We caught Kathy Mattea at the GBPAC here on campus last night, she put on a great show, and her voice is amazing. The first half of her show was all acoustic, mostly her signature hits, as well as requests from the audience. The second half of the concert was all Christmas songs, which, while nice, I didn't enjoy as much as the first half. I enjoy classic Christmas music, the songs we all know, rather than new made up "Jesus Rock" tunes, no matter how well they're done. Fortunately, Kathy did some of each, with a great rendition of Come, All Ye Faithful (half in Latin, no less) towards the end. After the show, we hung around the lobby, and I got a chance to talk to her a bit, since I'm distantly related by marriage to her husband. His (late)Uncle Ernie and Aunt Jo are my Great (late) Uncle Ernie and Aunt Jo (Jo is my maternal grandfather's twin sister). Anyhow, her husband didn't come on this tour, so I didn't get a chance to meet him, but we chatted for a little bit. She's a neat person, she has a quick wit, and seemed to be graced with an infinite amount of patience for all the people waiting for autographs. The guy in front of Holly & I was legally blind, and had some mental difficulties as well, but she handled him effortlessly, even helping him open his CDs, so she could sign the inserts, and never once hurrying him along. I didn't take the picture on the right, but I laughed when I saw it, as it's the same jacket she wore last night to sign autographs, along with the same sign, so it works well. I'm not sure how I feel about baby blue leather, however...