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Re: Roger Concert in Vail



A guy called Tony Dorain went to the show (I've been trading with hi for a
while now) and he wrote a review which was really interesting:

> I went to the Daltrey gig last ( Friday ) night in Vail at the Dobson Ice
> Arena for the benefit of the Christopher Reeve Foundation and for the US
> Disabled Ski Team.  A rockin show!  Jeff Whitehorn on lead guitar, Mark
Clark
> on bass, Simon Townshend on acoustic/rythym guitar, Simon's son ( Ben? )
on
> drums, Keith Levenson on keyboards with guests Peter Frampton, Gary
Booker,
> Nikki Lamborn.  Here's the set list ( almost 100% confirmed, I couldn't
read
> some of my scribbling ) -
>
> Daltrey - I CAN'T EXPLAIN, SUBSTITUTE, PINBALL WIZARD //  Lamborn -
KASHMIR,
> LORD BUY ME A MERCEDES BENZ, PIECE OF MY HEART  //  Booker - CONQUISTADOR,
> SALTY DOG, ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC //  Frampton - SHOW ME THE WAY, CAN'T TAKE
> THAT AWAY FROM ME //  Daltrey - BEHIND BLUE EYES, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT,
YOU
> BETTER YOU BET //  Townshend - THAT'S THE WAY IT IS  //  Lamborn -
STAIRWAY
> TO HEAVEN  //  Frampton - ???, DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO  //  Booker - WHITER
> SHADE OF PALE  //  Daltrey - WHO ARE YOU, WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN  //
> Ensemble cast - LET'S WORK TOGETHER, SQUEEZE BOX, SEE ME FEEL ME  //
> Ensemble cast encore - MY GENERATION
>
>     I went up to the arena early afternoon and managed to get into the
> soundcheck by pretending that I was part of the set up crew putting chairs
> out.  I did this for a little while.  The woman in charge actually handed
me
> a 20 inch long piece of wood to measure the rows and some string to make
sure
> everything was even!  Frampton did his sound check and Roger came in to go
> over the set list with Keith Levenson.  Rog commented on my shirt ( from
the
> 98 BRS Tour ) while he was waiting to do his soundcheck.  VERY COOL!!!  He
> was all over the arena checking the sound in different parts of the
building.
>  I noticed Kathy from Chicago outside so I let her in and we hung out
> watching the soundcheck for about 2 hours.  Took over two hours before
anyone
> realized we didn't work there...It was really neat hanging around all
> afternoon....the woman who was in charge actually came up to me after a
> while ( when I was just hanging out watching the soundcheck ) and asked me
if
> I worked for her.  I said no.  She said, "but weren't you putting down
chairs
> earlier?".  I said yes and this only seemed to confuse her and she walked
> away.  She never asked what the hell was I doing there!
>
>     An amazing show lasting a little over 2 and a half hours.  As you can
see
> from the set list, a little bit of everything and a lot of back and forth
> with great pacing to the show the entire evening.  We got in and managed
> front row seats just off center on stage right.  The first three rows in
the
> center section were reserved for Paul Mitchell and company who sponsored
the
> show.  Lots of pretty boys in turtleneck sweaters ( obviously, they don't
go
> to a lot of rock concerts ) and women who surprisingly didn't explode at
high
> altitude despite collagen lips and silicon tits...
>
>     Roger started things off and barrelled through the first three songs
and
> then introduced Nikki who was dressed ala Janis Joplin.  After a little
Gary
> Booker, Frampton came out.  John Paul ( the ceo of Paul Mitchell ) is
> apparently a bit of a Frampton fan.  There was about an 10 foot gap
between
> the front row and the stage which security was fairly actively maintaining
> but JP got up and went right up to the stage to get a close up of Frampton
so
> naturally, his little band of pretty people naturally followed.  That was
the
> cue for everyone else to approach the stage and take pictures, dance etc.
> Screw Vail security!!!
>
>     After that, Roger came out and did BBE ( with the crowd singing
along )
> and played acoustic on TKAA followed by a crowd pleasing YBYB.  Simon did
a
> fine job on TTWII playing solo and then Nikki came out for Stairway.
Kudos
> to Jeff's lead guitar work!  After the second Frampton/Booker sets, Roger
> came back out for WAY and WGFA and just about brought the house down.
> UNBELIEVEABLE!  My personal highlight was when they were doing Who Are You
> and Roger recognized me from earlier in the day and had a huge grin on his
> face as he walked over to where I was standing and pointed at me as he
> shouted the chorus right at me of "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!".  EXCELLENT!!!!
> After that, everyone came back out for an ensemble jam on the old classic
> LET'S WORK TOGETHER with Roger throwing in a harmonica solo which was
> followed by a wonderful surprise - SQUEEZE BOX ( after Roger jokingly
> mentioned doing Johnny Cash songs ) with the crowd singing the 'in and
out'
> chorus.  That was followed by an uplifting SEE ME FEEL ME which sent the
> crowd into a frenzy which was rewarded with an ensemble encore of MY
> GENERATION.  After running through the song, the band picked it up again
and
> insted of a second go around at Entwistle's classic bass solo, Frampton
did
> his 'talking guitar' solo.  Roger was laughing so hard at this piece of
> improvised absurdity that he actually had to step off to the far side of
the
> stage to compose himself.
>
>     A fun, rocking night all the way around.  The band was tight although
I
> thought that the Simon's son was a bit timid on the drums at times but who
> wouldn't be?  Jeff Whitehorn was outstanding on lead guitar all evening.
> Nikki and Roger mentioned having some difficulty singing at such high
> altitude ( 8150 feet ) but I honestly don't think anyone really noticed.
Too
> bad this show isn't going on the road.  It was perfect for such a small
venue
> ( the stage was on one end of the hockey rink and there were only about 40
or
> so rows of seats ).   It was nice having a show in my own backyard after
> racking up all those frequent flyer miles last summer!
>
>     PS -  We recorded the show and I took some pix from down close ( most
of
> them didn't come out, unfortunately )....A GREAT NIGHT!!!!
>

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Subject: Re: Roger Concert in Vail


> Did anyone go to this show?
>
> Any reviews, observations, etc.?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>