Toronto...and the tour is done! (Page 1 of 2)

Welcome Thomas, very nice first post ..... stick around and post again.
Cheers 

I was one of the lucky 2200 last nite. Second time seeing Joe here in Canada. One thing I noticed last nite was how the new drummer, Tal Bergman, was a real big part of the show. Joe really played off him last nite. When I saw him with Bogie Bowles, he seemed more in the back just keeping time. Whole show was just awesome. Enjoyed thoroly. Wish he played around here more often.

Wow, didn't know that, a generous fan

Where was this meet and greet? Too bad I missed it.

Anyway, definately was an awesome show. He did sign my guitar strap post show, and the funny thing is it's somewhat different from most of the other signatures I've seen him do, I suppose since there were about 30 people crowding him and it was a small space (for him to sign). Anyway, definately a great show.

Definitely a great show last night.  Joe was in stellar form (as usual) and I thought Tal really helped take it to another level with his energy, enthusiasm, and obvious sense of humour.

I didn't keep track of the full set-list but I was happy to see a number of songs from Joe's earlier albums.

LOVED the parade of killer guitars and seeing Joe close out the night in his personalized Team Canada hockey jersey was SO great.

I've got my fingers crossed that SOMEBODY captured the audio...if so, could you please drop me a line?  PLEASE?

We were lucky enough to meet him and the band in the afternoon when they arrived for sound check. We were going to Massey Hall to pick up our tickets and lo and behold there was the tour bus just pulling up to the hall. Joe and his band were very friendly and took pictures with us,what an absolute honour to meet such down to earth people to start our visit to Toronto. As earlier posters stated the show(my first time seeing Joe) was totally off the charts, what a talent and what a band,the absolute complete package. Can't wait for Oct. to see him in Detroit.

Interesting week. When we met Joe & Roy last fall in Hampton Beach they told us they`d come in Montréal end of March. I waited as long as I could for an announcement before having to commit to a vacation with my wife to Mexico 3rd week of March. Still no date announced yet.

In the mean time my father in law surprised us and bought the whole family tickets to see Yanni on March 31st in Montreal, one day after we came back from Mexico !!! (Don`t laugh people, the show was actually pretty amazing, very high quality musicians, even though definitly not my cup of tea). But of course after the tickets were bought, they announced the Montreal date for the 31st, which meant I couldn`t go, because of Yanni. Thank God for Toronto !!!

So my son and I used our Litho 2 privilege for both tickets & M&G and decided to drive 6+ hours to attend Joe`s last show of this leg of the tour. Before we drove to Toronto however we did a pit stop to Steve`s Music Store in Montreal and Jord bought himself a brand new Strat, to go along with the Les Paul. Then it was off to Toronto.

We arrived on the Friday and just fooled around when we got there. On the Saturday we walked all over the place to get familiar with the surroundings before spotting a Tim Burton Exhibition downtown. Pretty amazing stuff and one weird dude. Then getting back to the hotel, and getting ready for the M&G. There were about 20-25 people also waiting to see Joe. Around 16:30 we were brought to the entrance of the concert hall where Joe was already there and waiting for us. Immediately he took control of the situation, probably knowing we were all just too nervous to say anything. He was so relaxed and cool and joking with the crowd. Then it was time for items getting signed and pictures. It lasted about 30 minutes. Short but sweet. When we left I said to my son, now this is how a rock star should behave and treat his fans. I was very impressed by the guy. And of course the new guitar also got signed.

After a quick bite, it was back to the venue for the concert itself. I won`t bother with the setlist as it`s been pretty much the same since the tour began, but boy was the show amazing. Sound quality was ok at first then got fixed after a few songs and it was perfect after that. Highlights for me were Sloe Gin (of course). Dust Bowl (at first I  wasn`t crazy about the studio version, but live it is so awesome), John Henry was great and Woke up Dreaming tore the place apart !!! Fantastic night. Was only my 2nd Joe show, (I`m kind of a newbee that got introduced by Glenn Hughes when he first talked about his new band last year and just got hooked). I`m planning to see him again in New-York next fall, but in the mean tine I`ll be bringing the family to San Diego for the BCC premiere and again in Hampton Beach a few days later.

Thanks again for a great evening and for being a genuine artist and human being.

Cities with X and 1/x million people usually have 2X things going on at once...

Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

"He still doesn't charge for mistakes! "
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"Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"
“Now, this isn’t your ordinary party crowd, here.  I mean, there are professionals in here.”

I was at Massey Hall Apr 2 and finally saw Joe play.  I have never seen such a dynamic display of guitar skills and a tight tight band backing him up.  Truly an amazing,  amazing night for me and three of my friends - we are still talking about it a day and half later-it ranks in my top ten concerts of all time(I am 62 and have seen stones,  hendrix,  janis etc.)
Its too bad that this concert was not captured on HD and put out as DVD.
As the Aussie rock band