Photo: Patience Hodgson (The Grates)
On Friday night I saw the Grates perform at the Forum here in Melbourne and they were magnificent! Excellent sound and contagious energy.
As you can see by the picture above, I had another one of those moments after the gig. I was lucky enough, after waiting two hours in the cold with my friend Elle, to get the opportunity to meet Patience, John and Alana from the band and chat with them for about 20 minutes about all sorts of things. I'm yet to meet a more lovely bunch of musicians. You'd be hard pressed to find people more genuine and down to earth than them.
It was extra special for me because I got the chance to show Patience the article I wrote about her. She loved it, but I already knew that because she was kind enough to tweet about it. (For those of you who aren't following her, she wrote: "wow this interview is really great musicis-mybf.livejournal.com/7163.html#cutid1 thanks Josh brown") As a result of our conversation, I'm pleased to report she's now following me on Twitter! Awesome!
Let me finish up with some more Grates love.
