Cool Troub!
No news is good news right now. I'll keep checking his site. It wouldn't be the end of the world if he had to reschedule, but I'm pumped to see him now!
Cool Troub!
No news is good news right now. I'll keep checking his site. It wouldn't be the end of the world if he had to reschedule, but I'm pumped to see him now!
~ Cathy ~
And I dream I'm on vacation 'Cause I like the way that sounds,
It's a perfect occupation for me.
I hope Jackson gets well soon!
Open up your eyes take the devil from your mind
Hopefully it won't be cancelled on you PM! Fingers crossed!
Sorry to hear that JB is sick! Hope he is well enough to do the Peoria show, PM. However, if not, you will have the show to look forward to in the future!
Any news yet about Jackson for tonight?
He sings it high, he plays it low
Willie, I saw your smiley and thought, "What the hell is that?"
It's fingers crossed, right?
Anyway, we just called and confirmed plans with our friends. They live on the way so we will pick them up around 2:30 and head on over to Peoria. Should be fun. Now I just have to hope that Jackson sounds okay and not that he should have cancelled! KWIM? Hope he's got it in him to put on a good show!
Stay tuned!
~ Cathy ~
And I dream I'm on vacation 'Cause I like the way that sounds,
It's a perfect occupation for me.
Have fun, Pm! I soooooo wish I was going!
"They will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along"
1948-2016 Gone but not forgotten
I hope it's great, Cathy! I'll be eagerly awaiting your review.
you better put it all behind you, baby, 'cause life goes on
you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside--
I hope you have a blast Cathy and hope Jackson is in good form. I would so loved to have been able to join you at this show. As you know, I briefly considered it. If I had traveled out there, I guess I would be a nervous wreck by now after the events of the last couple days. But, of course, I don't think Jackson would ever cancel a show unless he absolutely had to being the consumate professional that he is.
Can't wait to hear all about it!
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
Let me just start by saying:
I am a happy girl!!!
Although Jackson was clearly getting over a nose/throat thing, he pulled through with flying colors, especially during the second set. We got 25 songs with a half hour intermission. (He said he was going to take a 15 minute break, but I was glad it was longer because it took me practically the entire 1/2 hour to stand in line for the bathroom and get back to my seat.)
We were basically in the 5th row dead center, although on the ticket it read row B. There were three rows of padded folding chairs (indicated as the orchestra pit on the seating chart) and then a brass rail running the width of the seating area. Behind that were velvety comfy arm chairs, which we enjoyed very much. The show was to start at 8:00 and he came onstage about 8:10. He was wearing the exact same thing as when we saw him at the Horseshoe - gray shirt and jeans and the stage was set the same also.
Here are some photos.
He started with Barracades Of Heaven and then said something like, "You've probably heard by now that on this tour there is no set list..." and finished his thought. As soon as he stopped speaking a female voice to my left shouted, "LOOKING INTO YOU!" What luck! I quickly followed up by shouting, "LOOKING INTO YOU!". He had sat at the keyboard by this time and I heard those first familiar beautiful notes and said to Hubby, "He's going to do it! This is Looking Into You!" I soaked in the song as he sang it, knowing that it would probably be the only time he would sing one of my requests, and it was. He actually stopped halfway through the second verse, used an expletive, good naturedly said he was messing up and started the second verse again, this time in a different key. There were no more mistakes in the song.
A little later he said, "I don't know if you heard but I had to cancel a show the other night because I... (wasn't feeling well, was sick, not sure how he worded it.) Instinct took over and when he stopped speaking I said, "Hope you're feeling better!" He looked out and said, "I am feeling better. I'm feeling much better." He went on to talk about how he usually stays healthy when he's touring but that he'd recently gone home for a week and thought maybe he might have caught something then. A short while later as the crowd was shouting out requests he sat down on his "guitar playing chair" and motioned to us with an upturned index finger as if to say, "just a second" and blew his nose! Everybody laughed and he said something like, "This would be a good time to do Cocaine. But if I did it I would do the rehab version", but he didn't do it. I was glad because I don't like the song. He then put what looked to be a cough drop in his mouth for about 20 seconds and took it out and put it on the top of his amp, where he had gotten the kleenex. You could tell, especially during the first set, that his voice was affected by his being sick, but he still sounded good to me and by the second set his voice had warmed up and he sounded much better.
I noticed as JB continued through a couple more songs that he was not telling any stories but just singing the songs. At one point after another wave of requests were shouted I waited for the quiet moment and said, "Tell us more about the songs!" That got a laugh from the audience and from Jackson and once again he replied to me by saying, "I'm afraid if I start talking I won't stop", which got a spattering of applause.
Even though he had sung Looking Into You that didn't stop me from shouting out requests here and there, although I must say my strategy was rather desperate, calling out a different request after every song. "THE ONLY CHILD!...THE TIMES YOU'VE COME!...JUST SAY YEAH!"
Hubby's second request choice for this show was My Stunning Mystery Companion. He really knows how to pick 'em doesn't he? Very wordy titles. Hubby has a voice for radio and all week long he had been comically 'practicing' his request. Out of nowhere he would leap up from his recliner and shout, "MY STUNNING MYSTERY COMPANION!." Toward the end of the show I decided to help him out because JB had not done it yet, so along with a barrage of other requests from the audience we shouted out in unison, "MY STUNNING MYSTERY COMPANION!" to no avail. Oh well, I understood that Jackson had to pretend he was interested in what others wanted to hear besides Hubby and I.
I thought from the beginning that the crowd was much more lively and into it last night than at the casino show, and he defintely appreciated it and fed off of it.
After playing Running On Empty he bowed, left the stage and came back out a minute or so later for his encore, which was a cover of Warren Zevon's Mohammed's Radio
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and then Late For The Sky.
Bow, hand to heart, exit stage left and lights up.
I have to admit I was worried going in to this show. After the somewhat disappointing shortened concert two weeks ago and the fact that he was sick I was afraid that the show might be sub par, but it wasn't and I came out just as big of a fan as before, if not more. I still maintain that my preference is to see and hear Jackson with his band, but I wouldn't have missed this for the world.
Here is the set list.
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~ Cathy ~
And I dream I'm on vacation 'Cause I like the way that sounds,
It's a perfect occupation for me.