I'm a Cowboy Junkie!

Thanks to Jenny, I have become a HUGE fan of this amazing band. I discovered their booking at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux Falls, far too late to begin saving for our tickets :'(

Scotty called his connections, hoping for an *in* and couldn't find one. I initially pondered hanging around out back and waiting for them, then I realized that would leave me in possibly the only alleyway in town I'd be scared to hang out in. I breathed my way through the disappointment and made other plans this evening (dinner at Tena's with Scooty and H). Then, Scotty gets the call!! They need just ONE (1) ticket taker for the event this evening -- take tix at the beginning and sit down and enjoy the rest of the show. I'm bringing the camera just in case I actually get to meet them without loitering in the danger zone!

Of all their wonderful music, this is the one song I really hope they play:

I Don't Get It
Margo and Michael Timmins
The Trinity Session, 1988

Breaking away to the other side
I wanna make sense of why we live and die
I don't get it, I don't get it

I ask my friends if they understand
They just laugh at me and watch another band
They don't worry, they don't worry

Lookin for a way to lose my load
I wanna make it easy to walk this road
I can't find it, I can't find it

Yeah I'm looking for answers in so many places
I open my mind I don't get it

Walkin this earth and keeping my peace
I do what I want but the price is steep
It don't seem right, it don't seem right

My mama she told me one step at a time
And sooner or later you'll walk that line
I don't want to, I don't want to

Takin my time to live and die
I wanna find a way to do it right
And I ease on and I ease on

They say one thing always leads to another
I open my mind I don't get it

Breaking away to the other side
I wanna make sense of why we live and die
I don't get it, I don't get it
I don't get it, I don't get it