Crooked Still at the Cedar

Crooked Still at the Cedar

Tonight, on Halloween night, we went to hear a band that neither of us knew anything about. I had purchased the tickets a couple of weeks ago on a whim. It was a band described as alternative blue grass, which sounded interesting. In any case, it was a good way to start the evening instead of hanging around at home waiting for 11pm to roll around.

We decided to put simple customes on for the show and then go straight to downtown Minneapolis to celebrate Halloween night. We dressed as old time photographers, always a good excuse to carry cameras around, and set out for the Cedar.

We arrived kind of late. The show started at 8pm and we were there at 8:30. We went to the back of the line to geet something to drink, and later on with beers in hand we went in to look for a place to sit. It was very crowded inside. It took some creative re-arranging (borrowing a chair) to find two chairs together. We sat to the left of stage.

The band came in in custome; the characters of Wizard of Oz. There was the singer and four more musicians. Everyone plays strings, including a cello, banjo, violin and base. The music was actually pretty good. The lead vocalist, Aoife O’Donovan, has a nice voice. They played for about an hour mixing songs with annecdotes from the band. By the time we left it was just perfect to head out to celebrate Halloween.