Andy & Judy ~ 2024 October 19 ~ Thayer Library, Braintree, MA
Personnel: Andy Daigle, vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, spare change; Judy Daigle, vocals, guitar, ukulele, mandolin.
Set List
Headin' Out To Omaha - I Want To Jump In Puddles - Everyday Things - Cambridge Town - Grandpa - I'll Be Your Umbrella - I Try - Freedom In Hope - Listen To the Children - Take the High Road ... encore ... The Sea
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Grandpa
I Try
Freedom In Hope
Review
It was a real pleasure to be present at the first concert performed by folk duo Andy and Judy Daigle in a while. Andy has been recuperating from a health problem, and it's such a joy to see him well enough to be out and about, entertaining a friendly audience with his and Judy's lively and upbeat brand of folk music.
The duo performed a ten-song set of mostly originals, with one encore, accompanying themselves on guitar, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, and a little percussion instrument I'm calling the spare change. Many members of the audience in this upstairs room in the library were friends and acquaintances, or at least former attendees at other concerts. The songs included a number of singalongs, which brought some good singing, and some laughter too, from the attendees. The songs were profound, fun, and smile enducing. Some of the songs included serious history -- "Freedom in Hope" about escaped enslaved people finding freedom through the Underground Railroad, or "Heading Out to Omaha" about a woman in cowboy times answering an ad for a mail order bride, and finding a happy marriage; some just had personal joy -- "I Want to Jump In Puddles"; and some had a happy ending -- "The Sea" (the encore song), in which the couple separated by the man's long sea voyage are reunited at the end.
Andy & Judy are very good at writing positive songs, which is only one of the things I like about them. They're also very good musicians and singers, and it's a delight to have them back on the live concert circuit after Andy's illness.
Thayer Library is a great concert venue. Easy to find very near the Braintree T station, with a good big parking lot, and not much traffic getting there on a Sunday afternoon. A quick and no nonsense introduction from the enthusiastic library employee, and we were in for an hour of delightful folk music. What better way could there possibly be to spend a Sunday afternoon?