Love, Piano & Heartbreak in Minneapolis Last Night ♥️🎹🐳🔥....in your own words, please. (Patreon)

Hello loves....

....especially my Minnesota & Midwest Patrons who came out last night...and I hope all of you who were at the show weigh in and comment, even briefly, I'm reading.

Last night was a truly special and unique night, we didn't have time for an extensive Q&A but we discussed some really good stuff. I had to cut off the last 10 or so people who were in line with questions, so I wanted to give you a chance to ask me whatever was on your mind right here, I'll answer in comments. I'm sorry: I would have gone all night, but the venue did eventually have to CLOSE :)

So let's keep it going here. Please talk to me about the night, the songs, the peoples, the feelings, and ask me your questions if you still have them on your heart. And for the people I met and talked to , please give me a wave and send me the links you might have mentioned.

I want to stay connected.

I also promise I'll come back soon, either solo or with The Dolls. The story is just re-emerging.

Seattle, PDX, Northampton, Brooklyn...I'll see you soon.

(note to Brooklyn: Michael is sending the final responses to show tickets for Nov 4th in the next few days! Sorry for the wait.)

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So....love from Minneapolis.

Boring tech-dork housekeeping first....I had a HUGE post built and set to go out last night all about the weekend, the protests, Hamilton and more...and the plane wifi was wonky and the draft got locked and lost in the back hallways of Patreon, so I'm working on rebuilding it (the tech folks at Patreon have been aces, they salvaged the writing but I need to re-upload all the photos). I'll get it out tomorrow. Such is life on Patreon. I'll take this glitch over Meta any day of the week.

And that means: BOOM, let's just dig right into the show.

Which was just.....extraordinary. The feeling in this room, after all we did to create the moment (so quickly, too), was just like nothing I've ever felt before.

Different from London and LA and New York and Boston (and Martha's Vineyard) where I knew dozens of people in the audience. This was the first time I was playing this batch of songs for a few hundred people who I really didn't....know.

It was frightening and also wonderful.

It's an unbelievable thing to feel your own heart breaking live on a stage, with an audience to catch the pieces. It's like nothing I've ever felt before.

The piano was a gorgeous one - my fave - a 7 foot Yamaha.

Here's some photos from our own patron Amanda Eckert:

And these from Esra Kucukciftci (who I know through TED)....

I thought you'd enjoy my choice of entrance music....(I'm looking at you, Liz Grammaticas)....

From Nurse Trixie on IG....

This is our patron Jessica, who flew to the show ALL the way from texas...

The setlist (or close to it....)

Backstage...

I decided to pull out the 2019 There Will Be No Intermission dress out of storage, for kicks....(photo by Brendon)....

These loves....(Brendon on the left, Michael on the right)

{Screaming}.....

He's very tall, and very good at loving.

A note:

The folks at the venue were just INCREDIBLE.

This is Brandon, who did security.

What a life story this guy had....I wanted to listen all night. He was on the front lines of protesting George Floyd, and was imprisoned.

Still smiling, still strong at the core. The whole room was so moving, how everyone worked together. I was about to fall asleep in this photo....

So mahy massive thanks to the venue itself.

I also wanted to give a special shout out to Jennifer Sellers, the patron who introduced me to Tanner at The Green Room (who booked and ran this show).

They both belong to an organization called The National Independent Venue Association, and when I put the call out for a Minny venue, it was Jennifer who connected all the dots.

This kind of organization is gonna be the lifeblood of making indie art and music in America flow as the top corporations continue to crushes the indies, so I'm psyched to learn about their work, and I just followed them on IG.

This one's just for Jennifer....me and Tanner at the bar :)

The piano tuner.

So many people make a show go....

From Niki yesterday.

It hits.

Read you all soon.

Bigger post coming about the weekend, and the Woodstock show is almost about to get released.

It's taken a hot second to finish up the edits and the post.

Love, madly.

Your Amanda

xxx