Day Trip Taughannock Falls & Cray At State Theatre of Ithaca |
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 10/14/2023 - Ithaca, New York - Today, I headed East down NYS Thruway to Route 96S to 89S to Ithaca, New York for a day trip to see gorgeous Taughannock Falls State Park for some fall foliage and an evening of blues with one of my favorites the Robert Cray Band performing at the lovely State Theatre of Ithaca. It was an overcast day but stayed dry for me to get to Taughannock Falls and spend some time hiking around the nice area. The falls were kind of light but it was nice viewing from the top viewing area and then hiking at the bottom of the gorge to the falls was fantastic and the trail was an easy 1.5 mile walk. I left the park and attempted to go to Robert H. Treman Park but it started pouring rain so I headed into Ithaca and grabbed a quick bite at Dibellas. I was then off to State Theatre of Ithaca to see Robert Cray Band perform. This would be the second day in a row that I would see them as I saw them perform in Buffalo at Asbury Hall the night before. I had an excellent ticket five rows back center stage and shockingly the theatre was half empty on this night ! Cray and his excellent band came out on time, with no opener again, and played an excellent ninety plus minute set. They opened with Anything You Want and the set contained excellent renditions of classic Cray songs like Phone Booth, Deep In My Soul, Sitting On Top Of The World and Poor Johnny. He played an excellent version of one of my favorite songs, I'm Done Cryin'. The band sounded great on this night, even cleaner than the night before in Buffalo. They came out for a two song encore that included The Forecast Calls For Pain and the finale of Time Makes Two. I managed to snag a couple more Cray guitar picks at the shows end. The small crowd on this evening were treated to a great show and ended an excellent day trip to the Ithaca area. I will definitely be back to this venue.Slideshow | |
<<<- <- -> ->>> Robert Cray Band performs Sitting On Top Of The World at State Theatre of Ithaca in Ithaca, New York on Oct 14, 2023
Robert Cray Band performs Deep In My Soul at State Theatre of Ithaca in Ithaca, New York on Oct 14, 2023
Robert Cray Band performs I'm Done Cryin' at State Theatre of Ithaca in Ithaca, New York on Oct 14, 2023
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