I’m relapsing back into my pre-fatherhood years. For the second weekend in a row, we went out to see live music. Saturday night found us at the Stagger Inn in Edwardsville to see the Ginn Sisters (that’s a hard G, like in gangsta) from Austin. Sisters Tiffani and Brit came in billed as "The Hottest Harmonies in Texas", and they didn’t disappoint. Think of a more folksy Freakwater, or, if that reference is lost on you, how about a less polished Dixie Chicks (that reference is lost on me.)

Their songs were great and their between song banter and overall presentation made for the kind of performance that made me wish the young college whippersnappers in attendance would have shut their yaps and listened to the show. No harm, I suppose. Despite battling illness, Tiffani demonstrated a Letterman-like ability to make a bad joke funny with witty post-punchline commentary.

They were joined on stage by their mother, Carrie (sic ?), Tif’s husband Bill Passalacqua, and Bill’s brother Larry. I went to college with Bill, which is how I found myself in Edwardsville on a Saturday night. He’s a great perfomer in his own right, and if you have young children, they need to hear Jack Rabbit.

Since Tammy and I had a night out without the kids, and we were in the vicinity of Fairview Heights, I thought I’d treat her to somewhere special for dinner. We brought some home for the kids and the babysitter.

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