6 shows in 9 days, Hello from the Michael Phelps of rock concerts!
Little Feat tonite at the Variety playhouse, should be great and a cheap ticket, y'all come on down.
Lets go back over the last 9 days:
Cocker/Huey Lewis at Chastain: Good show. Huey better as an opening act, forces him to play only the hits. Cocker at 68 has lost a little off the fastball but still solid. Great interpreter of the Beatles doing Come Together, Little Help and Bathroom Window.
Next nite Aerosmith/.Cheap Triick. Great show. Some of the dirty from Aerosmith rubbed off on Cheap Trick and the young Daxx Neilsen on drums really drove em. Aerosmith, what can you say, a greatest hits smorgasbord, that train kept a rollin all nite long. One two punch at Philips.
Last Saturday Lindsey Buckingham solo at Centerstage great as always, playing the leads over some tape loops. Lookin out for love!
Onward to this week. Yes and Procol Harum at Verizon, great show. Gary Booker can still sing like the old devil he is and with an ending of Salty Dog, Whiter Shade of Pale and Conquisador it was like the old days. Yes totally blew it out of the park. Seen them 12 times since 72 and this was one of the best! The new lead singer is awesome (sorry Benoit David, but John Davison is better) with an incredible set incuding America and Awaken.
Finally (for now of course) the Allman Brothers at Chastain. A very difficult ticket, high demand and high prices. Grabbed a last minute at the box office and it was worth every penny. What a show! Warren haynes played like Santana, the drummers rocked and Derek and Gregg sublime. I would not miss any of their shows. Ended with Elizabeth Reed and Whipping Post, OMG!
Off to Little Feat tonite. Look for my report. Upcoming later this month: Duran Duran, Ted Nugent, B.B. King and Tedeschi/Trucks and closing the month with Night ranger and Foreigner.
See you at the show!
