Good As Ever

My buddy, Charles, is in town this week. He arrived in Denver on Sunday the 18th. We went to see Works Progress Administration (WPA) at the Soiled Dove Underground on Sunday night. Great band, here is their album if you want to check it out.


There are even a few songs that Pops might like. WPA’s core consists of Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek), and Luke Bulla (Lyle Lovett). The core band is what we saw tonight, and they put on a wonderful show. There are other cool members in the band on the album, but logistics makes it too hard to tour with the full band. That’s alright, the core turned out to be pretty good all by their self. Ryanhood opened the show. They are a duo and were impressive as well.

Earlier in the day we made a trip Tommy Knockers for some beer and food. It is an excellent brew pub in Idaho Springs. We took the scenic way back via Squaw Pass Road near Mt. Evans. It shocked Charlie’s sea level system. 10,000 feet elevation gain for one day is tough. The beer at lunch probably didn’t help.



Charles at Juniper Pass near Mt. Evans