After missing two Kelly Willis shows thanks to apartment hunting, it was a treat to see Jon Dee Graham tonight, all the moreso since the Gourds backed him the last half of his set. We hung around for six or seven songs of the Gourds' own set, so I can't say much there, but Graham already had a decent head of steam built up when the band wandered onto the stage, and he just had some fierce presence on that stage. I didn't get to buy his CDs (Trace ran into friends and we ended up chatting between sets -- and where were the other locals?) but they're on the list. Bob
