concert notes: blue belew

hi, this is dawn, guest-blogging on satori kick:

we just arrived home after a transcendental experience - an adrian belew concert at the santa fe brewing company. all i knew of belew beforehand was of his varied work w/frank zappa, king crimson, david bowie, etc., so i had no expectations. what i found was wonderful…

as the night progressed i realized i did not need lyrics, for the true communication was through adrian's 3rd arm or extra appendage - the guitar. though strings were broken at least twice during the concert there was no disruption in the flow of the experience.

i entered the concert with certain mundane life things weighing on my mind, and what i found, by sitting with the music and "being in the moment," was the chance to go within for "answers." this was quite profound and something i've never experienced before at a concert, and i'm grateful for this on several levels.

the sense of wondrous joy did not leave adrian's face even during more "depressing" songs, and the brother/sister duo of his trio were fabulous. eric slick (drummer) channeled the beat, force, and framework of the songs. his sister julie - the bassist - appeared to be completely at home, occasionally catching the eye of her brother or adrian, facilitating the flow of a seamless expression.

throughout the concert i found myself closing my eyes - the sounds begged for me to go within - and i saw colors. the purest color i perceived for this performance was a wonderful, deep, violet-blue - blue belew!

thanks adrian, for sharing your gifts and introducing us to eric and julie. i'm sure we'll be seeing much more of them.

--Review by Dawn, an art therapist and brand-spanking-new Adrian Belew convert.

To read more about the Adrian Belew Power Trio tour, see the detailed blog of the author Robin Slick (the rockin' mom of Eric and Julie) at In Her Own Write.