Kay Hanley

The show was excellent, as it always is for Kay Hanley. A very personal/intimate/“real” show. Service at the venue was pretty good, but food quality was a total let down. It felt as if the business put all the effort into the facility and winery atmosphere but forgot they needed to also put effort into food quality. I could have gotten a better chicken sandwich at a fast food restaurant.

An entertaining enough evening but a bit of a letdown. An issue with the venue was their insistence on using their app to order and pay for food and beverages, but it was very glitchy (e.g. disparate people ending up on the same tab, the need to re-enter your info multiple times to successfully order, and servers unable to find out who ordered what). The opening act was The Loyal Seas who had a number of technical issues, though some of that didn't seem to be completely their fault (having to enlist a last-minute replacement on bass due to some family matters that almost prevented them from performing). Their music is pleasant enough, but also fairly low-key, so it was more relaxing than energizing. It was great to hear Kay Hanley and her band play (most of) her album Cherry Marmalade (excluding one song that, unfortunately, is one of the best on the album in my opinion, so it was a bit of a disappointment not to hear that one). After a run-through of the album, there was a short set of some of her other solo work. The stories behind the making of the album and some of the other songs in the set were interesting, emotional and entertaining. Since they were both local bands, there were a number of people intimately familiar with the band who had no qualms about conversing with the band (and vice-versa in some instances). We get that you have a history, but it got to the point where it was exclusive to those who just wanted to enjoy the performance. Perhaps an official meet and greet would have prevented those detours.

Amazing!!!

Everything about last night was terrific!!!