Second Annual Red Rock Concert with Joe B

This concert is basically what we planned our vacation around.

We did it last year and we decided to do it again this year.

And we were not disappointed.

The three kings tour - Albert, Freddie and B.B.

See the rock behind Tom's head.

That's Red Rock and besides I have the tee shirts to prove it.

 Love the watercolor look to this.

Very cool.

He played two hours with a 15 minute and 3 guitar change encoure.

AWESOME AS ALWAYS.

Joe never disappoints, however, I'm hoping the next concert

I'll get to see/hear him do his own stuff.

Scrapbooking on the road - 1st round

I apologize for the photo quality - these were

taken with my iphone as each

page as completed. Then I had to wait for wifi in order

for them to transfer to my computer

to upload.

This is the first page of the album - kind of explains

things and sets up the rest of the book.

I did get a tad windy LOL!

 I have limited supplies and decided that 8.5x11 in

project life style would be the ticket.

Never having done PL before I can see that the majority

of stuff I packed is not quite right for it.

Which aggravated me to no-end and it does

mess with the mojo.

However, I shall perservere or stop at a Michael's or Hobby Lobby :)

 I have been saving ephemera and then couldn't decide if

I wanted to add it to my journal or the album.

The album won and I'm doing things a bit different in my

journal too in the way I make entries.

More on that later.

These photos are the about the ride to BB King's museum.

If you get in the area its quite incredible

and his life was nothing short but blessed.

 This next page also focuses on our cruise up Hwy 61

known as the Mississippi Blues Trail - where the blues

muscians traveled to get the crossroads at town

and went down to Beale Street to practice their music.

The Blues cafe has the best bbq ribs -EVER.

 Next up of course was the King of Rock n Rolls

Graceland. It was absolutely gorgeous and smaller

than I had expected. I did take some interior shots but

didn't include them here yet - because I was getting annoyed

at the printer and myself.

Scrapbooking is supposed to be fun.

Since I'm doing it PL style I can toss them in anytime.

Or not.

 Next up was the rush to Glacier National Park

and what a bust that was.

We did get to see some of it - and then made the

decision to move on as the fires are still blazing.

 We were able to ride partially on the Road to the Sun

but because of the size of our RV we had to turn around

at Avalanche - however, as the fire progressed

it was eventually closed anyway.

I was a bit annoyed that I purchased 4x6 portrait - I hardly

ever take portrait shots however, the album

is small enough that it can be turned for viewing pleasure.

I was trying to do pages as I posted the photos but you can

see how well that plan turned out. 

Its hard to break out the supplies due to duration of an overnight stay.

And then there's lack of wifi and internet service.

So....you'll have to see some of them twice.

My bad :)

Traveling the Blues Highway 61

We started at the Lousiana circle which gave

us a bird's eye view of the railway bridge on the border

of Vicksburg - a wonderfully quaint city.

 I didn't get many photos - as I'm still working

out the logistics in the new rig.

The side window has an even bigger mirror and a screen.

Since I couldn't do any about the mirror

I removed the screen and that helped the driveby shots.

The front window was all about dodging bug guts.

And below is an old railway station.

 And dry docked off the side of the road was this

gorgeous ship.

 Huge cotton fields and corn throughout the ride

and they're still called plantations.

 The BB King museum was wonderful - chockful

of awesome memoriabilia and about this life story.

His journey of where he started to what he became - A blues icon

is absolutely riveting.

 No photos allowed in the museum.

But the outside was cool.

 This is Morgan Freeman's blues bar.

Lots of sofas and chairs outside just waiting on a jam session.

 And the Delta Blues museum was also chockful

of all the greats and their journeys were just as remarkable as BB's.

 The highway was very fun.

We continued the ride to the "crossroads"

where the blues started.

And we went to Beale street where all the Blues greats 

honed their craft - 

it was sortof like a clean Bourbon Street-

blues pouring out from the bars and juke joints.

Adding ephemera on your page

I just had to include the ticket and flyer.

Both from different venues.

 Both important.

After all we planned our vacation around the

concert at Red Rocks when Tom stumbled another

Joe concert at the Vila Performing Arts center,

a smaller venue, - a win-win totally.

And in both venues.........

BEST SEATS EVER!

Cameras with interchangeable lenses were not allowed.

iPhone and instamatic photos all the way.

I got lucky.

Shimelle's new line totally rocked my photos and ephemera.

Along with Basic Grey alphas and recollections washi.

I love love love Joe's music.

And below is his new title track - Different Shades of Blue.

ENJOY!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_GOk36JD0

Rocking out with the Blues at Red Rock

The concert was amazing.

Best one ever.

Joe Bonnamassa was awesome as always.

We have seen several of his shows in Florida and we traveled specifically to Red Rocks

to see him perform.

As the sun went down, the lights went up the beauty and music shone through.

The accoustics were amazing it was like listening to a CD only better. 

Shots were taken with my iphone from row 57.

The seats were terrific - no bobbleheaded giraffe in front of me, I had

a clear view of the stage and the jumbotron.

 And the jumbotron was great for some "closeups".

It was a great experience and a checkmark on my DH's bucketlist.

And I have a tee shirt to prove it!!