Delta Spirit! (By: Tim Cahill)

Delta Spirit, an indie rock band from San Diego, gave one of the best live performances I have ever seen.

On Friday evening, Ryan (my roommate), Sarah (his girlfriend), John and I stopped at the cafeteria for the infamous to-go meals and headed for the City of Angels (not Anaheim! all you angels fans out there who may have thought that). Personally, I like the new to-go system. It's healthy and it’s very quick. I will tip my hat to the new to-go, it truly is as easy as A B C. Anyway, back to the topic, we took off for the El Rey Theatre on Friday night at 4:30pm. There’s one thing that will always be a part of So Cal, and that is traffic! We sat in the car for two and a half hours trying to get to El Rey, and by the time we got there we were even more excited for the show.

We met up with a couple of other CBU students and went inside the theater.

If you’ve never been to a show in LA, you must go! It is definitely a unique experience. At this particular venue there were huge chandeliers hanging from the ceilings and the walls were painted with a deep red color that gave it an extraordinary look. Also, get this, in the bathroom there is a man standing there that passes you a paper towel and sells a variety of candy. Sounds kind of shady…Don’t worry, he’s legit, at least I think, I mean he was wearing a tux! I trusted the guy and got a blue raspberry tootsie roll pop, oh yeah, so good!

So the show finally started around 8:30pm with Romany Rye as the opening band, needless to say I wasn't impressed by their performance. Delta Spirit came on... wooohooo!! I was so excited to see them come on stage, and they did not disappoint in the least. The lead singer Matt Vasquez was amazing! He played with so much passion..They have an amazing sound, I would definitely recommend them to anyone who is into indie rock. opening up. I enjoyed his music thoroughly. He played a 30 min set and then Everest came on, and honestly I was not impressed. Sorry to any Everest fans out there, maybe they had an off night but I just wasn’t feelin’ it! Finally, around 11pm.

We ended up standing for a good five hours and although the show was amazing, I was so relieved to finally sit down. The show was great, but it wouldn’t have been the same without the people I went with. That is one thing that I have come to really appreciate at CBU, the people, especially since it’s my last semester at CBU. I may forget most things I’ve learned in class, I may not remember all of the activities, but I will always remember and maintain the friendships that I love.


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Tim Cahill

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