Artist: Medeski, Martin, and Wood Location: Commodore Ballroom Date: 09.13.2007 Photography: Rebecca Brown Having an extensive musical background can almost always be a blessing, it is rarely a curse. As I was signing up for concerts for the month, I submitted without hesitation, a Vancouver, B.C. showing of Medeski, Martin and Wood. I sent the request to my editor who nearly immediately confirmed my attendance at the upcoming event.

It was then that I first said to myself, wait…who are these guys? Thinking back to myself, I remember seeing a couple of their discs like The Dropper and Electric Tonic in my father s vast collection. That s where I knew them from! Looking at the scheduled event, there was another name involved ..Scofield ..I know that somehow I know that name too.

I come to the conclusion that these names at the very least must be musical heavy-hitters, as that is the only type of music that my father really listens to. A musician s band. I talked over the plan for the night with my photographer Rebecca Brown, and asked her if she had any knowledge on the band. She also did not. Now, the sheer power of the internet would have it that I have all the information on Medeski, Martin, Wood and Scofield in a matter of minutes.

I might find so much information on them all via the internet, that should I meet them might tell them stories about their lives that they don t even remember. Or, in the fashion of the purest gonzo journalism, I could go in blind and hope to be blown away with an exceptional musical performance. We arrived to a packed Commodore Ballroom in downtown Vancouver. With about 20 minutes to spare, there was no opener that night, they came straight out on stage and the place went nuts.