Hello. Welcome to my website. It started while I was in Europe for a semester, and I've kept it up since then. I'm now at the University of Chicago Law School, living in Hyde Park, and the story continues. If you want to say hi or visit me, email cfloyd at uchicago dot edu.
"Life is nothing if not the sum of your anecdotes." -Scotty The Body, on storytelling "But it ain't that bad, man. Just figure out the system before the system figures out you." -T. Matthew Smith, on the 1L year "The beer just doesn't taste as good when you're not drinking it with your buddies." -Anon., on being away from good friends "Somebody has to pay the rent around here. Why the hell not us?" -Cotton, on studying for exams
9/26/2004
The Texas jaunt was pleasant. Once I have a job secured I'll tell some good stories about the interview process. Luckily, though, I wasn't only interviewing. While in Dallas I was able to catch up with The RD, SMU legal scholar, country music aficionado, and all around good dude.
The RD and I decided to catch a Stoney LaRue show at a place in Dallas called Poor David's. Stoney used to play at the Deli in Norman every Monday with Travis Linville, but then he moved to New Braunfels, TX to further his career. Stoney plays a great solo show. He just plugs in his acoustic Martin and goes to town. Poor David's was a interesting venue. It was a new place, pretty big and clean, with just a small bar and lots of seating. The chairs were school cafeteria-style, colored plastic, which was pretty funny. Anyway, the place was exclusively set up as a place you go to listen to live music. There was no social scene or anything, just people there for the music. Oh, and excellent acoustics. All in all, a great place to see a show.
Stoney's billing on Poor David's website included "a very special guest." The RD and I were trying to figure out who the guest might end up being. In our dreams, somebody like Willie Nelson or Merle Haggard would stroll on in and join Stoney on stage for an acoustic duo performance. We also thought it would be cool if it were Cody Canada, Jason Boland, or some other Oklahoma-scene music star. But then The RD ran into one of his buddies who knew somebody who claimed to know who the special guest was: Mark Chesnutt.
Mark Chesnutt got onstage as a camera light from the local Fox affiliate film crew cut through the smoke. People cheered a bit, but the reception was lukewarm. We weren't there to suck up to a second-tier mainstream guy whose album we didn't own. Stoney introduced him as a fellow country musician from the Nashville scene. Mark replied, and I quote, "You watch that Nashville shit, man. I'm from Beaumont, Texas." That was our first hint that he might not be just an older, fatter Kenny Chesney.
The two didn't seem to know what to make of each other as they started off, but after some shared songs and some shared shots they started to click. They traded off Stoney's Martin between numbers, and played a mix of old favorites and each other's songs. The highlight in my opinion was a soulful rendition of "Long Black Veil." "Pancho and Lefty" was a close second. I didn't have anything until 11am the next day, so we stuck around until the end. It was a great time, and props to The RD for picking me up at my hotel and hanging out all night. We are the two newest fans of Mark Chesnutt. I recommend going to his site and checking out his music. It's great.
