Phil Roy

private concert, Pittsburgh, PA.....

This performance was part of a series of benefit shows to raise money for WYEP's capital campaign to build the Community Broadcast Center. It was at a church in (I believe) the South Hills somewhere.

It was quiet yet entrancing performance. The only song I definitely recall that he performed was the beautiful "Melt."

After the show was over Phil wanted to go do something else and since I was his driver for the evening, we ended up at a Guster/Ben Folds/Rufus Wainwright concert. 

 


 

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