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Topic: Ramonville, France 11/16/08

Hey!
So there you go, I saw Joe and his band yesterday night. All I can say is wow! I couldn't have been closer to him... I just needed to extend my arm to touch his boots...
Here's the Set List, if I remember it well and don't forget any (didn't manage to grab one at the end...)

Ballad of John Henry
Bridge to Better Days
So Many Roads
Mountain Time
Sloe Gin
High Water Everywhere (Acoustic)
Another Kind of Love
The Great Flood
Your Funeral and my Trial
Just Got Paid
Woke Up Dreaming (Acoustic)
Blues Deluxe

One of These Days
Asking Around For You

Let me tell you this: his sound is sheer power and magic at the same time. And trust me, I'm 30, I've lived with the blues/rock since I was born (thanks to my parents who raised me in the love of good music, not those crappy dance and stupid **## there was all around when I was a teenager) and I've seen some pretty good guitar players: Tinsley Ellis, Gary Moore, Jeff Healey, Bill Perry, Robben Ford, Tommy Castro, Buddy Guy... The list goes on and on. Joe is THE man! It's truly incredible how he manages to mix the "in your face" type of playing and be so cool and slow and magical at the same time. Getting one of the two is really hard, getting both is a pure blessing to him and to us, his fans.
If I could make a comparison with something I love, it would be a rose: when he plays it cool he's wonderful to watch, and just like a closed rose full of promises and primitive beauty and when he puts the fire mod on, he's blossoming and shining like a fresh full bloomed rose.
There's nothing else to say. If I didn't have something really important on my schedule this weekend I'd go to Barcelona to see him again, even though that's a six hour car round trip. That says it all. Long lives Joe! smile

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Re: Ramonville, France 11/16/08

Thank you Fred..It sounds like your parents did indeed teach you about good music! How did the rest of the audience respond? Were there many there who already knew Joe? Don't mean to quiz you..just don't hear much from France. Again, thanks for the review!! Cathy

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Re: Ramonville, France 11/16/08

twistingcrow wrote:

Joe is THE man! It's truly incredible how he manages to mix the "in your face" type of playing and be so cool and slow and magical at the same time. Getting one of the two is really hard, getting both is a pure blessing to him and to us, his fans.

Wow, thanks for taking the words right out of my mouth, mate! smile That´s why I love Joe too!

I´m glad you had such a wonderful concert-night and found the way to this forum too .... was it your first Joe show or have you seen him before?! If it was the first one: be careful, this is highly addictive - you won´t stop going to these shows once you´ve started!! big_smile

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Re: Ramonville, France 11/16/08

The audience responded really well. He is well known in France, at least with people who are interested in the blues. Who loves the blues and has never heard of Joe anyway? But he also managed to surprise and delight some who didn't know him. There was a guy close to me in front of the stage, in his early fifties I'd say, the type of guys with tattoos on his body, piercings, long hair... You know the type of guy: the one who would kill for an ACDC or ZZTop concert, and who's seen loads of great bands and guitar players. At the end he turned to me and said "What the Hell, I'm f####in' blown away!". You know that's the kind of things a guy like him doesn't say too often!

I was very lucky because it was Joe's first and only date in France, and it was just a fifteen minute drive from where I live, in Toulouse. I realize that most European countries are luckier than France because they all have five or six dates, but just one here...

It was indeed my first Joe show, although I've been listening to his music almost everyday for the last two years... I missed his last show which took place on March 2007 because of my job... sad But if and when he comes back to Toulouse, I'll be there for sure!

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Re: Ramonville, France 11/16/08

nice review fred,glad you had a great time.....  ca avait l'air ENORME!!!!
i saw joe two time in france and both time i had a blast  but this time it was to far from were i live(cherbourg!!). i hope he 'll be back next year for 2or 3 gig in our country maybe ,and i'll make the trip cause  i've seen great blues player too but i never had that great feeling that you have after seeing joe on stage.as you say:
joe rules!!!
see ya

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