Aspen Day 2

Today was a two concert day, Dave Stafford at 1pm and Aspen Meadow Band at 4 pm.   As you can see from the view from our balcony, we had snow this morning in Aspen and it was rather pretty.  There was not a lot of accumulation, about 3" on the cars and very little on the sidewalks.  On the right is a picture of our hotel, the Mountain Chalet, in the snow.

Dave's concert was very good.  He played a lot of the less familiar JD songs which was very interesting to hear.  He played for a full 2 hours and was joined by his brother, Ron Matthews, for several numbers.  Dave lives in our area of southeast Michigan so we have been fortunate to hear him sing locally as well as in Aspen.

Held later in the afternoon, the Aspen Meadow concert was very energy-filled.  They played for over an hour and sounded great!  The are very good musicians and had the crowd engaged for the entire performance.  At one point people were even standing and dancing.  We were pleased that Jake sang his most-requested song, Yellowstone, which is also the last song John Denver ever wrote.

We went to the Hickory House for supper with our friend Don Larson (also known as The Eagle Man of Eau Claire, a nickname given to him by Mary due to his love of eagles in his hometown in Wisconsin).  Had great food and we saw several other JD friends there. 

Two more concerts tomorrow, including one by Ron Matthews.