Australian Pink Floyd

Went to the APF show at the Fox on Saturday, another great nite from the Aussies!

The "Worlds Greatest Tribute Band' brought their three tractor trailers worth of sound and lights and played some great Floyd.  They did quite a bit of The Division Bell along with all the greatest hits and oldies like "Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "One Of These Days" ending with The Wall suite of "Comfortably Numb and "Run Like Hell".

Rockman is off to a weekend of jammin with Government Mule and Mickey Hart.  See you on the dark side!

David Byrne/St. Vincent

Saw the David Byrne show with Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent).  A great show and great to see David Bryne has aged well and is still rocking (just like yours truly)!  Unusual setup as Bryne has teamed with Annie Clark of St. Vincent, a guitar shredder and fun singer to produce a new-wave fest based on their current album Love This Giant.  They had drums, keyboads and eight horn players parading around the stage like it was halftime at a football game, very interesting and very good.

They played some good Talking Heads too, burning down the house! Next up Australian Pink Floyd!

Thick as a Brick

Saw Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson play Thick as a Brick Parts 1&2 last week.  A classic show from a classic performer!

They began with the original classic album replete with visuals, actors and some great rock 'n roll.  A medieval rock opera in the mode of Tommy or The Wall.  The big suprise of the evening was Thick As A Brick Part 2.  It is a new masterpiece!  A great story for modern times!

They encored with Locomotive Breath, awesome!  A splendid time was had by all....

Music Midtown Seattle's best!

Rockman was at both nites of  Music Midtown (of course) and what a show!  Friday nite was blown away by the Avett Brothers, what a great mixture of bluegrass and rock!

Then the Foo Fighters came on and tore it up.  What a drummer Taylor is!  And Dave and the boys played a high octane set for their deveoted fans:

A real highlight came at the end when Dave's hero Joan Jett came on and blistered through "Bad Reputation" with the Foos!

The next day was a marathon day of music leading up to the reason Rockman was there, Pearl Jam.  Kicked it off with a suprising performance from LP.  The girl can really sing and it was a fun set before we got down to the heavy stuff:

Garbage came on next and Shirley and the boys all dressed in black slayed it.  A sonic treat of old and new songs that really got you sweating in the heat:

After that over to the smaller stage for a raucous set from MTV stalwart Adam Ant.  He had a fabulous band with two drummers and festive backup singers.  The indian garb has been replace by the Johnny Depp/Pirate look and the old were young again this afternoon.

My man Sneppisito and I rested , fed and port-a-pottied during Ludacris and Neon Trees sets and moved down to the big stage for the amazing performance of Florence and the Machine.

The banshee and her heavy duty band played a marvelous 75 minutes with the sun setting on the big stage and the clouds floating behind her art deco stage.

After some fun mashups by Girl Talk we were ready to finally see Pearl Jam!

What a great show!  It was like the Beatles at the Cavern Club, 24 songs in 2 hours.  There was no time for the long jams, this was getting in as many faves as possible and what a setlist!

Why Go
Save You
Animal
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Corduroy
Got Some
Amongst The Waves
Wishlist
Better Man
Do The Evolution
Even Flow
Know Your Rights Clash Cover
Nothingman
Supersonic
Jeremy
Porch

Crazy Mary

Given To Fly
The Fixer
Rearviewmirror
Unthought Known
Black
Alive
Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young Cover

The only sad thing is the band ran out of time, with Eddie begging for 10 more minutes so they could play Yellow Ledbetter, but the curfew won out.  Eddie ruled, McCready was insane playing the solo from Alive behind his back, Jeff rocked the bass, Stone the guitar and Boom the keys.  And of course the engine driving it all, the incredible Matt Cameron!

We love ya Pearl Jam!  Thanks for finally coming back to the ATL!