I am calling this my "Training for RAH" weekend. Thursday night was Derek Trucks, last night Joe in Woonsocket, and finally tomorrow Joe in New Hampshire. If I make it thru this weekend then the first weekend in May should be no problem.
Lucked out again and had great seats. It is so cool to be so close to the stage that you can hear the strings being played. Joe and the guys put on their usual great and very energetic performance. It was funny to her Joe talk about his previous visits to Rhode Island - Bloodline played at Lupo's and 8 people showed up (including his Dad and the people who worked there) and then 3 years ago at Chan's which is right down the street from this theater (that was a memorable night - a double show featuring an Italian American Blues musician playing in a Chinese restaurant on St. Patrick's Day-that was my first time seeing a full Joe show). Joe didn't mention if he went there to eat last night! Joe was wearing the white suit that someone mentioned earlier in the week, and it made for some very different pictures. (I'll get those up in the next day or two). The new purple guitar came out for Mountain Time - it's pretty cool but I still miss the Gigliotti. Only one acoustic song - maybe Joe hasn't replaced the guitar he gave away the other night yet? And I finally got a pick!
Here's the set list (thank you Aaron):
Ballad of John Henry
Bridge to Better Days
Your Funeral My Trial
Blues Deluxe
Mountain Time
Last Kiss
So Many Roads
Another Kind of Love
Sloe Gin
Great Flood
Lonesome Road Blues
Happier Times
Woke Up Dreaming
Just Got Paid
Story of a Quarry Man
Asking Around for You (only had to sshh people once-I almost made a noise just to see that again-it is annoying but funny)
Brought four newbies - 3 converts and the fourth one, well, that's his problem!
Very nice theater, hope to see Joe return here in the future. I liked it a lot better than some of the other places Joe has played in this area. Nice acoustics and lighting and a very big stage for Joe to run around on (the wireless was a little un-nerving but seems to be working well - I really didn't notice a difference in the sound).
Thank you Joe, Rick, Carmine, Bogie and all the backstage guys for another wonderful evening! And the best part is I get to do it all again tomorrow night!
Sandy
"There's a lot of people that are in so much of a hurry to be, I guess, to be famous or that they don't want to take the time to learn to play and do all that.They'd rather just knock it down off a computer and maybe get on a game show and get famous..That's fine if that's what you want to do.
"We're more old school than that. We like creating the sounds." - Tom Petty
