny hand.  her name was josephine and she totally made my day!  i knelt down and shook her hand and introduced myself right there on stage, and she told me all about what kind of music she likes (her favorite song is 76 trombones :p)  i gave her a cd and she dutifully brought it back over to her parents.  her folks were really nice, and i got to talk to a few of the audience members afterwards.  it was a show that i'm sure i'll never forget!

afterwards i drove up to vancouver and played an open mic at cafe montmartre (a surprising number of people in speak french in vancouver, which is cool 'cause i do too :)  it was a cool-tight-knit-community of an open mic, with great music, spoken word and even comedy! definitely got a feel for vancouver and the music scene here!  looking forward to checking out the city tomorrow and definitely looking forward to playing at the yale here in vancouver on tuesday night!  if you know anyone in the area, feel free to let them know!  details are here:  www.levischmidtmusic.com/shows

peace!

L