Wilco Concert - June 2012

Red Rocks Amphitheater

Once we moved to Denver, we started a list of all the things we wanted to do this year - annual events, concerts, and restaurants to visit.  Wilco showed up on the Red Rocks concert list, and although we have never listened to their music, Keith's brother is a Wilco fanatic so we bought four tickets and invited Christy and Dave (who work with Keith and had him over for dinner when he was sad and lonely in Denver when he was commuting from North Carolina). 

Dave, Christy, Keith and Shawna

We wanted dinner first at a restaurant near the show, so we picked Beso de Arte, a latin bistro in Morrison, only a few minutes away from Red Rocks.  The restaurant is very cute - the walls roll up to make it almost all outside dining.  This was the first dinner during our "get the hell back in shape" plan, so we tried to eat a bit better - started with Garlicy Green Lip Mussels (no bread) and the house salad (delicious, with Mango) and for our main course we had the Blackened Dorado Mahi-Mahi - excellent.  Shawna was particularly enamoured with the place and wants to go back soon!

The Stage

We headed over to the show, parking along the road at the East Entrance.  That required us to hike a bit up to the arena, but it was beautiful walking through the rocks.  We had General Admission tickets which had us sitting in the first few rows - though since we were not early we were on the far side.  The opening act was Dr Dog who was, as Christy described, and hippy-jam-band.  They were quite energetic and upbeat, and even better started at 8pm on the dot!  Wilco came on after an hour or so, and they were really good - exceeded Shawna's expectations!  We ended up leaving at about 11pm, during the first encore.