to make sure there was space & he said, "Come on out, since it's YOU, we
can squeeze you in." When I arrived, there was no extra furniture out &
my first thought was "is this the right time &place?" it was. the
normal size was decimated (numerical allusion inTENded) by the "land
rush" (the reservation of campsites for kerrville). Thus, the "crowd"
was as large as a minyan.
Glenn was a 1997 Kerrville New
Folk Finalist as well as a Fast Folk Care (NYC) Song Contest Finalist.
He has won many awards for both Best Song and Best Performance from the
Northern California Songwriters' Association, including the NCSA's 1997
Song of the Year. He was also the 1996 Winner of both the
Sisters(Oregon) Folk Festival and Santa Cruz (California) Redwood
Faire's Songwriter
Competitions, and received Honorable Mention from the Napa Valley Music
Festival's Emerging Songwriter Showcase.
His CD is great Eddie joined him on bass for a few songs, and it was a
very relaxed evening. Though there was plenty of space, almost half of
the group sat on the floor. (in a couple of cases, lying down) Eddie &
Ann's teen daughters think he looks like george clooney and sounds like
james taylor. (Unfortunately for them, this was their weekend with the
grandparents, and they missed out.
He sang "What was I thinking of" and one other about a girl he
fell
in love with in Santa Cruz CA, where he lives. She lived there at the
time, but it
turned out her home was in Hamburg, 5000 miles away. She told him to
visit,
but when he did, he quickly realized it was over. He did a couple of
covers
(Tupelo Honey and Red House) and more of his finely crafted songs.
Glenn
apologized for the Beatles/Van Morrison elements of "Nothing More" and
his G
String promptly broke. So we took a break. He did that song in the
second
set along with "Mr Fix-it Man" (title song of the CD), "Freedom Blvd"
and
others.
His voice is indeed similar to Taylor's and the concert was a
thorough
delight. This was his first visit to Austin and he mentioned the
intimidation
he felt to be in a city renowed for singer-songwriters. He can hold his
own.
Try to see him if you can.
Dan Eggleston
Austin TX