Pink Floyd (cover) in Todi!

It was a bit surreal when the evening Mass started with Pink Floyd guitar licks instead of the usual entrance hymns.  But no worry!  It was just the sound check out in the piazza.

Last night was the final night of the Todi Festival, an annual celebration of live performance art that includes dozens of musical and theatrical productions.  Ashley had told me that the performance in the piazza would be a Pink Floyd cover band, so of course I had to see that!  A big Medieval piazza is exactly where you would expect that, right?

They were absolutely spot on!  True to major band character, they promptly did not start at 10:00 pm.  Nowhere in sight.  At 11:00 they did exactly the same thing.  Finally, shortly before 11:30 pm on a Sunday night, they walked out to enthusiastic applause, shouldered their guitars, and cranked up the volume.  And they were good!

I had planned ahead and planted myself at a outside table at the bar with something to read.  For those of you worried about the high cost of living in Italy, live music, a table 40 feet from the stage, two mixed drinks, and two hours of chilling to great songs set me back 10 Euros.

Michael