Maria Taylor...etc

It appears as if only part of my posts make it. I don't know why....but let me recall what I wrote and put it up again....So on this Sunday the clouds are dark and mean. They appear to want to speak in downpours not the usual heavy drizzle. And on occasion it does rain. A band that played just before Maria Taylor played while it rained. The stage was protection enough from the rain, but not the wind, since it blows sideways. There is a beauty that comes with clouds that bulge and darken. You cannot ask for better background than that. And when MT played the clouds reached their peak, and MT looked radiant before them. This is not to say that she was oblivious to the clouds. Indeed a camera flash seemed like it could be a lightning strike. I don't blame her for being mindful of her surroundings, which included many electrical cords plugged into sockets.

   The wind just needs a little water to throw around and more than that seemed ready to drop on those of us wanting to see Maria Taylor sing. She's very attractive, tall and lanky, all legs....and cowboy boots. She begins her set with all the distractions that come with this performance, camera flashes that can be lightning, rain and wind. For almost 2 minutes she braved the weather. One can't help but try, because the face of this weather is beautiful to behold. The air just seemed to respond to her defiance verse by verse, until defiance seemed too crazy. The gusts of wind was just too much. It was a wise decision to stop. One gust blew a bucket of water straight down the middle of the stage, a minute after. By now I can see exactly who came to see Maria Taylor, and who just wandered about. The ones that came to see her are still around waiting with sinking expectations. They strike the set. The wind and water apparently won. And just in case MT decides to get cute again, it's drizzling from light to heavy. So I wander to the pizza kiosk that's next to the Beat Kitchen...wander back. My expectations are around my ankles, and yet I wait around with the rest of the MT fans. They take down everything from the stage. And I find myself huddling in the entrance to a building that is right next to the stage, along with other people. We don't know whether we are waiting for the rain to stop so we can go home or what. Expectations are non-existant. And then out comes Maria Taylor with two guitarists/singers and they decide to play their set right there! Everyone just cheers and cheers. We are on the cusp of this moment that we took straight out of the mouth of this bad weather. The stage that was originally set up seemed so distant compared to the intimacy of this moment. I was within an arms length of her. And I was sharing this moment with some genuine Maria Taylor fans. They knew some of her songs, they sang with her. Our original expectations seemed so small compares to what we actually got.