Went to See Gary Clark Jr

I first saw this cat on Clapton's Crossroads Festival 2010

if you've watched him with me then you'd hear my little speech

that speech is somewhere along the lines of "thank God there are still some young brothas out there fighting the good fight."

a man and his guitar

man that just moves me

so I went over to Antones to check him out

I didn't know what time he played or how much or what the opening act was

I just went

so the opening act played

I saw a grown man play the smallest maraca I'd ever seen

here's the proof:

didn't that look a little dirty?

anyway, they do their thing and then leave

since there was some time between acts I went and sat on the stage cause my back was a hurtin

then I noticed that a bunch of people were doing that after me

they were claiming their spot for the headliner

but I just wanted to rest my back

I left to take a piss and left my beer on the stage

I saw an old black man sitting in the hallway

he looked like blues legend, Pinetop Perkins

it was Pinetop

he was sitting all alone

so I thought, hey maybe I'll talk to him

then I noticed he was sitting at his merch table

then I changed my mind thinking, "man, he's gonna want me to buy his shit."

so instead I just nod at him and he pointed me to the restrooms

sorry Pinetop "Buy my Shit" Perkins

anyway, when I got back a couple was standing where I was sitting at

no big deal

I reached for my drink and stood behind the couple

this dude next to me tells me

"Yo dawg, tell them that's your spot."

he was one of those Mexicans that lives a hard life apparently

where everything is a fight

you could see his shirt that reads "If you can't run with the big dogs then stay on the porch"

if it weren't for his freshly ironed button down go out shirt and gold chain over the t-shirt

drinking Bud Light of course

anyway I tell him, "oh I wasn't taking a spot, I was just resting my back."

he says, "nah dawg, fookin tell them you've been here all night and they in yo spot."

I do a nervous laugh and say "really, I don't mind."

he tells me, "that's the difference between you and me dawg, I'd tell them to fookin move."

then he tells his girl, "damn babe we should have brought some weed."

great, now I lost my cred with this guy

then the nice white couple he was talking about now turns to me and says, "excuse me, did we take your spot?"

oh good grief

I say " ya you fookin took my spot."

ha ha ha no I tell them no

you're fine

I don't want any trouble

as a amatter of fact I'm just gonna go buy another beer

when I get back I see the band setting up

it was strange to see that the actual band was setting up

not roadies

Gary Clark Jr brought all his own stuff on stage and tuned his own guitar

That's the couple that "took my fookin spot"

damn, Gary would have been on top of me if I was that close

he seemed like a cool guy

he looked at everybody that called his name while he was tuning and gave them a smile

it was a great show

Here's a little taste

see if you can spot "Third Stone from the Sun"

which is the song I use for my ringtone

I also got a complete blues song he did that I'll post later