Other People’s Sweat and Beer Soaked Shoes: What I Really Miss About Live Music
Death From Above at Neumos // photo by Dave Lichterman
For Live Music Heals, KEXP s Dusty Henry shares some reflections on what live music means to him. Tune in on Feb. 18th as KEXP DJs listeners share their own stories on-air throughout the day.
I miss other people’s sweat. The sticky, putrid stank of your t-shirt soaked and clinging to your skin. Elbows jabbing in the side of your torso while you stretch your neck to try to get a clear view – a view that only lasts a moment before bobbing heads interrupt and suddenly you’re tumbling in the opposite direction with the swarm of other bodies. Shoes sticking to the beer-soaked floors. A stranger picking you up, giving a quick pat on the back and a pantomimed “you good?” before you both smile and return to the moment. And, of course, the swell of noise blaring through the PA speakers – the cacophonous ritual that brought us all here in the