Day 15.126: When Tori came to Maine

It was less than a year into the Exile and nearly 15 years ago that we last saw Tori Amos live when she visited Albany NY on the American Doll Posse tour. We'd seen her a few years earlier in London too. 

I've told the story before, but my first conversation with Exile #2 arose from an offer to record a CD single that she owned but had nothing to play it on onto tape. I think I added a couple of tracks from different CD single I owned to make a kind of uncurated mix tape. In any case, it got us talking albeit rather shyly and - over the next couple of years - one thing led to another.

Anyway, since Tori made the effort to come to Maine yesterday on the Ocean to Ocean tour, we made the effort to get tickets, specifically on the front row of the circle at the Merrill Auditorium:

Tori was on great form -  she played for two hours or so (setlist here) and seemed to be really loving it:

Her two piece band - bass and drums were excellent:

We also enjoyed the support act Gracie and Rachel and their - as they described it - "songs about anxiety - it's kind of our thing" set.

The concert brought our weekend of entertainment to a fitting (if slightly late-at-night) end.