st. louis: wolfgang schaefer and pezzettino

awwwwwwww. this show was so much fun and gives me warm fuzzies just thinking about it. i'd never actually seen either artist before, but ben schaefer is wolfgang's brother. and ben is a great friend of mine who played drums for we the living. things regarding we the living and their state-of-being as a band were hush hush for a while, but i'd talked to all the guys about it a couple months before. i was bummed about the news, but excited to hear ben would still be playing shows. imagine my excitement when i heard he was coming to st. louis! so i headed downtown to a cute little coffee shop called foam and ben and i bear-hugged it out. wolfie played first and he's quite the folkmaster. check him out, he's got a rad beard. pezzettino is the brainchild of wolfgang's leading lady margaret, and she was probably the most precious thing i'd seen. bouncing blond curls and an accordion; you don't forget cool shit like that. she's fantastic as well, be sure to give her a listen. the show ended pretty early and ben and i sat down at a table and i don't think we moved for a solid two hours. there's no need to get into technicalities or anything of the we the living matter, but it was really great to sit down face to face and hear ben's story. he's such a great guy with a huge heart, and i just love him to death. we promised to keep in touch and we all left with happy hearts, i do believe.



the schaefer brothers: a view from my coffee cup.

www.myspace.com/wolfgangschaefer
www.pezzettino.net