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Lord of the Jovi Realm · 07-09-2008, 02:14 AM

Whole Lot of Leavin’ - it starts quietly but it looks like tico is hitting every drum in the set, but the mix doesn’t let it through
Bobby grabbed an Ovation blonde 6, much more violin in this one but it’s not obnoxious really
Richie on a les Jr. dark cherry burst
PAFs seem a weird mix for this tune but it works nicely, jon back on takamine
Oh shit now I get it the Jr cuts like a plasma torch through the mix at the solo
Cameras going off like mortar shells in here its so bright Jon is still lit up with all the lights out, strange screen graphics, the seats are still mostly full, very little beer running
As dave’s hair gets wet he almost looks like he has dreads, maybe the next album will be reggae influenced

Ill Be There For You (Richie Vocal – Jon says: song we’re gonna do for you called IBTFY, Jon and Richie do the beginning guitar part together, then as Richie walks away Jons says “come on Rich Sing to me” and Richie comes back over and starts to sing while Jon plays guitar, acoustic, for the whole song not leaving the stage. Gold sparkly strat with white pickguard, jumbo headstock, richie sounds good, I guess whatever vocal problems he had are gone. Crowd is singing along word for word. Dave and Lorenza are goofing off
Dave nailed the first part and they had his mic turned on in time too !!!!!!
Crowd does the scream
Jon is singing without a mic pointing to people up in the balconies
Solo is subtle not brassy, , a little extra lick
Second Dave part the board turned him up too slow, I bet they run a pitch corrector and turn him up slow to give it a chance to lock if he is off a bit, just a guess
Richie black cowboy hat, richie improv vocals, audience singing and waving their arms
Daves shirt has sparkles on the back
Bobby takes the outro solo, he is making guitar god faces and the tone is shreddin, another ass-ugly guitar that sounds good (still the egg thing), very long outro solo, nice and displays more lead ability than I have heard Bobby do before, he is shimmying across the stage towards jon and richie past hugh
Hughs cabinets are Ampeg
Jon and richie finish at center bumping shoulders with big smiles

Any Other Day - not a song I have listened to much but crowd doesn’t seem to realize it’s not off of slippery J I like this a lot better than the album, subtle instrumentation
Jon is play acting the lyrics, nice vocal blend, Dave is doubling jon on the whole thing it looks like
That solo isn’t from the album, very nice
Violin solo is actually good, more nice guitar and BIGGGG KEYS alright, love a nice honky tonk organ sound
Oh shit Jon pulled out his monitors and threw them down the pit
But he is dancing again and applauding the band

Cliché #1 how we doin so far, OK, were just getting warmed up time to kick this in to gear (triple cliché’)

We Got It Goin’ On – wow crazy stage lights and a bangin mix, Jon is dancing on the back of the stage across form chicks behind the stage
Richie silver les paul type but different headstock not a gibby looks metal but not like dobro
Dave belts out his line
Richie cranks his too
Jon gets the crowd to scream
Nice solo, funky tone
Oh shit Richies voice just cracked bigtime on his second shout out
Bobby black strat

It’s My Life – audience singin really loud, richie back to lumpy creature, huge stage lights are like the bands of a parametric graphic EQ, very cool
Dave is making faces at people in the audience
Richie isn’t singing much, tico looks bored, ok pretty cookie cutter but the crowd loves it

Keep the Faith – yeah I love this song Jon is jumping around a lot tonight cool guitar sound not sure which guy it is almost a honk sound
Jon sounds strong
Richie went out to the wing on his side to play a great solo somebody held up a sign that said “you rock this Dog” and girls held out roses to him
Not the big bang boom version but good a great mix of jon s voice and richies plaintive wailing, the onstage lights simulate fireworks too cool Richie ran out on the bobby side wing for the second solo he is full of energy
Gorgeous performance

These Days (richie vocal) – Jon asked Richie if he wants to sing and he says he will try and then tells us he apologizes for having a sinus infection and that he is gonna play these days. natural tele so far he sounds fine but is changing the melody to stay lower oooh a few cracks the chorus is kicking his ass, dave is helping but richie sounds like he is in pain on the choruses, nice vocal lines in the verses
Argh violin solo, but I don’t hate it that much , ohh she flatted a note
Richie just nodded for lorenza to come down with him his fingers certainly don’t have a cold he is jammin’ the duet works for me

You Want To Make a Memory – my favorite from the album, but kinda dull live till the solo, Jon is on a small side stage surrounded by women and their cameras, jon takamine, richie yellow strat
Dave sang the outro descant voice with lorenza, no richie