Hey y'all, had a fantastic time last night. Sorry I couldn't update u 'live' but I had to wait until free wifi.
I'm sure I don't have any facts to tell that you wouldn't already know, only my own feelings and impression of the show - and I admit upfront im a first timer, although I've heard some great boots of the European tour.
Quickly - Mark was impressive and the guitar and voice were in fine form, it was very nice to hear 4 songs from Privateering. Where I was sitting the sound was nice, loved the picking sound on acoustic, the Gibsons, Strats all sounded awesome !
I MAY have heard a bum note in the outro to HFB, but of I did, mark didn't let it bother him.
The (full arena I think) crowd loved Mark, great appreciation, two standing ovations (which is two more than Bob got!)
Bob was Bob. His Tempest voice doesn't translate well live, it's more of a bark! Lots of Americans headed for the exit after each song and lots didn't wait for the encore. I looked after Highwy 61, there were tens of people leaving at each stairwell, and that was a song even the lamest fan would know.
I enjoyed a few songs, Things Have changed, Tangled, Thin man and thunder on the mountain were nice. Poor Bobs piano playing I found to be amatureish, his band however are great, and the sound PA was fine.
All in all Im glad for the whole experience, it's a once only thing for me, even though I have Sacramento tickets, I'll probably miss it.
As I walked First Ave home alone, here's some snippets of what I heard,
"the only thing that kept me going was hoping Knopfler would come out.." referring to MK playing with bob, which didn't happen.
"god damn that was the worst thing I've ever seen.."
Lol!
