david byrne at red butte gardens

Every Summer Red Butte Gardens puts on a series of music concerts in their open-air amphitheatre. They get a variety of artists and music styles from jazz to country to contemporary. We pack some wine and a picnic dinner and sit on a blanket (along with about 1500 other people) in the gardens and enjoy a pleasant evening of good food and music.

Tonight we came to see David Byrne. For those of you who don't know him Byrne was the founding member and principal songwriter of the "new wave" band Talking Heads (1974-1991) with songs like "Take me to the River" and "Burning Down the House". Since then he has had a successful solo career as well as working on film (soundtracks), ballet and opera.

The show was very entertaining with good music and Byrne's unusual, quirky style.

red butte gardens

Today we headed to Red Butte Gardens (in the foothills above the university & city) to take a look at the emerging spring flowers. The trees were still bare but the early bulbs - crocus, daffodils and iris were starting to put on their Spring display. So nice to see after the long, white winter.