sara bareilles sittin on the dock of the bay live

I immediately marked my calendar for the exact minute tickets went on sale. Just a ridiculously talented woman and a piano (and a couple guitars, a ukelele and a harmonium). The Brave Enough Tour would feature Sara and no one else. That is, until this past March when she announced an intimate solo tour. Since the end of that month was awesome anyway, I didn’t give it a second thought. For reasons I can’t remember, I decided not to go. In December of that year, she did a show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. When I finally moved to California in August of 2011, Sara became a regular part of my west coast themed playlists along with other favorites like Gold Motel and Florence + the Machine. That’s when I finally noticed her fantastic cover of Otis Redding’s classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” on that album, and I credit that discovery with being the point where I realized that that’s where I was going to be headed with my life.

After my first (and only) job interview out there, I couldn’t stop myself from dreaming of San Francisco.

As the year went on, I began to seriously look for career options in California and the Bay Area. Once again, she was pitch perfect and just overflowing with energy and good vibes. Even live, she doesn’t miss a note and to me it’s truly impressive, but I’ll get to that soon enough.Īs I got more and more into Sara during my senior year of college, I found her live album from The Fillmore in San Francisco and gave it a spin. I’m not an expert on singers or what makes someone a “good” vocalist, but she has one of the best voices I’ve ever heard. It’s so easy for me to get lost in her voice. I could listen to this on repeat for a long time (and I have, several times.) Her latest EP Once Upon Another Time was the sound of the end of my summer last year as I pulled myself out of depression. Her music filled up many an hour in college Little Voice became part of the sound of my first summer at school, while Kaleidoscope Heart filled up my last fall there. Hey, who’s the cute girl playing the piano? She sounds good too! And that was that. You know, the one with her playing the piano in some dude’s apartment. I’ve been listening to her since 2007, ever since she appeared in that commercial for Rhapsody.

Once again I’m at a loss for words, so I’m going to do my best to express my feelings… with words.

Sara bareilles sittin on the dock of the bay live