Chris Botti at the Mountain Winery

On Friday, September 26th my wife and I had the chance to catch Chris Botti (click here) at the Mountain Winery (click here) in Saratoga (thanks to some free tickets from KKSF a local radio station). Chris is touring to support his "Italia" CD (released on September 25, 2007). "Italia," garnered the trumpeter a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album. The album takes on Botti's Italian roots as its theme."It really is a beautiful kind of love letter to Italy expressing the longing of someone who's not there," said Botti. "Italy has a romantic quality about it even for someone who's never been there ... the food, the fashion, the art, the landscape, the way the people live their life.". Chris played various tracks from his discography. His band was untouchable - guitarist Mark Whitfield and drummer Billy Kilson completely blew my mind. Chris was entertaining, funny, magical, has more restraint then most jazz musicians, and every note that he played was perfect.

The show was incredible. Mountain Winery is an amazing place to see a show. If you ever find yourself in the Bay Area during their concert season and there's someone you'd like to catch, catch them at Mountain Winery! I don't think we could've had a better time. If you have the chance to catch Chris Botti on this tour I highly recommend it. Extra special thanks to KKSF (click here for their website) for selecting my name and allowing me to go see Chris.

Mark Harvey

Lindsay Buckingham at the Mountain Winery

On Sunday, September 7th my wife and I had the chance to catch Lindsay Buckingham (click here) at the Mountain Winery (click here) in Saratoga (thanks to some free tickets from KFOG a local radio station). This was the first date on his tour to support his "Gift of Screws" CD (released on September 16th). His new CD is excellent - I highly recommend it.



The unconfirmed set list:
Great Day
Love Runs Deeper
Trouble
Go Insane
Tusk
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Gift of Screws
Never Going Back Again
Big Love
Shut Us Down
Under The Skin
Come
World Turning
Did You Miss Me
So Afraid
Gyow
Second Hand News
Don't Look Down
Treason
Time Precious Time

The show was incredible. Mountain Winery is an amazing place to see a show (I had been there a few times before). I don't think we could've had a better time. If you have the chance to catch Lindsay on this tour I highly recommend it. Extra special thanks to KFOG (click here for their website) for selecting my name and allowing me to go see one of my guitar idols.

Mark Harvey


(Lindsay Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac fan)