Brooks, CA 12/02/11
Back from seeing Timothy last night - definitely an enjoyable show! And he had merchandise to boot! I am now the proud owner of an "Expando" T-shirt. I also bought another copy of the album - hey, support the artist!
PLS and I got there about a half an hour before the show only to discover that the place where he was playing was kind of a lounge where there were lots of tables and only a small open area in front of the stage. Most of the tables were either filled or reserved, so instead of being at the stage, PLS and I found ourselves at a table off to the side. I'm not good at estimating distance, but I imagine it was the equivalent of being about sixth row or so.
I was disappointed, but I knew I would enjoy myself anyway. Also, I hoped perhaps someone would stage rush and a few of us at least could stand up front, but no one did. So, I stayed at my table with PLS, sipped a cosmo, and sat back to enjoy the show.
Timothy had requested that the event be non-smoking; apparently he's very sensitive to cigarette smoke. Interesting considering his profession!
The room was pretty full, so the crowd was a decent size. Apparently some of Timothy's old bandmates were in the audience since this place was fairly close to his hometown of Sacramento.
Timothy came out to great applause. He was wearing a white shirt with a brown vest and dark brown pants. He commented as he came to the mike that it was hard for him to walk through the casino because of all the cigarette smoke. Welcome to my world, Tim - I don't smoke or gamble, yet over the past few months, I have had to go to SIX different casinos to see various Eagles play!
He seemed a bit taken aback that there was no one at the stage and said that he should play smaller venues so that he could see people's faces and "connect" with them. I wanted so badly to go up at that point but I wasn't brave enough, and apparently no one else was either!
So, when I saw that people weren't going to go up to the stage, I positioned myself to get a good view of Tim from my table and rocked out in my chair. He sounded great, never missing a note with that pure voice. I gave him standing ovations for "I Can't Tell You Why," "Parachute," and "Secular Praise."
He chatted briefly between songs but didn't talk an awful lot. Usually, songs would get a one-line intro. For instance, "This is a love song" before "Ella Jean" and "What night is this?" before "Friday Night."
Although I knew we weren't supposed to take photos, I snuck out my camera, figuring I would just take one at an opportune moment. Then, I noticed a screen above me and thought I might even sneak a video of one of the songs, like I did for "Parachute" back in Chicago. Because I didn't want to stress about it, I decided I would just record one song and take one picture. I held my camera in my lap and waited for the right time. However, I was cosmically punished for my insolence!
As Tim was doing "White Boy from Sacramento," I dropped my camera! It was dark, the carpet was dark gray, and my camera is black. I couldn't find it anywhere. I spent the rest of the song bending over and peering at the floor, looking all around my chair to no avail. Obviously, it had flown further away somehow. It's a nice camera and I couldn't just leave it on the floor - what if someone stepped on it? So, as Tim moved on to "Keep on Tryin'", I got down on my hands and knees and felt around for my camera on that nasty casino carpet. As the song ended, I finally found it, thank God!
I got back into my chair just as Tim was saying how much fun it was singing and playing with his backing band and how he felt so lucky to be able to do this for a living. I too felt pretty lucky then since I had my camera back, but I also knew I wanted to get my video/photo quick so I could put that sucker away.
I wound up getting a video of "Downtime." I filmed the screen so it's pretty darn good, if I do say so myself! I'll put it up later. The only photo I got sucked, though - sorry guys! I just don't have the magic touch when it comes to photography. Oh well. We saw a professional photographer take a few photos so perhaps those will be posted on the internet.
Finally, Tim said his goodbyes before the encore. I couldn't take it anymore - I rushed the stage. To my delight, after I did so, about twenty other people joined me! If only I had done so earlier! Timothy actually said to us, "That's right, come on up!" when he saw us. Oh well, lesson learned - stage rush at the outset!
Thanks to that burst of bravery, I got to hear Tim's terrific arrangement of "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive" up close and personal, center stage, right at his feet. Wonderful!!!!
After he left, I hovered around hoping for the setlist. Hank came out and handed me one. I told him that I'd seen him play with Timothy in Chicago a couple years back and that it was a terrific show, as was this one. He thanked me and also gave PLS a pick. What a nice guy!
And so, with this show, my epic Eagles concert journeys come to an end... for this year at least!
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'I must be leaving soon... its your world now'
I read out loud to Hubby and we both said you are like this generation's Lucille Ball! What a visual that was of you crawling around on the floor during Timothy's show looking for your camera! You are something else Sodascouts, and I mean that in a very good way.
Originally Posted by Prettymaid
The deck of cards I got in Vegas at the ILAA party is on it's way to you tomorrow.
