Emi Sunshine at Eddie's Attic

Last Sunday night we went to Eddie's Attic in Decatur to hear Emi Sunshine sing.  

Eddie's Attic have what they call The Patio, it is a bar with tables where they serve food and drinks.  It is a place to hang out before the doors to the concert hall open.

While we were sitting in The Patio, rejecting the waitress's offers to get us something, Anna said something like, "Look!  There is Emi Sunshine!"

I grabbed my camera and she readily posed for my picture.  She was short.  With such a voice maybe I was expecting something bigger than life.  She mentioned they just got in from Florida.  

I said, "Florida?  Where at in Florida?"

She looked helpless, She looked at her mother and asked her where in Florida.  Her mother said "Stewart ".

Then, another mother approached her and asked could she walk over to speak to her daughter who was too timid or shy to come see her.

Emi said, "Sure!"  and she walked over to the little girl.

I followed with my camera.

After a few pictures her mother said, "We have to go feed her now."

"Feed" her?  Interesting.

We thoroughly enjoyed the concert.  Although she was polite and humble in The Patio area, she had the bull by the horns on stage, and bossing the band members around, in a comical way.

She kept looking at her "Diddy" who played the base some signs of some kind.   They spoke of "the formula" .  He mentioned that most singing entertaining go a certain formula.  You sing one, talk, sing two talk, and I don't know how it goes after that.  But he and the drummer Bob (who is a relative) said they did not go by a formula, you get what you see (or hear).

I don't think that is entirely true.  I think they talk, joke, fuss, and whine, all in a jokingly way, between every song to give the little star's vocal cords a rest.  She really works them out by yodeling, purring, long winded sounds, changing vocal cords gears, and so on.  She is becoming an expert at making her voice make any sound she wants it too, which must be stressful for her voice box muscles.    

I also noticed that she can focus herself completely if she wants to.   She is in control, but still wants and need guidance. 

Strangely, that same night, their van or bus was stolen, then  involved in a wreck, and as of Monday morning their vehicle was impounded  with their music instruments and they had to move on  I haven't heard an outcome on that yet.