An Indigo Girls set is like a Radiohead set (except, obviously, totally different). I mean, it’s not like I can be like “gosh! they played such a good set last night!” as if it’s possible for them to not play a good set? It’s a given that I’m going to walk away having known and sang along to 97% of the lyrics and feel completely satisfied with the performance. The Indigo Girls, of course, lived up to this last night (Wednesday, May 13, 2009) when performing at the Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, CA. They truly are amazing women and extremely talented artists. This is my 4th time seeing them live and definitely not the last.

I took my friend with me to the show who hadn’t heard much of their music and I’m pretty sure he’s convinced of their greatness now (finally!). In fact, his facebook status this morning was “Jon is down with lesbians.”

Me too, Jon. Me too.

Matt Morris was the opener. I have high hopes that he’ll make it really far in his career. He has an amazing voice, a funny sense of humor and a great stage presence. Check him out here: www.mattmorris.net. As usual, the Girls had him come out on a couple of the songs at the end of their set. It was obvious he was loving the experience.

I was disappointed that they were sold out of the Indigo Girls t-shirt I wanted, but I did purchase the latest album, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, on vinyl and also bought Matt Morris’s EP, Backstage at Bonnaroo and other Acoustic Performances. He was hanging out by his merch booth, so I had him sign it for me and let him know I enjoyed the show. He was really nice.

The Girls are going to be playing close to home again at The Mountain Winery on July 18, 2009. I think I might take Katie to see them. It’s never too early to introduce children to great musicians, right?