Turning Stone show (Page 1 of 2)

Sogs, great to meet you and your friend (sorry, name slips my mind...suffering from CRS).  Lets see who else...Rocket, John and his wife...Ben and his girl.  And of course Mr. and Mrs. B.  Larry G., where were you?  You were missed by many.

Great show!  Good turnout.  Did not seem that loud...perhaps a requirement from the venue.

Fotopete let me use his camera (thanks)!  I also got to use the monster lens.

Chaulk up another great show. Did anyone else love it when he SPANKED that Gibson during the encore.

And as usual - great meeting all the new friends - I also want to say thanks to the many people that let me
use their space to get a few different pics

Have not finished pic gallery. -  here are a few to get your whistle started -
I will also post a TARA photo she took using the BIG lens (lol)

a closing shot
http://www.fotopete.com/jb/pics/joe0875.html

a jam with all three
http://www.fotopete.com/jb/pics/joe0975.html

and Tara's view with the big lens - ya like that lens Tara
http://www.fotopete.com/jb/pics/joe2307.html

enjoy

Tara and Fotopete, enough with the cameras already! I'm officially jealous and one of these days, I will have a camera to compete with those owned by Pierre. Sigh. I'm so very envious. Camera envy is a terrible thing.

Photos are wonderful, as always, and I can't wait to get some of those posters you made up, Pierre. They are worthy of framing.

oh - I like that cam

tell me that wouldn't be an awesome pic from backstage looking forward with thoudsands of fans.

Maybe I can write them and request a shoot - how many would like to be at that show and get a wall mural.

Great pics, guys!  Sounds like it was an awesome show.  I can't wait till I get to see Joe next.  Might be a while since he's going to Europe soon.

Some awesome pics Pete and Tara. The show sounded great too!!!

I remember very clearly last year's Turning Stone show.  It was my fifth time seeing Joe and my ears were still ringing from seeing Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden (among many others) the night before at Ozzfest.  Joe blew them out of the water with his playing and singing, just phenomenal.  When I got back home after that show, it was the first time that I had posted on the forum and now it's over a year later, we have a new album and live DVD, Joe's going back to Europe again, and he has been working his **** off...like usual.  In response to his recent post, he knows who the true fans are.  We are the ones that have bought the albums and can remember how many shows we've been too, not to mention the distance travelled to get there.  My only comment would be that the nay-sayers are the price of fame.  The bigger you get, the more fans you get, but their quality seems to diminish because they like one song or one solo and want everything to be the same.  It's only the true fans that will recognize and respect the talent and effort Joe puts into everything he does.  And can you really think of any other artist who cares as much for their fans as Joe does.  I mean, through his music we have become a family here.  It was really great for me to meet Fotopete, Tara, and Rocket at the show last Thursday, that in itself was just such a cool experience.  So, thank you Joe for all that you do for us, and please rest assured in the fact that you will ALWAYS have a dedicated fan and friend in me...and I think you won my girlfriend over to.

Gotta run to lunch, but I'll finish posting later.

Rock 'N' Roll
-Ben

Alright, lunch is over and now it's time for Part II...

...The Turning Stone show this year was incredible!  In my opinion, Joe gets better every time I see him (and #7 is coming up in Burlington, VT this November).  This was a special show for me too because I had been telling my girlfriend, who lives in Clayville, NY (about 10 miles or so from Yorkville) about Joe since we had become friends 2 years ago.  Well, we finally started dating about 2 months ago and I knew I had to take her to the hometown show this summer.  The show got going right on time and Fotopete and Tara can back me on the fact that you can't get anycloser to Joe than where we were sitting...center stage table on Joe's side, the first 2 seats!  My feet were tapping away as soon as he first hit that guitar and because my fretting hand was in Lauren's hand for most of the time, her whole hand quickly became my air guitar fretboard.  When I could peel my eyes away from the stage, I would look at her to try and guage the reaction and I couldn't read one.  This was a big concert too, because if she liked Joe live, then she was going to go with me in Novermber to see him again.  Well, as we were on our way out of the casino I asked the big question..."So, what did you think?"...and she said, "I know it must have looked like I wasn't having much fun, but I was just in awe.  I didn't know you could do that with a guitar!"  Joe has definitely won her over.

The show itself was amazing though!  I mean, an acoustic version of Miss You, Hate You.  And while I can't do them all yet, I thought I knew most guitar tricks.  But the one where Joe goes to the very top of the guitar neck, past the nut and press down on the string the get those different harmonics or whatever it is he gets...I had NEVER seen that one before and if I had my guitar here at work I'd be trying it right now.  The River was suspenseful for me too to watch, because that song is just so great when the rest of the band kicks in and as Joe was going through the first softer verse and Mark and Bogie weren't out on stage yet, I was getting a little anxious.  But they were back just in time to kick my **** with it and didn't let up for the rest of the show really.  And I don't know how many people noticed this, but I loved the medley at the end, but really highlighted it for me when they started covering Gov't Mule...totally made my evening that much greater.  So that's it for now.  In the next 2 weeks or so, I will be writing my first review for the campus newspaper and it's going to be on You & Me, just like I did for Blues Deluxe and Had To Cry Today.  I'll keep you all posted and post the link where you can all read it when it's published.  Thanks to Fotopete, Tara, and Rocket for saying hi and also for the pictures too...and thanks most of all to Joe, Bogie, and Mark...keep it up guys, we love it!

Rock 'N' Roll,
-Ben