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Healing

11/14/2015

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Yesterday, while attending The Lone Bellow Happy Hour set with people whom we love, Paris was under attack. Of course, we didn’t know it was happening. We didn’t know that while we were listening to our favorite musicians discuss the many stories they’ve heard from fans- stories of how their music has healed people, brought them out of despair, and made them feel alive again- people some 3000 miles away from us were being violently targeted while they were in a concert hall, undoubtedly enjoying the musicians they came to see, undoubtedly feeling like they were experiencing something special together, in the way that only live music allows. When we heard the news out of Paris,  we were devastated. And, as anyone who has been in a city that has been under attack can tell you, it is impossible not to recall what you have also been through, to know too well the panic and chaos, the worry, the endless sirens, the waiting for the news that you are safe again.
 
 The very first time we saw The Lone Bellow we had just been through this ourselves, as it was just after the marathon bombing.  Their music was undeniably a part of our own healing.  They were a new discovery for us, this largely unknown band, in a tiny space, reminding us that music is a gift to be shared, a simple and meaningful way to connect us to one another. And here we were again, in NYC, a city that also knows the sorrow and fear of being under attack, with these same musicians, in need, again, of their words and music.
 
We can tell you that just like in previous shows this band was flawless. We can tell you that we cried, we laughed, we danced, and sang loudly.  We are grateful, as always, for this band and everything they do. We want to give you all of the details from the NYC shows, but we’re just not quite ready. Perhaps in a few days time we will be. For right now, though, we want to hold these memories close to our hearts, as we are holding the people of Paris close to hearts, hopeful that they will soon see light from the darkness, and that they, too, will heal.
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    We are Abra and Bobbie, two friends living in Boston who go to a lot of concerts together. We saw The Lone Bellow, having never heard of them, and could not believe our good fortune in discovering such talent. We now try to go by the "Four-Hour-Rule", meaning if we can get to a show within four hours, we will be there, hopefully right up front.

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