Happy Birthday Dan!

The Ambassador of Cool, and owner of the fantastic Boulder Outlook Hotel, has left the building for a much-needed vacation after the FANTASTIC barnburner we had Monday night at the 4th Annual Dan King Appreciation Day! In 2009, Gretchen Troop hosted the first, and since deciding to move it to a Monday night, a lot more musicians were available to sit in. Gretchen had even arranged for Delores Scott to fly in from Chicago as the Surprise Guest. He was indeed surprised. Even Otis Taylor came with his band, including daughter Cassie!

It was truly a joyful night of music and friends, and although I won’t speak for Dan, I will say that he looked like he was having the time of his life. Congratulations, Gretchen, on such a wonderfully successful night. I do believe Dan felt the love!

Tomorrow night we have Ms. Emma Henry opening at 6:45 for Kort McCumber. It’s been a good long time since Kort has been here, and Emma was out of town last month for her regularly scheduled opener, so let’s all welcome them back.

Friday night we welcome back Chicago’s own, Joe Moss. It’s been about three years since last he graced our stage, and I’m really looking forward to seeing him. A couple of weeks ago, he and I had a very looooong phone chat, and I found a funny, talented, complicated man during that visit. And he cooks. Italian.