Mitch
McVicker concert & CD Release Party
Woodlawn
United Methodist Church, 7:00pm
Derby
KS, Sept 19th, 2002
Mitch
always likes to visit the Light 99 studios when he gets to Wichita
(Derby is a suburb of Wichita).
On this September 19th, the 5th anniversary of "the accident," Mitch reflected on that day and how far he has come.
They
also shared stories of the old days which always brings smiles.
Mitch
and "Dan-O" (yes, people often confuse "Dan-O" and "Danl")
Mitch
and the guys were here almost exactly one year ago, the day after the fateful
9/11.
While things weren't exactly "depressing" then, the mood was definitely more festive this evening...
... as we celebrated the release of Mitch's new CD, "Without Looking Down."
The concert was great! Mitch played a few of the "old standards," but most of the concert was obviously cuts from the new CD. As Mitch had said, one of the objectives of this recording was to have arrangements that could be more faithfully reproduced live.
To assist in more genuinely reproducing the recordings, Mitch and the guys got a new sound system. To help run the new system, Paul Yodis was assigned the job of sound engineer. While Paul has a full time job in North Carolina, he has worked out personal leave time and the fact that most concerts are weekends to enable this task ... and he did a great job! Paul is included in the group pic below.
Many
of these new songs are not that new, if you've been to any of Mitch's concerts
in the past year or so. Two of my personal favorites, are "Midnight In
Madison" and "Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled" (which I immediately learned
to play at church). "Don't Let..." is a basically a love song to us from
Jesus, and it has ministered to me greatly.
After
the concert, Mitch spent quite a bit of time visiting with old friends
and fans ...
Mitch's
dad, Doug McVicker (back left), was busy as everyone picked up their
CDs.
David
and Lisa Sprinkle (left) had just rolled into to town (formerly with
the Legacy in Wichita, and now with the Legacy's traveling music school.)
and
popped in to say Hi to Cobra Joe (right) and everyone.
(left
to right) Joe Curet, Brad Layher, Jess Weiss, Mitch,
Stephen Pierce (concert organizer), and Paul Yodis (soundman).
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