You Who

Sack of Sugar

When that conversation comes up, and it always does, I am a little reticent to say, “My first concert was the Spin Doctors.” So, after Hazel was born I thought that it would be great if she would be able to say that her first concert was her dad! Sadly I have not played any shows since then. (Jeez, I have got to get on the ball with that!) However, her first concert was pretty frickin cool anyway. - Langhorne Slim with some Decemberists and Sallie Ford.

Chris Funk and Seann Mckeel put this show together every month for Mcmeniman's Kennedy School called You Who. I heard about it a while ago while I was enjoying another one of my favourite Father Daughter activities (Mommy Matinee...more on that later). It is a variety show for kids that starts off with some crafts and dancing around, then there are a bunch of skits and more dancing and a short musical guest then they have a main musical act.

I think this sort of thing is great for kids plus they have musical acts that parents will enjoy as well. This last month we took Hazel to her second You Who concert which featured my old teacher, Laura Veirs with a backup band consisting of 3/5 of the Decemberists. She played this great Woodie Guthrie song during her set called “Sack of Sugar”. I had never heard this one before but knew that it would be one that Hazel would enjoy around the house so I learned it.