There are times when life delivers truly “delicious” moments.  Last night was an amazing example of this.  We went to Cape Cod this weekend to visit with my parents and they graciously offered to watch our children while we went out to dinner.  So, while they went out to dinner first, we took the boys to The Sailing Cow Cafe in Dennis Port for dinner.  What we discovered was a really cool little restaurant and one truly inspiring drummer.

//www.youtube.com/get_playerAs we sat down to a plate of steaming hot chicken fingers and pints of whole milk, this gruff looking band took the stage.  After a few songs, the drummer noticed Ryan was staring intently at him, seemingly begging with his eyes for a chance to someday play the drums.  Without missing a beat, the young drummer extended a stick to Ryan and offered for him to come up and hit a few cymbals between songs.  For a few minutes, Ryan thought he was Don Henley!  Ryan quietly and excitedly returned to his seat to finish his chicken strips.

A few songs later, this same drummer offered Ryan a chance to come up and play a song with the band.  Where most musicians have a certain ego that would preclude them from sharing the spotlight, this guy lowered the thrown, cymbals and gave Ry his own set of drum sticks!  He went through an entire song, of which we captured this short video, and the crowd went wild!  A woman came up asking for Ryan’s autograph (to which he spelled it backward) and a few others came from the bar to see this “cute little kid playing the drums.”

I started the search to say thank you to this young man with a big heart that gave Ryan just a taste of what he could do someday.  Even though there was an audience of maybe 25, to a four year old, he was a start!  As Jenn and I walked out, we mentioned to each other how nice it was for this complete stranger to take a moment and share the spotlight with a little boy.  In a sort of pay-it-forward spirit, I hope we can all take a moment to read this story and think what we can do to share a spotlight with someone.  This world is made up of little moments like this one and we should all go out and strive to make a moment with a complete stranger.

As for this young man, I took a brief look at the band’s website but it appears the drummer last night was not the full time drummer.  You should take a listen to this band, 93 North and, perhaps through the power of social media, we may someday be able to more appropriately thank this young man who played drums for 93 North, for an amazing night and amazing reminder of what we need to do to make this world a better place.