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There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine

Abby and I just saw the Indigo Girls at a little outdoor gig in Seattle. The stage was essentially bare except for a couple of microphone stands, a keyboard and a bongo drum. (Or some sort of hand-played drum) At the beginning of the show, the sun was still out, as it doesn't really set up here until around 9, and so essentially we were just watching two people standing there singing and playing guitars - the keyboard was only used in one song, and the drum only in a couple.

The Indigo Girls sang through various pieces of their catalog ranging from 1989 material to current, all of which of course I knew. They closed with an a capella hymn, although Abby informs me that they changed the words. Everything they did was personal and important to them. At one point Amy Ray did a very forceful solo song with a mandolin that showed you don't need an electric guitar to get your point across -- tons of cheers from the crowd when she asserted her intention to live her life the way she chose. They communicated their views on subjects poetically and without preaching, and typically in a positive "I am a person and I will be free" rather than a negative "I hate these people" manner. The level of art was stunning, as it always is with them.

The Indigo Girls are certainly one of my favorite groups, and did not disappoint. I don't imagine they ever will.

And the strife will make me stronger
As my maker leads me onward
I’ll be marching in that number
So let it ring

I’m gonna let it ring to Jesus
Cause I know he loves me too
And I get down on my knees and I pray the same as you
Let it ring, let it ring
‘Cause one day we’ll all be free
Let it ring