On Friday, April 25th, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will play the Jazzfest in support of their album, Raising Sand. Plant and Krauss work well together even though they didn’t write any of the songs, a matter easily overlooked thanks to their two great voices and T Bone Burnett’s production genius. I’ve always liked both artists independently, dig the album and now have an opportunity to see them perform in my city. It’s really the only JF offering for me, as I’ve already seen a lot of or am not as excited about the rest of the lineup.
Enter problem: The UW geology alumni board has scheduled a meeting in Madison that same day. I was unable to attend last fall’s gathering due to a business trip and really ought not to miss two meetings in a row. In addition, I am on the committee for a fundraising iniative that kicks off this year.
Hence, the dilemma: Stay in New Orleans, watch the Plant-Krauss show, miss the meeting and beat myself up for being irresponsible? Or travel to Madison, return to New Orleans on Saturday and sulk my way through the rest of Jazzfest? It does not help that the Raising Sand tour leaves for Europe after Jazzfest and, on its return stateside in June, will be nowhere near me.
Fiddlesticks.
This is a no-brainer to me. Fuckabuncha geologists.