to be the only truly slow one of the night. They brought the lights down for “My Eyes Adored You”. The classic 4 Seasons hit from so long ago brought out the richness and quality of Brandee's voice. Jake listened to his wife sing it, and remembered that they had sung it together in the car on one of their first dates.
Brandee closed the set with “Voracious Little Girl”. It was another fast- paced song designed to get the crowd back on its feet after allowing them a breather during “My Eyes Adored You”. Brandee skipped partway down the aisle and into the loving vocal embrace of the crowd during the second chorus of “Voracious Little Girl”.
The group left the stage knowing they would be called to return. They were not disappointed. The crowd chanted “Brandee! Brandee!” before the group came back on stage. Their chants were punctuated by the crashing of feet on the wooden bleachers of Arena Auditorium. The group beamed at each other backstage as they listened to the cacophonous sound. They listened to “Brand-ee! Stomp Stomp! Brand-ee! Stomp Stomp!” for a good three minutes before returning to the scene of their triumph. Brandee had put a towel around her neck during the time in the wings and didn't take it off before their encore.
They lit up the stage with a reprise of “Honky Tonk Broad”. If the crowd had been ready for this at the beginning, they were even more ready for it now. They howled like banshees when Brandee got to the chorus. At the end of the encore, Brandee suddenly realized that she still had the towel from backstage around her neck. Undaunted, she slid it off her neck and hurled it into the crowd.
Six rows deep in the crowd, a fan caught Brandee's towel. She was so excited by this bonus item from the concert that she ran into the aisle swinging it around her head. Some of Brandee's sweat flew off of the towel that had recently been around the neck of the fan's favorite singer.
Nora Denice and Lizzie were getting impatient. They liked to have the opening act warm up the crowd, that was for sure. There was nothing so discouraging as going on stage and have the crowd almost anesthetized by a boring opening act. This was ridiculous though.
“Who the fuck do they think they are?” Lizzie said while waiting.
Brandee had been allotted 32 minutes on stage for their act. Getting an encore was something that really good opening acts could expect and ND& L had heard that their opening act had been getting some of those accolades, so Nora Denice and Lizzie had factored into their planning that Brandee might be on stage for 35 minutes. By the time Brandee came off stage for the last time, it had been almost an hour since they had emerged from the wings for the first time that night.
As the two bands passed each other backstage, Lizzie said, “It's about time.”
Brandee blew Lizzie a kiss and said, “Kiss my ass, honey girl.”
Suzi and Bruce guffawed at their lead-singers' exchange with Lizzie Higdon. There wasn't anything that was going to bring them down tonight. Already riding a high that no motorcycle could match from the new baby on the way, the happy couple was elated on this night. Elated and hungry.
***
Laramie's only 24-hour restaurant was Shari's Pie House, on the corner of University and Pine. Shari's was part of a chain, known throughout the west for their average food. Except, that is, for the pie.
Bruce used to brag that he had closed many a Shari's. Since Shari's never closes, this always brought a questioning look from the people that he told. What Bruce meant was that there was many nights when he was using that he didn't have anywhere to go, so he would sit at Shari's for as long as possible. He could make a piece of their delicious pie last for hours if he needed a place to be in the wee hours. His favorite was their peanut butter fudge swirl pie. He hoped to
Brandee closed the set with “Voracious Little Girl”. It was another fast- paced song designed to get the crowd back on its feet after allowing them a breather during “My Eyes Adored You”. Brandee skipped partway down the aisle and into the loving vocal embrace of the crowd during the second chorus of “Voracious Little Girl”.
The group left the stage knowing they would be called to return. They were not disappointed. The crowd chanted “Brandee! Brandee!” before the group came back on stage. Their chants were punctuated by the crashing of feet on the wooden bleachers of Arena Auditorium. The group beamed at each other backstage as they listened to the cacophonous sound. They listened to “Brand-ee! Stomp Stomp! Brand-ee! Stomp Stomp!” for a good three minutes before returning to the scene of their triumph. Brandee had put a towel around her neck during the time in the wings and didn't take it off before their encore.
They lit up the stage with a reprise of “Honky Tonk Broad”. If the crowd had been ready for this at the beginning, they were even more ready for it now. They howled like banshees when Brandee got to the chorus. At the end of the encore, Brandee suddenly realized that she still had the towel from backstage around her neck. Undaunted, she slid it off her neck and hurled it into the crowd.
Six rows deep in the crowd, a fan caught Brandee's towel. She was so excited by this bonus item from the concert that she ran into the aisle swinging it around her head. Some of Brandee's sweat flew off of the towel that had recently been around the neck of the fan's favorite singer.
Nora Denice and Lizzie were getting impatient. They liked to have the opening act warm up the crowd, that was for sure. There was nothing so discouraging as going on stage and have the crowd almost anesthetized by a boring opening act. This was ridiculous though.
“Who the fuck do they think they are?” Lizzie said while waiting.
Brandee had been allotted 32 minutes on stage for their act. Getting an encore was something that really good opening acts could expect and ND& L had heard that their opening act had been getting some of those accolades, so Nora Denice and Lizzie had factored into their planning that Brandee might be on stage for 35 minutes. By the time Brandee came off stage for the last time, it had been almost an hour since they had emerged from the wings for the first time that night.
As the two bands passed each other backstage, Lizzie said, “It's about time.”
Brandee blew Lizzie a kiss and said, “Kiss my ass, honey girl.”
Suzi and Bruce guffawed at their lead-singers' exchange with Lizzie Higdon. There wasn't anything that was going to bring them down tonight. Already riding a high that no motorcycle could match from the new baby on the way, the happy couple was elated on this night. Elated and hungry.
***
Laramie's only 24-hour restaurant was Shari's Pie House, on the corner of University and Pine. Shari's was part of a chain, known throughout the west for their average food. Except, that is, for the pie.
Bruce used to brag that he had closed many a Shari's. Since Shari's never closes, this always brought a questioning look from the people that he told. What Bruce meant was that there was many nights when he was using that he didn't have anywhere to go, so he would sit at Shari's for as long as possible. He could make a piece of their delicious pie last for hours if he needed a place to be in the wee hours. His favorite was their peanut butter fudge swirl pie. He hoped to
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