Last night Luke, Jane, Liis, Kadi, and I went to see Tanel Parder and The Sun, perhaps Estonia's biggest rock band, right here in sleepy Haapsalu. Fresh from the beer festival, they did a show not ten minutes drive from where we live, and with tickets at about $12, we decided we had nothing to lose by seeing them again. They sing the 'Welcome to Estonia' song that I have a YouTube video of a few posts below this.
They played at the local yacht club, a very small venue for such a big act. As such, the crowd was an intimate one (read: small but packed like sardines.)
They were joined after half of their set by Florida, USA's own Bill Blue. Bill played blues guitar annd sang his blues while Tanel and The Sun played their best blues riffs. A really memorable show.
I filmed a whole tape's worth (60 min.) of the show, so I didn't get many photos. It was hard shooting over people's heads anyway.
After the show, we went to Pub Afrika, in central Haapsalu, where we happened to run into Bill Blue when he poked his head in. I told him he did well, but he seemed pretty drunk. Still, it must have startled him to meet possibly the only other Americans in Haapsalu.
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Good for people to know.
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