Charlotte, NC - October 28, 2009 (Page 1 of 2)

Dave the passcode is JB4PAC   

Great deal

Great work David! Enjoy the show and make sure you give us all a great, full report like you always do.

Roy

I have 1 ticket for sale to the 10/28/2009 Charlotte Front Row Center.

Will Deliver in Person at show.

Will let go for cost of ticket + ticket master charges for a total of $55.00

Contact me by email rockinarcher@charter.net

Any tickets left for Charlotte? I need an inoculation of some Blues...

I'll be thinking of you tonite David!!  Sounds like it will be a great show and kudos for all the promoting of Joe in your area!  Have a blast and we'll look forward to review & pics!
                                                                             p.l.j.

"I'm not nice to any guitar!"     
                 Joe Bonamassa 05-03-12

JBLP CHILD #184

Quick post:  brilliant show!!!  more later...

Last night Joe was greeted to a nice crowd in Charlotte at the Ovens auditorium.  Very vocal but not overly so.   At one point, you heard this little young voice say "GO JOE"!  What a smile that brought from Joe and the audience loved it.  During Woke Up Dreaming, some guy yells out, "FASTER", Joe stops, gives this look like are you kidding!  But after that, he put on a clinic that was amazing on the acoustic, brought the house down. 

Some of my favorites was "So Many Roads", the version of "Sloe Gin" was one of the best I have heard, the solo was out of sight.  HTCT was off the charts, oh yeah, speaking about charts, Joe announced that "The Ballad of John Henry" was back at NUMBER 1 on the Blues Billboard Charts!  "Mountain Time" was so soulful.  I really like Joe ending the show with "Just Got Paid Today", nice way to end on a super high note. 

Joe, Carmine, Rick and especially Bogie were on their top form.  Joe's vocals were very good and his guitar playing "searing" and "soulful".  Bogie was out of this world, playing in front of his family and friends, what a response he got when Joe introduced the band.  Carmine, was really into it last night with some amazing playing and Rick was "spot on" with his solid keyboard playing.

It was great seeing a bunch of Carolina street teamers, like Van, Chris and Jon.  Good to see Roy from VA down too!  AND it was indeed a pleasure to have the one and only, MELISSA DURSE there at the show too.  Great to visit with her before the show.  Took her to a real landmark restaurant in Charlotte, called the Penguin.  She even tried, Fried Pickles!!!  Which are great by the way.  Oh yeah, the guy that goes around the country looking for the best little restaurants, Guy ?, I forget his last name, he has the blond spiked hair, he is on the Food Channel, and does the Apple Bees commercials was there hanging out!  Pretty cool. 

Good visiting with Joe before the show, showed him some old pictures that I have taken over the years.  Come a long way my friend...  Off to Atlanta this Friday...

Set list below:

1. Ballad of John Henry
2. Last Kiss
3. So Many Roads
4. So It's Like That
5. If Heartaches Were Nickels
6. Further on up the Road
7. Sloe Gin
8. Lonesome Road Blues
9. Happier Times
10. Bridge to Better Days
11. Had to Cry Today
12. Great Flood
13. Woke Up Dreaming
14. Mountain Time
Encore
15. Ball Peen Hammer
16. Just Got Paid

It was quite a thing to see patty. I was still in the theater when he came out to meet his family and it was quite touching. Ok its bedtime..enough of going through pics from the show tonite...finish them up this weekend!

Keith