1 Topic by LPplayer (edited by LPplayer 2010-03-09 09:56:44)

  • From: western Washington state
  • Registered: 2010-03-09
  • Posts: 3

Topic: Seattle Performance (3/5 2010)

I'm so glad I had pre-sale seats.  Got them in January.

The Moore Theater was packed to capacity.  Rightfully so.  That show would have drawn many thousands more.  Unfortunately my seat wasn't as close as I'd have preferred - I sat in row eight (Row E, to be exact) in an aisle seat (made it easier to hang my broken foot into the aisle instead of banging it into the seat in front of me) - but the Moore is a smaller venue, therefore it really didn't matter how far from the stage I was.  The setting was - for lack of better words - intimate, and the sound was awesome.

To say the least, Joe's 2 hour and 17 minute performance on Friday, 5 March 2010 was nothing short of phenominal.  The set list elequently blended new, as well as quite a few well recognized tunes into the fray.  To the uninitiated, my initial question would be: "so, whatcha think?".  The friend that I brought with me was simply speechless.  He WAS uninitiated to Joe's innate ability to conjure some of the most wild, yet subtly beautiful notes imaginable.

Here's his set list:

1.  The Ballad of John Henry
2.  The 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.  Bridge to Better Days
9.  When the Fire Hits the Sea
10. Lonesome Road Blues
11. Happier Times
12. Three Times a Fool
13. The Great Flood
14. Blue & Evil
15. Mountain Time
16. Woke up Dreaming
17. Young Man Blues
18. Bird on a Wire
19. Just Got Paid

Carmine Rojas' eye patch (and the fact that he'd just had eye surgery 3 days prior to the show) did nothing to dim his ability to provide thunderous backup to Joe's lightning.  Bogie Bowles - - flawless as usual.  There's nothing more that needs to be said for a such a talented percussionist that can keep up with the likes of Joe Bonamassa and live to play another day.

I can honestly say, I'm still speechless.  I'm looking forward to his return to the great Pacific Northwest.  I do wish Joe had tossed his glasses into the crowd as he did on the RAH DVD - maybe I could have caught them.

Take out of this what you will. cool

"to play like Joe Bonamassa -- takes much more than raw talent, it takes soul.  Unfortunately, though many of us have raw, and sometimes even refined talent, soul like his is just slightly out of reach"
  • Registered: 2008-08-16
  • Posts: 8

Re: Seattle Performance (3/5 2010)

LPplayer wrote:

I'm so glad I had pre-sale seats.  Got them in January.

The Moore Theater was packed to capacity.  Rightfully so.  That show would have drawn many thousands more.  Unfortunately my seat wasn't as close as I'd have preferred - I sat in row eight (Row E, to be exact) in an aisle seat (made it easier to hang my broken foot into the aisle instead of banging it into the seat in front of me) - but the Moore is a smaller venue, therefore it really didn't matter how far from the stage I was.  The setting was - for lack of better words - intimate, and the sound was awesome.

To say the least, Joe's 2 hour and 17 minute performance on Friday, 5 March 2010 was nothing short of phenominal.  The set list elequently blended new, as well as quite a few well recognized tunes into the fray.  To the uninitiated, my initial question would be: "so, whatcha think?".  The friend that I brought with me was simply speechless.  He WAS uninitiated to Joe's innate ability to conjure some of the most wild, yet subtly beautiful notes imaginable.

Here's his set list:

1.  The Ballad of John Henry
2.  The 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.  Bridge to Better Days
9.  When the Fire Hits the Sea
10. Lonesome Road Blues
11. Happier Times
12. Three Times a Fool
13. The Great Flood
14. Blue & Evil
15. Mountain Time
16. Woke up Dreaming
17. Young Man Blues
18. Bird on a Wire
19. Just Got Paid

Carmine Rojas' eye patch (and the fact that he'd just had eye surgery 3 days prior to the show) did nothing to dim his ability to provide thunderous backup to Joe's lightning.  Bogie Bowles - - flawless as usual.  There's nothing more that needs to be said for a such a talented percussionist that can keep up with the likes of Joe Bonamassa and live to play another day.

I can honestly say, I'm still speechless.  I'm looking forward to his return to the great Pacific Northwest.  I do wish Joe had tossed his glasses into the crowd as he did on the RAH DVD - maybe I could have caught them.

Take out of this what you will. cool

3 Reply by murfdog (edited by murfdog 2010-03-30 17:01:25)

  • From: Salem, Oregon
  • Registered: 2010-01-07
  • Posts: 844

Re: Seattle Performance (3/5 2010)

He slayed us in Oregon as well......4 times! It was beautiful!

Murfdog
  • From: western Washington state
  • Registered: 2010-03-09
  • Posts: 3

Re: Seattle Performance (3/5 2010)

I truly hope he'll be back sooner - rather than later.  Those of of us in the PacNorWest NEED our Joe!

murfdog wrote:

He slayed us in Oreogn as well......4 times! It was beautiful!

"to play like Joe Bonamassa -- takes much more than raw talent, it takes soul.  Unfortunately, though many of us have raw, and sometimes even refined talent, soul like his is just slightly out of reach"
  • Registered: 2009-05-18
  • Posts: 15

Re: Seattle Performance (3/5 2010)

I too was at the Seattle show. Came down from Vancouver.  Was really lucky to pick up a ticket (ok, a really bad one) at the last minute.  Joe was awesome as usual.  Thought Bogie's work on Happier Times was incredible. 
I wish Joe would come to Vancouver again.  I'm always having to travel to see him which is ok but it makes the ticket a bit expensive.  Calgary, Seattle, where next?  I guess Europe would be nice.