Happy Birthday, Leigh Nash! On the night she sang at C-stone, it was her birthday! This is only the second time I have seen her perform. The first time was at Cornerstone, 2002, when Sixpence None the Richer was still around. She was on Mainstage back then. This time she was in the Gallery, which I thought was the perfect setting for her. It was fun to have Ric Hordinski play with her this time as well. What an amazing guitar player!
I find Leigh has an adorable presence on stage and seems quite happy with her new found freedom in the solo world. She spent some of the evening talking about her 3 year old son Henry, which is most definitely the light of her life. She also mentioned that last year, during Cornerstone, she remembered singing an old gospel hymn and at that very moment a guest at the show was on the phone receiving tragic news that some of his family members had died in a plane crash. He hung up the phone, heard the hymn in the background and received some solace and comfort in the face of complete devastation. He was at the show this year as well.
Here she is at the end of the show with her encore number; of course, Kiss Me, from her Sixpence None the Richer days.
Here is Leigh's first video off of her debut solo CD, Blue on Blue, singing This is My Idea of Heaven.
2 comments:
That camera person obviously had no clue what an amazing and near-legendary guitar player Leigh had with her. I'm still reeling at how amazing Ric Hordinski was as her guitar player. gave me chills watching him go at it again after so many years away from Over the Rhine...
I know, I was thinking the same thing!
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