Indigo Girls with Michelle Malone, Moore Theater, 11/7/03

Friday night we went to see the Indigo Girls at the Moore theater. It was a great show, as usual, although (as they mentioned a couple of times) it was weird to see them indoors -- usually when they play in Seattle it's part of the Summer Nights at the Pier concert series, outdoors in the setting sun.

They played about 25 songs, covering their entire career, including three or four songs off the new album. All good stuff.

Opening for them was Michelle Malone, who we had never heard of. She rocked the )(*#!#! house. Picture a punked-out Loretta Lynn and you'll get the idea -- guitar and drum, loud, noisy, and hell bent for leather. She's a little more restrained and bluesy on her albums (which we bought at the show) but still great. If you get a chance to see her live I'd definitely recommend it.

She was funny, too. "Could y'all buy a few cds, please? We had to pay to park our own *&#!! van out back." She raises her hands in an ironic metal salute. "Rock and Roll, man!"

Michelle shakes her guitar at us in alt-country-rock-rage:

The crowd rushes the stage when Amy and Emily come on:

Michelle sat in on several songs: