I can’t wait to hear from the man who won the ticket giveaway to the Danya Kurtz show at Union Hall. He was recently separated from his wife and is feeling a bit down in the dumps.
"(the separation) has broken my heart (never used that
phrase before, but now I know what it means, how it feels, so it seems
apt), and music is something (among many other things) that we have in
common – Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Odetta, The Decemberists, Nanci
Griffith, Bach, Johnny Cash, Paolo Conte, John Prine, Nick Drake, to
name but a few of our favorites – so music is one of the few solaces I
have at the moment. I am still deeply in love with her, and would give
anything to overcome and heal the hurts and resentments and stupid
actions and behaviors that created the gulf separating us, but until,
and if, I ever am fortunate enough to have that opportunity, I will
attempt to drown my sorrow in music."
He asked for two tickets and I wondered who he was taking. A date? A friend? I had a fantasy that his wife would show up at the show. They’d sit at the bar and have a really, really positive talk about their difficulties. Maybe they’d even iron them out right there at Union Hall.
But I’m a romantic. And a child of divorce. I’m always trying to glue people back together. I am also incredibly curious (nosy?) so of course I’m wondering if they can "overcome and heal the hurts and resentments and stupid
actions and behaviors that created the gulf separating us."
Maybe he just went to the gig. Enjoyed Danya Kurtz’s deep, dark music of the soul and felt sufficiently wallowed by the spirit of her songs.
That would be enough, wouldn’t it?
Hello, and thank you for tickets … I did go to the Dayna Kurtz show, and did wallow in her words and voice, and her banjo playing. As for being down in the dumps, I am, and more, but reckon that will be part of things from now on. I, too, am a romantic, and in true form, also have always commuted with the sadness that is always around us … but, again, thanks for the tickets.