It Was Them in Anaheim

[michelej1]

Just out of the Anaheim show. It was great overall, but I just wanted to quickly note Lindsey's kids. They were all there with about 8 school friends.

After the intro to Big Love, I saw Kristen run out with Will and Lee Lee, carrying Stella in her arms and I thought that was strange. I figured they only wanted to listen to the part of the show that was about them, or maybe Kristen had chosen just that moment to leave Lindsey and was making a quick getaway.

After Big Love, Lindsey said he wanted to do a song that was not normally in his setlist, but since he wrote it about his kids, he wanted to sing it for them. So, he started "It Was You" and imagine my surprise when Will came out for the line "William is here". He was shaking some rattling instrument (maraccas?). Then Lee Lee came out for her chorus. Kristen sat in a corner, egging them on.

When he got to "Stella's here!" Lindsey looked around for Stella, but she wasn't here. After the song he said, "Where's Stella?" Kristen answered him and he turned to the audience: "I think we lost Stella. Apparently she's asleep."

Brett dismissed the idea that Stella might be bored by her dad, hastily adding, "But she loves the show!"

Someone in the audience asked Lindsey how old Stella was and he said. "Four. Yes, we're bad parents." He had Will and Lee Lee take a bow and hugged them. He said getting 2 out of 3 kids up there wasn't bad.

An audience member told him he did a good job and he agreed that he and Kristen did good work when it came to having kids. He thanked Will and Lee Lee and said they had done a beautiful job on the song.

They went back into the audience and took their seats. By the time Lindsey got to Treason, his kids and all of their friends were sitting on the edge of the stage. They asked Lindsey for his guitar picks and he handed them out one by one.

When it was time for Time Precious Time, Will offered to give Lindsey one of the picks back and Lindsey smiled and said, "No, you keep it. I don't need it for this song."

As Lindsey performed TPT, Brett went and got Stella and held her in the wings. She had a firm hold on her blankie and she was waving to the kids sitting on the stage from her perch. After the song ended, Brett told her to go out on stage with Lindsey. She did and came up to Lindsey from behind, so he didn't really see her at first. When he did, he bent down to get her, but I think she was put off by the sweat dripping from him. She touched his damp shirt very gingerly, then teased him and eluded his grasp when he tried to grab her. As everyone left the stage, she lingered behind on the edge, looking out into the audience, clutching her blanket. I think she might just be a ham. Blood will out!

More about the actual show later.

Michele