Concerts

[Prettymaid]

I saw the MTB a couple of years ago at the Decatur, IL Celebration and the lead singer voice sounded horrible. Near the end of the show he announced that he had recently had surgery on his vocal chords, poor guy. I was wondering how he sounded to you, Brooke. Was he back to normal?

[Brooke]

Pm, I didn't really want to say he sounded bad, but yeah, he didn't sound great. It really made me appreciate how wonderful the Eagles sound (and look) these days cause they are around the same ages!

The playing was great though.

I love Heard It In A Love Song, too! They didn't do that one and I'd forgotten about it!

[Troubadour]

I don't think I've mentioned this on The Border yet, but I saw three concerts while I was in the States. Two Eagles shows - and Al Green! I was given the opportunity to go with Christi's brother and sister, so I jumped at the chance. VIP tickets for free! (Although I would have happily paid to see the man. I love him.)

The concert took place at a small casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma - really close to the Kansas state line. We had a two hour drive to get there, through a lot of back roads - I actually dipped into Kansas very briefly! It was held in a tent outside the casino, and the place was packed. It was a lot of fun. A very lively audience, lots of dancing and singing, very intimate and COMPLETELY different to an Eagles show. It was one of those 'how lucky am I?' moments, just sitting there, waiting for Al Green to come on stage.

He was fantastic. He blasted through a 90-minute setlist, performing loads of his well-known hits (Let's Stay Together, I Can't get Next To You, For The Good Times, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart...) He also did a medley of other motown stuff - My Girl (which reminded me of Glenn!), You Are Everything, Sam Cooke's Wonderful World, etc. It was brilliant. His voice still sounds amazing, and he really seemed to be enjoying himself. He gave out roses to lots of women at the front of the stage, and he had a couple of guys dancing behind him, even when he'd left the stage, who were cool to watch. The whole show was pretty upbeat and feel good, although when he sang For The Good Times, I welled up. It was only the second or third song, and it's one of my favourites. It sounded as beautiful as it does on record.

Anyway, I got a few pics. I also got a video... if I can work out how to upload it, I'll post it here.

[Prettymaid]

Great photos Lou! Glad you got to go. I love all those songs too.

[rickmullen]

Here's a rundown of my 2010 concert year:

Foreigner......January..... in my small town of Paducah believe it or not.

Eric Clapton/Roger Daltrey......February.....in Nashville, TN.

AC/DC............April...........in Louisville, KY

Coming Up:

Paul McCartney......July 26th............Nashville,TN

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/Crosby,Stills & Nash....August 12th..
in Nashville,TN

THE EAGLES..........October 16th.........in Louisville, KY
(The inaugural event at the new KFC YUM Center)

Rick

[Molly]

Summerfest just ended here in Milwaukee and we manged to see one fanstastic show: ZZ Top and Tom Petty. I was so happy with our 4th row seats!
I love seeing bands where pretty much every song is a giant 20 thousand person sing-a-long! It was like a big party.

[sodascouts]

Very cool! Did ZZ Top do "Rough Boy"? I love that song! And as for Petty... hit after hit. I think my favorite of his is "Walls" (not counting, of course, his four duets with Stevie Nicks. )

[Brooke]

Cool, Molly! I'd love to see both!

ZZ Tops beards are something else, aren't they?!

[Molly]

ZZ top bill themselves as 3 beards and 3 chords (the drummer who has no beard is named Frank Beard). No, sadly they didn't do "Rough Boy". The didn't no my favorite "Tube Steak Boogie" either. But, being the opening act, they did a somewhat shortened set.

Nancy, I thought of you during Petty's set - he covered Fleetwood Mac's "Oh, Well". He did a really awesome job with it.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

That sounds like a great show, Molly. How awesome that you got 4th row seats. How did you manage that? Is Summerfest reserved seating or general admission?