Last night I made it to a show of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. They were pretty entertaining but very annoying, but the main reason I went was to see the opening act. Mat Kearney hit the stage with just his acoustic guitar, but that did not detract from his set at all.

Mat kept the small audience engaged, had a more raw delivery during the songs, and played a half hour of great tunes. During a couple songs, he did freestyle verses about Minneapolis, some of the sights in the neighborhood, and the drive through Wisconsin to get here. It was awesome.

Afterwards, I got to chat with Mat a bit. We thanked each other for our interview, I tried to get info about the upcoming re-release without pressuring him (all I really got was that it will be February), and we tried to decide about the headlining band. It was cool.