Alan's back!!

[Alan McKendree]

> From: sroundtable at aol.com
> Date: November 27, 2006 1:44:05 PM CST
> Subject: Alan's back!!
>
> I noticed.  I was waiting for your review of the Houston concert to  
> see if you had a similar impression of the boys to mine.  So?

Thought Houston was better than Dallas, mainly because Roger's voice  
was about to give out in Dallas.  And yes, Pete was on fire in  
Houston.  However, in Dallas I saw the first true *triple* ending of  
WGFA I think I've ever seen.  In Houston, Pete was on fire as you  
mentioned, with a monster flurry of windmills at the (first) ending  
of WGFA.  But the attempted triple ending wasn't as crisp coming out  
of the second ending, so it lost some punch.  Maybe he was worn out  
from his previous efforts.  Not the best Who show I've ever sen, but  
Pete and Roger put their hearts into it as always, and the audience  
was wowed.

> Pete has also taken to using his mic stand to do the AJ guitar  
> slide right before the final, "Sickness will surely take the mind..."

He's been doing that pretty much on cue starting in 2002.  That and  
the Birdman on the climactic E of Sparks.  They are now predictable,  
but I still love them.  But because they're predictable, I feel like  
the MSG crowd shouting "Jump, Pete, jump!"...  I expect the mike  
slide...right...NOW, and the Birdman...NOW, and if I didn't get them  
I would be surprised.  But for the last two years it's been like  
clockwork.

Cheers,
Alan McKendree
"the average Texan...carries not just a gun but a SHOTGUN."  --Pete  
Townshend, 1967