Down by the Riverside with Joe and Friends 3/13

1,700 is capacity. The US is a tough nut to crack coast to coast in all markets. Joe is getting there. The UK is compact by our standards and Joe has been on BBC and it seems word of mouth travels faster there. I predict in a year he sells Riverside out.

A tough nut indeed. SoCal as well as the Bay Area are like NYC when it comes to entertainment any night of the week. There are so many choices especially on the weekends that many times I've had a dilemna of choosing between favorites, too many good shows at the same time. Naturely Joe would always win out if he's in town, and I'm not complainin' just explainin', it's the nature of the beast for those of us that live in this neck of the woods. Also Joe was up against St. Patty's Day revelers last night as well, some of which probably didn't make it past sundown.

                                                                                     Think Green,

                                                                                     J Dawg

Thanks all for the appreciative comments. My posts of this adventure were a labor of love. Now, the Bonaglut hangover sets in. Soon the craving will become stronger and we'll be off again.

You headbangers are going to love the new band. Glenn's falsetto can irritate some who dislike that style, but he still has a large following and the energy he brings to the show is intense. He's a very good bass player as well and his animated playing is fun to watch. Jason just about blew the kit off the stage with his power and it is uncanny how much he resembles his father. As Cathysilor mentioned, even over a cell phone link, Joe's tone and style comes through strongly, and it looked like he was having a very good time. The acoustics of the hall were good from my perspective of row 4 center and the mix was one of the best I've heard. The keyboard play was excellent and the Leslie really brought an intensity to some of the passages. JMO from a vintage rocker's view. This was old school hard-driving rock that may not appeal to everyone. I am anxious to get the new album when it is released. I'll cruise over to the GH forum and check their reaction.

One perspective on the low turnout could be the brutal commuter traffic on a work night in the L.A. basin, giving one pause at the thought of possibly missing part of the show due to a pileup. We drove up 90 miles and were able to skip an hour early from the job to beat the worst and take advantage of the express commuter lane due to a full car. It still took over 2 hours to get there.  Another is the coincidence of the perfect weather and St. Patricks day as mentioned by J Dawg.
Rick

I found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8eRQIq3 … _embedded#
Mistreated. SDG 
Rick
edit. Murphdog, I think that a fall release was mentioned.

Great review Rick - a fair few miles on the clock too, but who can blame you.

It will be interesting to see how the SDG works out. Guess I'm another of those not sure about the falsetto/screaming, but I can maybe understand Glenn giving it some on that song in particular.
IMHO just too many guys popped up over the years trying to do a Robert Plant - nobody ever came close to making that kind of thing sound as relevant as he did. Kinda turned me off Rock for a while some years back, and Sammy having a blast at it with Chickenfoot put me off buying their album.
Keeping my mind (and ears) open...........

Ian

Good day all

New member, Saw Joe and Band on 18/Mar/2010 in Riverside.

I was impressed. I'm a guitarist and I was amazed at Joe's WIZARDRY playing.

I was lucky enough to get to attend the "MEET and GREET"

Joe was kind enough to sign my Epiphone Gold Top Les Paul and my copy of Sloe Gin.

I had some picts of Rory Gallagher in Surfers Paradise Aust., 1980 which I offered to give to Joe

he suggested I contact the web site for forwarding directions to him of the photos.

Anyone who might have that info contact me at aussiemeats@aol.com

The Show:

Everything exceptional, EXCEPT Mistreated. G.H. sang great until he went off the deepend with

the SHRILL screams. once or twice ok maybe but 3,4,5, times and it was over the top. Sorry

I like his voice but it's like using effects...they should be used to ADD to the equation

and used sparingly for effect.

I would have liked to hear some more by Derek Sherinian as I understand he's got quite good

music credentials of his own.

ALSO: If you want to hear a Gibson 345 SING....Listen to BILL NELSON from Be Bop Delux

"Modern Music" or "The best of and the rest of" Be Bop Delux

Bill Nelson was another GIFTED Guitarist/ Musician.... Seriously His sound was Unique

and his playing was OUTSTANDING! Very much Blues influenced.

My complements to Joe's Drummer and bass player, they ROCK. Joe's got a GREAT CREW!

Thanks again Joe for a great night!!!

Rob
aussiemeats@aol.com

Hey Rick,

thanks for your review.
Must have been great to be one of the first to see/hear something of the new band.
Regarding the new band I'll be open-minded but I'm not so sure about Glenn and I'll miss Bogie Bowles.
My rock benchmark is Chickenfoot. Hope they'll be that good. Let's see.