here's to the bar guy

This post is for the guy I met at the bar last night.
HA... no not like that.
Here's to you bar guy.


Last night, two of my best life buds and I went to the classiest bar in town... aka the one where you can get $1 beers on Thursday.
We were standing in the upstairs,
and I stated it smelled like a "dead sock," due to the amount of sweaty, beer drinking individuals hanging around. Including myself.
I was playing pool, and as I was waiting my turn I was standing near this guy sitting at a table with some friends. Actually, some of you who were there too probably took notice of him.

I started making conversation with said guy, because he had pretty crazy dreadlocks.
I asked him about his dreads, how long he's had them, hear about his life and how people judge him for it, and so on.
Then he started talking about how he makes music...
Which, hey, I write music. So that's cool.
He was talking about how passionate he is to play music, travel, and meet people around the world.
Stop thinking... this dude is a total hippie.
Because maybe he was in his mustard yellow vibing shirt, baggy orange pants, and "drug rug."
Ha.
Whatever.

So I decided to ask him what motivates him to play or write music.
I don't have an exact quote, but he explained to me how he loves creating something that can be an expression of emotions and feelings. He talked about how much love people can experience within listening to or writing music and how much it builds relationships and community.
It was a moment where I wish I could take a picture of him and remember the words he was saying so I could share it with... everyone. Not because he's trendy or musical, but because that is the REALEST bar conversation I've ever had with a stranger, especially a male stranger.
He didn't ask me for my phone number or Facebook or anything,
He just shared with me who he was...
and offered to dreadlock my hair. (Don't worry mom).

So this morning I've been thinking about how cool of a encounter that was, and took some time to find him on Sound Cloud, since he did tell me his artist/band name. Really cool stuff.

So here's to you bar guy.
Thanks for looking different.
Thanks for having dreadlocks,
so I would come up and chat with you while
I was hopelessly shooting pool.
Thanks for giving me your SoundCloud
so I can hear your expression.
I'm prettty positive you'll never know
that the girl that you talked to for
fifteen minutes wrote a blog
thanking you for, well, being you.

Here's to you, bar guy with dreadlocks.
You inspire me to live.



email me if you're interested in listening to his music.

_shelly kav