Last night I went to a concert and halfway through the show I couldn't help but think about family businesses and how they develop. I was seeing Neil Finn. He was is the groups Split Enz and Crowded house. He has also done solo work and a couple of discs with his brother Tim. Last night his backing band was his family - wife Sharon ( bass guitar), and son's Liam (lead and rhythm guitar) and Elroy ( drums). It was hard not to make the comparison to our family business and could see a few generations of this type of band working things out. Currently, my brother is the band leader and headliner, when I was growing up it was my father, and a few years from know it will be David and Jacob.
I picked up on little things like how Neil, still the father, chimed in a few times to acknowledge and correct a few mistakes and the boys wanting to make their father proud - the family banter was great!
It was a great show, but more it was another reminder of how families in business work together and alone.
Addendum:
After JoAnn read the post, and we realized that Neil Finn was playing in Milwaukee and we could make his show there on 7/9. We caught his 4:00pm set at Summerfest. Here is a photo with all his family in the shot.
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