Brian Collins and The Van Lears

Last night was "take two" for me for a Brian Collins "Meet me in Mexico" event. This morning was my first breakfast with Brian and his fans. 


Who is Brian Collins?  He's the same as he was last year ;)  He's a country/ rock/blues music performer from the USA.  He seems to have a very dedicated group of followers.  Last year, about 150 people came to Cozumel to see him play.  Unfortunately, the turn out was much smaller this year, at about 60 people.


Maybe the difference in the number of people had something to do with the musicians accompanying him for the events?   Last year, Danny de los Reyes was there.  He's a very accomplished drummer.  (See my January 29, 2017 post)  This year, the accompanying musicians were Zach Nytomt and The Van Lears. All country/folk musicians.  Quite good. But I don't think they're as established as Danny de Los Reyes.

New for me this year, was participating in this morning's farewell breakfeast for Brian and his fans.  It was at Tom's coffee shop.  I volunteered to help out.  Mostly I cleaned tables and dishes.  It was a fun event, with Zach Nytomt playing in the coffee shop.


Pictures
1- The concert was under a huge palapa last night.  The air was smooth and warm.  Very nice ambiance.
2 - Brian Collins posing with some of his hard core fans this morning.  They're a really pleasant gang.

3- A picture from the Van Lears web site.  They put new meaning to "artists must suffer for their art".  Both pretty much wore the same thing last night and this morning, as in this picture.  They must have been sweating bullets!!!
4 - Tom and Mirko working really hard making coffee this morning.  I had to apologize to Tom cause I told everyone how good his peanut butter coffee is.  So lots of this fairly labour intensive delicacy got ordered...
5- Zach Nytomt playing in the coffee shop.
6- This dog took a liking to me last night.  I started by petting his head.  This is where it all led to.....