Joe at River Roots Live - Davenport, Iowa (Page 3 of 4)

Amen Dr. Tom!! By the way, I need an adjustment!

I hope that the difference in crowds from last year to this is enough to show that the Quad Cities loves Joe. I took two people to the show who knew nothing about Bonamassa and talked several others into going to the show as well. They still have not stoped talking about what an incredible performance it was and are now trying to decide what show to go to (Peoria, Chicago or Des Moines). I have no doubt that the crowds will continue to grow for River Roots as long as Joe comes back not to mention the fan base!

I hadn't seen Joe perform since last year's River Roots, and I've seen him five times overall going back three years.

I gotta back up suhl. Some say progress, I say regress. Regardless of your outlook, the live performance has changed, and I for one lament what once was. I miss the occasional Strat. I miss the excitement of anticipating a jam's evolution. I miss Eric Czar, whom I never got to see live.

Slam away, moddy or whoever, but I ask who here is under 30 (as suhl and I are) and who will be supporting the blues rock market in 20-30 years? Perhaps us young punks now and our oh-so-high standards.

All that aside, Saturday's highlights were Just Got Paid and Woke Up Dreaming. Nothing can drag those down.

Always keeping an open ear ...

OK, I've had enough of the whining. Lets all stop living in the past and move into current day, shall we? Doesn't Joe have the right to change his musical approach any way he thinks it should be? Do we really want Joe as a one dimensional artist with nothing new and bold coming out? The answer has got to be, "Of Course Not!" Hey, bands change, people's taste change and indivuduals grow and change. Thus, Joe's band and approach has changed somewhat.

This reminds me of another current day artist who not too long ago, split from his former bass player and drummer. Some people are still whining about what happened, but you know what? When I hear this young man play now, it is almost as if handcuffs have been removed from him. And needless to say, he has told me he is very happy!

So lets give Joe a break. I mean after all, when has Joe EVER put out a piece of music that everyone said, "What a piece of junk!" The answer to that is NEVER!!

Joe, as far as I'm concerned, don't ever change until the next time you want to. I'll be there listening and bobing my head as usual.

Roy

I just noticed this one on Davenport. Wondered why no one was hardly posting under the general Topics one.

First off I think anyone that knows me will tell you if Joe did a bad set I would say so and I would have to say that He did an outstanding show at Davenport. As far as when he started, he started right on time and I glad he did because if memory serves me right last year the band on the other stage ran over and cut his set short (anyone else remember that?).

I thought it was a great show. Were the light pods on stage part of Joes equipment? Nice added look.

Please don't get into a name-calling thing with this band, That never helps.  Don't misunderstand--> this was an accident.  Pure and simple.  I heard what I thought was a big crescendo finale from that stage and I thought they were done.  Until I came on here the next day, I had no idea they were still playing by the time Joe walked out on stage.  I'd bet Joe is sick about this.  And, it makes no difference if they were a big name act or a local band.  IT WAS A MISTAKE!  Very unfortunate but once you committ and start your show, you're on.  I really like the "play the Adler Theater next time" comment, and I fully concur!
As far as Joe's new direction, the stuff he's doing now seems to be working, don't you agree?  Bigger shows, cd sales, etc.   It's a big task to be the guy carrying the show in a trio, as the singer and guitar player.  Having Rick's keys and backing vocals takes quite a bit of heat off of Joe, and he seems to be more comfortable.  I also loved the power trio aspect of the earlier incarnation, but to your average music fan(non-musician)  the new format is more wide-ranging.  There are less jams, more foundation, shorter solos and just more structure which long time fans will veiw as repetition, I guess.  If you've ever followed a band or artist and seen several shows within a short space of time, you will see that they often have blocked out stage moves/lighting cues and sometimes use the same banter between songs, and stuff like that.  Joe is certainally not the first to do something like that!  You still get plenty O' guitar swat to get yer rawks off on!  Just wait for the next cd.  I hear it's sposed to ROCK!

I have seen joe 7 times in the last 4 years, every chance ive had. he has never failed to please me with his music . the saturday night show , i thought was primo! came out wailing on that double neck and didnt stop playing till midnight. he started at 10:30 , by the way. the show WAS running a bit late and i thought the other band was done myself. actually , i thought they had it set up for him to immediately start when the other band stopped. they need to quit whinning and realize that joe was the closer and wanted to get as much in, in a short amount of time.joe been here the last 4 years at one time or another, and always has drawn a good crowd. please , joe , dont stop coming to the quad cities because of a few idiots!

TB,
First off, welcome to the forum! Great first post, although it's too bad it had to be on a topic where Joe was being criticized.
I was at the Elgin show and at River Roots last year and this year and agree with everything you said, except putting Joe on stage earlier. The problem with that is I don't think they would be able to find a band that wants to go on stage AFTER Joe!

Hello to all. To Bill S and Rocket. ThankYou Very much for your warm welcome to the Joe Bonamassa forum. Yes this topic really is a bummer.The idea Joe really would not return to River Roots next year because of the backyard tire fire band is just sad.They must realize that Joe had no reason to purposely upstage them. There is no competition. They are world's apart. I did hear them in the background and they sounded pretty good.Everyone I talked to that was at the gig said Joe was right on time.We had a group of about 10.The other postings that claim the sound of the P.A. was bad to me is more of a argumentitive issue than if some one started late or early. I know that system sounded good. And Joe kicked some b#tt. Thanks Again.This sounds pretty good thru my Klipsch Speakers. Try it out thru yours. See you in Peoria Joe....

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