Event 1

On Friday, September 24th, I went to the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach to see the Easy Star All-Stars. Going to this concert was a spur of the moment and last minute decision to go to because I was originally planning on going to an event on Saturday September 25th, but some family matters had come up and I was unable to go. Anyways - The show started at 9pm, and me, my boyfriend, and our friend had shown up at 10:30, just in time to see the Easy Star All-Stars perform, which I'm glad I was able to see. The venue was very small, but it had a great atmosphere, and the three of us were easily able to make it to the front of the stage. I had never attended a concert with a dub or reggae genre before, so this was a very interesting setting for me. While I've never heard any of their songs before, I had heard of the Easy Star All-Stars from my boyfriend, who had mentioned "Dub Side of the Moon", saying that it is just like Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" except that there were reggae beats instead of the sythesized tunes. Their band includes a trombone player, a saxophone player, a bass player, a female vocalist, a drummer, a keyboard player, a guitarist, and a male vocalist who would randomly come onto the stage during their performance and sing really fast. When performing their "Dub Side of the Moon", they performed the first several track of "Dark Side of the Moon", which included "Speak to Me/Breathe", "On the Run", "Time", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Money", etc. They also performed a couple Beatles songs, including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". I thoroughly enjoyed myself that night, listening to good music and being around good people.