Friday night found West and Yours Truly on the lawn of the beautiful Overton Park at the Levitt Shell. Why, you ask? Well, it was to enjoy the music of Lil Malcom and The Houserockers, don't ya know? That's right. Yours Truly experienced her first lawn concert in Memphis. And what a glorious night to be outside it was!
We started the evening with a cocktail and appetizer at a nice little restaurant in Midtown, Boscos Squared. West had oven roasted shrimp while YT sampled some freshly made hummus - a combination of traditional hummus along with black bean hummus. Both....were fabulous!
Next, we made our way to the park. We were meeting a friend of West's, Chip, whom he has known since college. We made our way into the park, selected where we would set up base camp and settled in to wait for the show to begin. The Shell is quite lovely and better yet, the shows they produce are free to the public! They do have a mission, which I was able to locate for you:
"We will build community through music and education, finding common ground for a diverse audience. The Shell's rich musical heritage, prime location, thoughtfully renovated facility, and multi-cultural musical programming make it the ideal setting to bring the Memphis community together." Now, if that's not a great mission, I don't know what is!
As we settled in, West was kind enough to purchase a cold beverage for YT as we thought you could not bring your own beverage of choice into the park. Seems they have recently changed this rule, but I was able to experience another first...a nice cool refreshing sip of locally brewed beer, Ghost River. Yours Truly is most definitely not what I call a "foo foo beer" drinker but this was a nice pale golden ale and it was indeed very good! As you can see...they are award winning brewers! 
Our friend Chip made it to our base camp and he was fully prepared with a nice cooler of Bud Light. Now, that's a smart man! And while we had grapes, cheese and crackers, he shared his Bud Light with us too!
After a nice introduction, the band finally took the state! And what wonderful music they did play!! This was a band of all family members and they just plain out brought it!! By the end of the evening, they even had WEST on his feet for a little dance with Yours Truly!!
So it was another splendid evening in Memphis. Until next time, turn up some good music, be nice to people, and tell the ones you love that ya love 'em!!! Love, Yours Truly
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