kevin devine

this post can also double as my obsessed post as well. every plane ride and since i've been home, i've been stuck on mr.devine.

courtney and myself discovered kevin devine when we went to see the jesse lacey solo tour [which was an even more epic night]. his voice takes a little getting used to, and at times sounds raspy and harsh but that's one of the things i've grown to love about him. his lyrics are striking and very intelligent. kevin is very much a liberal and many of his songs have underlying meanings relating to politics and world issues.

the concert:
courtney and i were definitely not expecting the experience we got that night, but are glad we did. the show was about twenty minutes outside of portland. as we were driving down a road, there was a small road off to the left that was surrounded by large shrubbery and had a big wooden sign, we almost missed it. we followed the road a little ways back and came to a large building with big steps and courtney jumped out to ask where we were supposed to go. we went and parked by a building in the back and headed up the huge stairs of another building. when we went into the building we went to the back where the was a restaurant. we walked through the restaurant and followed the winery signs. then the sign took us through some hallways that were for hotel rooms. at this point we were a bit confused and convinced were were going the wrong way, but kept following the signs. they led us down another flight of stairs and then we saw a wine bar. we saw a small hallway with tables and people sitting at them drinking wine and eating. we kept looking for a room, a stage, something that would tell us where kevin would be performing. we found nothing and finally asked the bartender. he said kevin devine would be performing at the end of the hall in a few minutes.

the tables were full but at the front of the hallway there were two stuffed armchairs so we took those. kevin devine came down the hallway and picked up his guitar and started playing...two feet away from us. no microphone, no stage, just him and his guitar. at first people were talking through the set, but by the end he'd made new fans out of the people that were just there for wine and dinner, not him.

after the set we hung out for a while and then got up to talk to him. when we walked up he said something to the effect of, "you're not from here". and then went on to tell us that he remembers faces and remembered us...it was our third time meeting him. ha ha. i probably wouldn't have believed him that he remembered us, but the fact that he knew we weren't from oregon before we even said anything was pretty convincing. the first two times we met him we didn't really get a chance to talk to him, but this time we stayed for probably a half an hour talking to him.

i knew kevin was an intelligent man, but i figured anyone can be intelligent on a website or chat forum or blog, they have all the time in the world to research and spell check and look up better fitting, more appropriate and smarter words. in person he blew my mind. i have a newly earned respect for him and how intelligent he really is. we talked about different things when he asked about my scissors necklace. we then got onto the subject of fashion, jobs, internships.

he was very patient and seemed to be having fun as we took polaroids with him. unfortunately my camera batteries decided to not work so all i had was my camera phone, and it was way too dark in there to get a picture with any detail.

it was so amazing to see how down to earth and sweet kevin devine is, and the fact he remembered us was amazing. this experience is one i'll remember for the rest of my life. it was an amazing 21st birthday for courtney and she had tons of fun as well, even though they didn't even card her.

a picture i took of him on my phone while
he was playing, you can see how dark it was