Re: Benefit Show Review

[Bjorn Ciggaar <ciggaar@warande.net>]

At 19:02 8-6-00 -0400, Jackie wrote:
> My Wife yielded some really nice leads from
> Pete, very melodic, nothing too squeaky or fast.  He looked very happy
> through out the show, actually.  The only one not seeming too thrilled was
> John.  He looked a bit more bored than usual.  

YEAH! I actually love that look; when he's playing like hell and he just
stands there looking into space, kind of "what the heck am I doing here". :-)

> I love his piano playing, but I am adverse
> to the cheezy roller-skating-rink  organ sound that he uses on TBTTB.  

I believe that's a Hammond (if I'm right). I don't like it either
(especially on Rockpalast '82). But his playing and choice of instruments
has become better... :-)

> 5:15 was a crack up because 2 intoxicated women
> joined the band on stage to dance.  The expressions on John and Pete were
> something to behold.  Especially John.  Usually stage invaders are removed
> quickly, but for whatever reason (are these ladies too wealthy to piss off,
>I
> wonder) they were permitted to dance about for quite some time.  Once they
> were assisted off the stage, John did his solo.  It seemed he was a bit
> tense, I don't think he enjoyed having his space invaded.  

I have heard Roger even retreived her shoes after that woman (Donald
Trump's sister-in-law) got hussled offstage.

> For WGFA, Pete played his most aggressive
> leads of the night, banging the shit out of the guitar (gold strat),

Woah! Again? :-) Amazing...

Great review, thanks!

Cheers,

Bjorn Ciggaar
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