Goo Goo Dolls – White River Amphitheater – Auburn WA : June 7th 2019

June 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Catching up on my posts as this show was a week ago tonight.

I do like the Goo Goo Dolls music, but they were opening for Train, which I really don’t like their music much so was up in the air as far as whether I would go to the show or not…even if I had VIP, but really glad I did. The VIP “experience” was not near the quality and value of almost every VIP event I had ever attended in the past. They did not provide parking…well they did allow us to park free in the GA lot, but the GA lot was free to everyone, so thanks for nothing on that. When we finally got in we were ushered to a makeshift tent next to a food truck cranking obnoxious country music, so not even any Goo Goo Dolls music to get us in the mood. And it seemed that the bar was a last minute plan as it was hardly set-up when we arrived and we were not able to purchase anything as the bar tender did not have any cash for change or a credit card machine…so there was about a 20 minute delay before I could buy my $13 beer. Then we were supposed to be able to get in early enough to do “crowd free” shopping at the merch tent, but they changed the GA gate time and the merch people were not ready, so no early shopping either… as far as snacks, they were pretty decent and there was plenty for the 25 or so people in the Meet and Greet experience. We were finally able to go and meet the guys and that was a very good experience. They were very friendly and made sure everyone was personally greeted.

Once we got through the M&G we were able to go to our seats and I had a very good seat 4 rows from the stage on the aisle in center, and the people in the 6-8 seats around me must of only wanted to see Train as the seats were empty for almost the entire Goo Goo Dolls set.. They played a great set and sounded incredible…just like they do on their albums.

In summary, the band was awesome, but the extra money I paid for the VIP experience was not worth it.

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Little Feat – The Saban – Beverly Hills Ca : May 25 2019

May 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Pretty good show last night at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. The venue was a beautiful restored, Art Deco style with very ornate furnishings and decor inside. The seating was very well laid out to optimize the offset of seats to minimize blocked views from the person in front of you and they were very comfortable. Definitely an impressive first time visit and I would come back for another show.

I decided to come down to L.A. to see Little Feat as this was their 50th anniversary tour and I try to see any band I can when they have achieved this milestone. I have to be honest that I am not much of a Little Feat fan and could only remember three to four of their songs, but they played and sounded very good. They did a very interesting version of Willin’ which to me was almost unrecognizable. They played in a very slowed down tempo, which for this song was real slow. Everyone else seemed to know it right away and sang along, so it was clear that I was a minority in the crowd. During their performance of Dixie Chicken they brought out legendary Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. He actually came out and played 2 songs earlier as well for the song A Apolitical Blues which was a great jam of him, Paul Barrere and Fred Tacket all playing their own powerful blues guitar styles…definitely a treat to see the great Robby Krieger play.

I am glad that I was able to see these guys and the fact that it was their 50th anniversary tour and they had Robby Krieger jamming with them made it a pretty memorable show.

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Robin Trower – Moore Theatre – Seattle Wa : May 17th 2019

May 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment

I have been wanting to see Robin Trower for a number of years and haven’t been able to align my schedule to one of his appearances in Seattle up until last night. I have always enjoyed his unique and almost celestial guitar sound. His hypnotic solos are amazing to listen to on an album or radio, but they are a whole new level live…truly amazing. He played a great set of songs with a ton of songs from the Bridge of Sighs album, all just beautifully done.

I certainly was not disappointed and seeing him live was worth the wait for sure.

 

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Kansas – Paramount Theatre – Seattle Wa : April 13th 2019

April 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

What a fabulous show last night at the wonderful Paramount Theatre in Seattle. I knew I was in for a long night as not only was this a show that they would play music spanning their 40+ years of hits, but also be performing the album Point of No Return in its entirety.

Tonight was going to be extra special as I had a meet and greet with the band prior to the show. Although there are only 2 original members of the band still performing (Kerry Livgren – Drums and Rich Williams – Lead Guitar), all members of the current band were incredible. Current Lead vocalist and keyboardist, Ronnie Platt (been in the band since 2014) just tore it up. His vocals were spot on to the sound of Kansas and he brought with him just a ton of energy. Billy Greer, Bassist (who also did a lot of vocals) has been in the band since the mid ’80’s and was also awesome to hear and see. The rest of the band (7 members in total) completed an incredible lineup who all sounded and performed as you would want them to…with power and passion.

With the meet and greet, we were able to meet and, very briefly talk to all the band members as we had them personalize and sign something (I had them sign my copy of Point of No Return album of course). They were very friendly and seemed to genuinely enjoy meeting the fans. They have some very passionate fans…case in point the guy who sat to my right. He was the most intense seat dancer that I have ever experienced. He violently shook the entire front row of seats all the while playing his air drums with more passion than Tommy Lee at a Motley Crue show…I mean he wasn’t playing a four piece, Ringo Starr drum set, he was playing full on Neil Peart from Rush. It is great to see someone so passionate about what was clearly his favorite band, I just wished he wasn’t sitting right next to me.

Following the signing session we were able to have our photo taken with the band which was very exciting:

The show started around 7:30, which was pretty early, but they needed to start early with all the music that that had lined up. The set list was great, starting the show with some awesome classics as well as music from their last studio album (The Prelude Implicit – 2016). Some of my favorites were of course the classics, Hold On, Song for America and People of the South Wind. Of course the entire Point of No Return album set was fantastic, with songs such as Paradox, Portrait, Hopelessly Human and of course Dust in the Wind. They closed the show out with the only song that could possibly play that could stand up for such a strong night of music and that was of course Carry On My Wayward Son.

This was the best two and a Half hours of music I have heard in quite some time…thanks Kansas for all the music and memories!

Filed Under: Classic Rock

Alan Parsons Live Project – Skagit Casino – Bow WA : April 12th 2019

April 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

I have always wanted to see Alan Parsons live and stumbled across tickets to the sold out show on Ticketmaster…must have had some late releases or something, but but definitely lucked out.

The show was a Friday night in Bow Washington which is about 80 miles north of Seattle where I worked so I knew I would have quite a drive through some of the worst traffic the area has…not unexpectedly, it took almost two and a half hours to get to the Skagit Casino. I gave myself plenty of time and got there in time to eat dinner at their restaurant called Encore. It was actually quite good. The filet mignon was an incredible piece of beef and was prepared perfectly.

The show started a little after 8:00pm. The band seemed to be short on energy, but the music was awesome and I loved to see and hear all the songs that I have loved to listen to on various media throughout the years live. I particularly loved seeing and hearing the perform Damned If I Do, Don’t Answer Me, Time, Breakdown / The Raven, I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You, Prime Time and my favorite of the night, Eye in the Sky.

Definitely a show that I was glad to be able to see.

Filed Under: Classic Rock
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