Re: Abbey Rd Show: I was there!

["Jeff House" <whocasa@hotmail.com>]

From: "Inga J. Glodowski" <iglodowski@yahoo.com>
"I really looked for you guys. I didn't get to Jimbo's until 7"

We were at Jimbo's until 7:30, sitting harborside on the ground floor.  No 
Karyn.

"but I walked around looking for Who shirts. No luck. So I went into the 
theater and waited by the gates, thinking that I'd recognize you."

No Who shirts in our little group.  We were looking for you but had no idea 
what you look like.  Not too bright, either.

"Because, after last night's show, I've become a new John Entwistle fan!"

Now that's a worthwhile evening!

I would guess that there were between 1500 and 2000 people there.  I saw a 
fair number of kids with parents.

My friend and I were seated about 40 rows back in front of Rundgren and I 
was so bored during the Parsons/Ambrosia songs in the 1st set that we 
considered leaving then and there.  I am glad Magik convinced us otherwise 
and that some kind souls left 3 seats open in the front row at John's feet, 
where we saw the 2nd set :-)

I REALLY dug the Heart material, Ann Wilson is a gorgeous (IMO), charismatic 
woman with a fantastic set of lungs.  John made Rundren's "Bang on the 
Drum", and Heart's "Crazy on You" and "Barracuda" quite interesting.  "My 
Wife" and MG were pretty lame IMHO, but the JEB really got into "Real Me".  
For the boring stuff John either left the stage or tapped on a single string 
with a single finger.

Highlights of the 2nd set:
"Maybe I'm Amazed" Ann Wilson is awesome.  I want to have her babies ;-)
Godfrey lit up during this set and I got the feeling that John was feeding 
off his energy, laying down some very interesting lines.
Fine guitar work from all 3 leads and very capable vocals from Pack.

Lowlights of the 2nd set:
Parsons singing "Blackbird".  Bad idea.
"Lucy in the Sky", "Fool on the Hill" were flat.  Must be that Ambrosia 
infulence.

All in all, a show that was fun (mostly because of Magik) but not worth 
putting a whole lot of effort into.  They are playing in Hyannis on Sunday 
(25 miles from home).  I'm going to skip that one.

In case Bista talent is listening, I've got an idea:  JEB + Rundgren + 
Wilson.  They could generate some heat!

Jeff
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