Susan!!

I am a very big fan of blues singer Susan Tedeschi, who plays the Half Shell in Roseburg Tuesday night. For some reason, most of the people I know - including my own wife - look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about her.
I have made it clear to my wife - and most of the people I know - that my fandom has nothing to do with anything so shallow as what Susan looks like. I would understand if people - including my wife - disapproved of my level of excitement regarding her concert in Roseburg IF it was all about how 'hot' I thought Susan was.
Instead, I am a fan because of the unique combination of her incredible singing voice, her talents as a guitarist and her driving riffs and moving lyrics. She is a sincere performer who sounds like a combination of Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin.
Its funny, but when it comes to music, my wife and I are on different levels.
We both love country music and like the same groups. We also both like most of the same 80s music we listened to in high school.
But anything outside of that, its like I'm from Jupiter or something.
I really get into Van Halen and the Police and enjoy watching just about anyone performing live.
I recently recorded Rush in concert in Frankfurt on the DVR, planning to crank it up on the surround sound sometime - and to show our middle daughter Abby what a real "Rockband" looks like.
My wife deleted it.

What?!
How can she not appreciate the talent that those classic bands have, no matter what their music sounds like? Performers with authentic passion are interesting to watch, heck I even recorded Amy Winehouse live in London the other day. It wasn't about her, it was about an interesting person doing her 'thing'. I deleted it after about ten minutes - didn't like the performance.
Well, Susan is an amazing performer with authentic passion, too but for some reason, I get the sense that my wife doesn't like her and doesn't want to like her because she thinks I'm a bit over the top on this.
The same thing came from my co-workers this morning when I found out I was getting an interview with Susan Tedeschi on Inside Douglas County.
It was exciting to talk to someone I admire.
And yet, they all kind of rolled their eyes when I talked about it.
I guess I've crossed the line somewhere, but I think if people actually understood why I like her music so much, they'd cut me some slack.

Anyway, my middle and youngest daughters are excited about the concert and so am I.
I'm pretty sure I'll get to meet Susan after the concert and it will be an honor to meet someone who brings that authentic passion to what she does.