The Hotel Cafe Tour

The Hotel Cafe Tour has come and gone to Boise, Idaho. 19 artists and a band got together to tour the US and the ones that performed while in Boise were Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Meiko, Jesca Hoop, William Fitzsimmons and Jim Bianco. I forgot to bring my ID which I didn't think mattered since I wasn't planning on ordering any drinks at the bar but then found out that because of my forgetfullness I got to have the back of each hand marked with a big fat permanent "X". I woke up this morning with a copy of one of those X's on my cheek. If anything else I able to pretend I was 10 years younger. I couldn't bring my camera in the club so I took a few pictures with my camera phone. Here's what I got...

Ingrid Michaelson:
fun to watch, amazing voice, likes to talk to the crowd.

Cary Brothers:
Not as "swoony" as some may have thought him to be.

And one of Wendy, Me and Kris...very flattering.

The performance went on until late into the night and we didn't get home until midnight because we had to stick around to hear Ingrid sing "The Way I Am" at the very end, right before their final song where every artist there got on stage to sing "Rainbow Connection". At one point Ingrid was trying to remember the words to the "Save By The Bell" theme song (I kid you not). They often came out in twos and threes and sang their songs together. At one point a few of the singers and the band came into the crowd and sang an acoustic version of "Sing" with the audience. There were a few on the tour that I would've loved to hear perform but it was a fun night indeed.