Modern Minstrels

Matt Nathanson in the Other Park

A couple weeks ago, a bunch of my friends from work and I went to see Matt Nathanson (with full band) perform a free show at St. James Park in San Jose. There was a surprisingly big crowd at the park, of course only about half the people had any idea who Matt was. Since this was a public, outdoor performance, Matt wasn't allowed to swear at all. This of course made many of his usually topics of between song conversation off limits, but he still managed to put on an entertaining show. Highlights included a cover/sing-a-long of Journey's Don't Stop Believin', Matt's PG version of the story behind Lost Myself in Search of You, and Matt getting some guy to clap for some 80's metal band. Oh, and before the show Nick got his picture taken with Matt. It was great getting to see Matt so soon after just seeing him a little over a month ago. Sadly now I must wait until his fall tour to have my face rocked off again.