Chris Isaak

On August 18th, my sister and I went to see Chris Isaak perform at the Weill Hall & Lawn at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park.

Chris Isaak

As entertaining as he is talented, Chris Isaak performs one of the best live shows around. With his crazy costumes, wisecracking humor and sultry voice, he moves easily from rockabilly to blues to rock-and-roll, drawing his unmistakable sound from the greats like Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley.   gmc.sonoma

I had a wonderful time – and what a great forum; Weill Hall is fabulous.  And Chris Isaak is a wonderful performer; I didn’t expect him to be so funny!  And lots of charisma.  And even after 30 years of doing what he does, his voice is still absolutely phenomenal.

I originally discovered him back in 1987 or so and bought his second – albeit first commercially successful – album, “Chris Isaak,” and of all things, in the form of an audio cassette (remember those?), which of course I haven’t been able to play in years.  So I immediately came home and ordered a CD of his music – his “Best of” album.  Now I can listen to him in my car and it’s wonderful.

The funny thing is that I believe I saw him in concert way back in the late 1980s when I was living in Marin County – but I honestly do not quite remember if that is true or not!  It might be true in that I remember seeing all these local musicians back in those days and Chris was another of those “local boy makes good” stories.  I just can’t remember so many things from those days – I was kind of a mess in my 20s, probably did brain damage:-\

11909381_1655347871419051_757672965_nIn any event – it was a great show!  And prior to the show, we stopped and ate at the new Amy’s Drive Thru – and that is exciting – I just wish they’d put one in Petaluma (except I’d probably eat there every day), Yum!

And this is probably my favorite Chris Isaak song – it give me chills every time I hear it…

Chris Isaak’s Website

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