55 Reply by PSmith1946 (edited by PSmith1946 2012-12-03 03:41:40)

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Re: Tickets way too expensive, need new rock stuff and Tilles comments

Trica I saw you referenced take a break (or something similar, ) which I think I said earlier, it wasn't made as a nasty comment, I do it myself occasionally, spending a few days or a week or so  listening to totally different music then come back refreshed. It was not meant as a few months or more.
Have spent this weekend working (marking students work) to a background of Europe live, the full concert, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Jethro Tull etc etc. Practically no Joe other than his show on PR.  Went back to Joe this morning (New Day Yesterday) cause I fancied early Joe which I often do also. Who knows what tomorrow may bring. I would love to see the four concerts but can't due to being in the US, however I have taken time off so I can catch his last concert in Fort Myers. Expensive , yes, worth it, hell yes.
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I have only known about Joe and his music since March, yet I feel like I have been listening longer because my husband is a collector of audio recordings, and we have acquired a number of Joe's shows going back to at least '02. So after looking through the setlists, it is interesting to note that it is actually Blues Deluxe which is the most repeated song.  It was there back in'02 and continues at almost every show to this day.  It is also interesting to note that throughout Joe's career there have been a number of songs that are regulars at certain time period.
   From '02-'05, The River, Burning Hell, Walk In My Shadow, Pain and Sorrow and Heart of the Sunrise/Starship Trooper were the most played.  With Heartaches Were Nickels throw in quite a bit.  In '06 a transition seemed to occur with Woke Up Dreaming, Mountain Time, Just Got Paid and Asking Around for You taking the top spots.  From '07-'08, Bridge to Better Days joined in for a while and Heartaches Were Nickels and Blues Deluxe still continued.  '09-'10  saw the rise of Sloe Gin, John Henry and So Many Roads.  Since '11 Young Man Blues has come into play.
    This current tour actually has more variety than in recent years with the inclusion of the acoustic set, the reworking of WUD and Sloe Gin, songs from the new album, as well as Wee Wee Hours and Yonders Wall.  It's the Just Got Paid, Mountain Time, Blues Deluxe and WUD that have really been in for the long haul.  I guess Joe continues to play them because he enjoys them, and as he said, people request them.
     In the early years of his career, his music seemed very much characterised by the fiery guitar solos comprised of the multitude of notes, and of course that would be very exciting to listen to.  As he has matured as a musician, the number of notes don't seem as important as the quality of the note, its tone.  Joe's current music incorporates a multitude of complexities.  He appears interested in the nuances of the music, its crescendos and decrescendos, the subtleties of a single notes held in vibrato for an extended period, as well as the complex fingering involved in a fiery solo.  This is what makes his current work so incredibly interesting to listen to.  I am very interested to hear what he will do at the London shows when he pulls out the old material.  How different will it be, now that he has grown as a musician?  I wish I could witness these events, but my husband is a CPA and they occur during the most intense week of Tax Season.  So I will have to be content with viewing the DVDs and hope Joe finds this delving into the back cataloge intriguing enough to want to keep playing a few of these for the Spring tour.

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nmagcorn wrote:

I have only known about Joe and his music since March, yet I feel like I have been listening longer because my husband is a collector of audio recordings, and we have acquired a number of Joe's shows going back to at least '02. So after looking through the setlists, it is interesting to note that it is actually Blues Deluxe which is the most repeated song.  It was there back in'02 and continues at almost every show to this day.  It is also interesting to note that throughout Joe's career there have been a number of songs that are regulars at certain time period.
   From '02-'05, The River, Burning Hell, Walk In My Shadow, Pain and Sorrow and Heart of the Sunrise/Starship Trooper were the most played.  With Heartaches Were Nickels throw in quite a bit.  In '06 a transition seemed to occur with Woke Up Dreaming, Mountain Time, Just Got Paid and Asking Around for You taking the top spots.  From '07-'08, Bridge to Better Days joined in for a while and Heartaches Were Nickels and Blues Deluxe still continued.  '09-'10  saw the rise of Sloe Gin, John Henry and So Many Roads.  Since '11 Young Man Blues has come into play.
    This current tour actually has more variety than in recent years with the inclusion of the acoustic set, the reworking of WUD and Sloe Gin, songs from the new album, as well as Wee Wee Hours and Yonders Wall.  It's the Just Got Paid, Mountain Time, Blues Deluxe and WUD that have really been in for the long haul.  I guess Joe continues to play them because he enjoys them, and as he said, people request them.
     In the early years of his career, his music seemed very much characterised by the fiery guitar solos comprised of the multitude of notes, and of course that would be very exciting to listen to.  As he has matured as a musician, the number of notes don't seem as important as the quality of the note, its tone.  Joe's current music incorporates a multitude of complexities.  He appears interested in the nuances of the music, its crescendos and decrescendos, the subtleties of a single notes held in vibrato for an extended period, as well as the complex fingering involved in a fiery solo.  This is what makes his current work so incredibly interesting to listen to.  I am very interested to hear what he will do at the London shows when he pulls out the old material.  How different will it be, now that he has grown as a musician?  I wish I could witness these events, but my husband is a CPA and they occur during the most intense week of Tax Season.  So I will have to be content with viewing the DVDs and hope Joe finds this delving into the back cataloge intriguing enough to want to keep playing a few of these for the Spring tour.


I find this data very interesting.  I think one thing that you did not mention is the quality of his vocal improvement.  If you go back and listen to his early stuff, the vocal performance is so different.  Good but different.  I know from several interviews Joe has given that he has (may still be) taken professional voice lessons.  I think that the instrument of his voice has improved enormously.  That is why I think some guitar solos are shorter but vocals are more in depth.  I like all his stuff, old or new, covers or originals.  I love listening to a song he did early on and then listening to a newer version.  You can tell how much more mature he is and he seems to really like to improvise, which no doubt keeps him interested as well as us.

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You are right, his vocals have dramatically improved over the years, and the current songs really showcase this.

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jim m wrote:
David A. wrote:

Tica, I think you captured the award for the longest post. lol

No surely that award is our forum Sweet Sister Jane's I think the fact that Tica had it separated into paragraphs made it appear longer. Did make it easier to read that way..... )

I think you're both forgetting the mistress of the postzilla, Libby! I wouldn't be surprised if some of her posts were not among the very longest...and yes, paragraphs are a wonderful things that make it a lot easier to understand what is being said. I can never understand why, for example, Jane will make the effort to punctuate, use capitals and paragraphs in one post, then drop a single paragraph, just running on stream of consciousness text bomb in the next post. Good structure on the part of the writer aids and supports good understanding on the part of the reader. wink

Tica, thank you for that excellent, well-crafted, thought provoking post. I found much to agree with. Certainly, I would never put you down for expressing an opinion that diverges from the majority view here. Free speech is a wonderful thing too!

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I only found out about Joe in the summer of 2010, and have managed to see him live 7 times since then. After seeing him in Youngstown in November, I remember thinking I'd like to hear some more variety in the set list. When I saw Tica-NYC's post, I kinda agreed with her thoughts on this, but after seeing him again this past Monday in Greenville, I changed my mind. I saw and heard enough differences between the two shows, which made me realize that Joe does put a lot of thought into what he plays. I also remembered that he is the artist, not me, and if I want to make changes to a setlist, then I'd better start learning how to play and spend the next 20+ years of my life on the road constantly in order to build a following. Hey, it's great if Joe reads the posts and requests and considers adding songs (Reconsider Baby, please, if you're out there, Joe), but if he chooses not to that's up to him. Maybe in 10 or 20 years he'll do a tour where he pulls song requests from signs in the audience, and the drunken idiots in the crowd can stop shouting out their requests.

I don't know if I agree about the ticket price issue, i've never paid over $90 for the best seats, but yes, they have increased over the last two years. Don't know what the band nets from each show, but i think they earn every nickel. If the seats are too high priced, vote with your wallet.

The person who brought up the fact that the venues have gotten better made a point I hadn't thought about - the nicer places cost more to rent. I hope the band members and crew got a raise, too. If there's anything I'd wish to see more of, it's using facilities that do their own ticketing and only charge a couple of bucks for the order processing. Getting away from TicketMonster would be a great thing.

Recent changes to the show that I like:
Cleaner stage background and better lighting
No more theremin
Acoustic songs at start of show - it's like Joe's his own opening act

I don't know if it's a change or not, as I usually see folks waiting around the bus after the show, but at Greenville the band was on the bus and gone in 90 seconds according to the police outside the stage exit. I waited once after the Pittsburgh show last May, and it was a pleasure to meet Joe and chat for a minute, what a great guy to do that. Hopefully they just had to get on the road because of time constraints, and others will be able to continue to meet the band for a minute after future shows.

One last comment, about the start time, I completely disagree with 8:10 or something start time. In 40+ years of attending concerts, Joe is the only artist that ever started on time, and if it weren't for the people in the bar down the street from the Wilkes-Barre theater where I first saw Joe live, I would have missed the first few songs. I'm usually running late for everything, but not Joe's shows. So, Be Ready To Rock at 8 o'Clock is my motto.

Thanks to Pandora for introducing me to Joe's music!

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Bonaddicted wrote:

I only found out about Joe in the summer of 2010, and have managed to see him live 7 times since then. After seeing him in Youngstown in November, I remember thinking I'd like to hear some more variety in the set list. When I saw Tica-NYC's post, I kinda agreed with his thoughts on this, but after seeing him again this past Monday in Greenville, I changed my mind. I saw and heard enough differences between the two shows, which made me realize that Joe does put a lot of thought into what he plays. I also remembered that he is the artist, not me, and if I want to make changes to a setlist, then I'd better start learning how to play and spend the next 20+ years of my life on the road constantly in order to build a following. Hey, it's great if Joe reads the posts and requests and considers adding songs (Reconsider Baby, please, if you're out there, Joe), but if he chooses not to that's up to him. Maybe in 10 or 20 years he'll do a tour where he pulls song requests from signs in the audience, and the drunken idiots in the crowd can stop shouting out their requests.

I don't know if I agree about the ticket price issue, i've never paid over $90 for the best seats, but yes, they have increased over the last two years. Don't know what the band nets from each show, but i think they earn every nickel. If the seats are too high priced, vote with your wallet.

The person who brought up the fact that the venues have gotten better made a point I hadn't thought about - the nicer places cost more to rent. I hope the band members and crew got a raise, too. If there's anything I'd wish to see more of, it's using facilities that do their own ticketing and only charge a couple of bucks for the order processing. Getting away from TicketMonster would be a great thing.

Recent changes to the show that I like:
Cleaner stage background and better lighting
No more theremin
Acoustic songs at start of show - it's like Joe's his own opening act

I don't know if it's a change or not, as I usually see folks waiting around the bus after the show, but at Greenville the band was on the bus and gone in 90 seconds according to the police outside the stage exit. I waited once after the Pittsburgh show last May, and it was a pleasure to meet Joe and chat for a minute, what a great guy to do that. Hopefully they just had to get on the road because of time constraints, and others will be able to continue to meet the band for a minute after future shows.

One last comment, about the start time, I completely disagree with 8:10 or something start time. In 40+ years of attending concerts, Joe is the only artist that ever started on time, and if it weren't for the people in the bar down the street from the Wilkes-Barre theater where I first saw Joe live, I would have missed the first few songs. I'm usually running late for everything, but not Joe's shows. So, Be Ready To Rock at 8 o'Clock is my motto.

Good!  I'm a musician, so I appreciate you stating the obvious.  The point I tried and failed to make before was, if you love me so much, why do you want to change me?  Disfunctional relationship? Me?  I think not. smile  no time fer dat...

BTW... Wolfmother, speaking of disfunctional relationships, started/signed in 2004 and broke up in '08.  Leader reformed with new guys then they hauled a$$, too.  Now gots mo new playahs for anudder round.  and Jose starts on time.

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I'm not sure how to do that quoting thing, but I hope whatever I just did captured the screen grab from Jane's earlier post above...if not, it was basically her point that yes, old beloved songs might be missed, but soon forgotten in the thrill and ecstasy over a new great song! Or a different old one!

All nice and interesting replies and Jane I like your points. Also, I don't think that Pain and Sorrow needs to be changed--it maybe just needs to be resurrected--it's a 10 minute song and its beauty is that guitar jam that builds up in a frenzied crescendo. THAT is what puts people in a trance, get's people in a zone, it's a like a whack in the brain and then you're play putty.

I sort of think that Joe should open with something like this and ZAP it to us, then go on to slow or acoustic or whatever.  It is interesting to see how we all stumbled upon Joe and got hooked. For me as mentioned earlier it was the last oh 3 songs as he was closing as the opening act for Peter Frampton.

At the time I had NO IDEA what he played because I didn't know him or his music (I think it was at the Town Hall in NYC in...2004? not sure..anyone there then?) But it was either Burning Hell or Pain and Sorrow or maybe Just got Paid. It was the hardcore guitar jams though and I remember thinking--SH** how is Peter Frampton going to top this? (He did hold his own, however, and got into some frenzied guitar jams himself!)

Yes,venues have gotten better as in "classier"...BUT....there is something cool and awesome about being squooshed into a crappy place--where everyone can stand. Actually the first-timer to the Long Island show a few weeks ago said to me during the show--I wish we could stand up--that is the downside of the nicer venues. It's all more civilized and PERHAPS that breaks a bit of the spell too because you have to behave a little bit more and the energy if forced to be subdued. BUT I know Joe likes it because then he can do those super high notes and the audience is mostly quiet!

By the way, bonaaddicted..I'm a girl smile

And BigJeffJones...so are you a Wolfmother fan too? Or just follow what they are up to?  Yes, I have been extremely distressed over this constant infighting and reforming the band...although they've been lucky and SO FAR it worked with the 2nd band...That Andrew STockdale must be a bit** to work with---as aweome as he is....BUT I must say that I think one of their problems the FIRST go around is that they toured like CRAZY around the world, like nonstop.

I saw them...as I recall...maybe 5 times in the NYC area within about 18 months...and all around those dates they played across the US< Europe , Austrailia, other continents and back....I think they wore themselves out---they won a Grammy and tried to capitalize on it--and they were only a 3-man show. The guy who did the keyboards AND the base was just amazing. And he was frenetic, they all were, I think they burned about 10,000 calories per show. They gave a helluva show truly amazing energy and the music put you in a trance and gave you the chills.

But it wore them out and obviously made them fight. Also the keyboard/bass guy had a baby at some point around there--back in Oz--and so that must have been very tough--all that traveling when he wanted to be home. So in their case they totally should not have spent all their energy, even though it probably made them good money to do so..but exhausting and caused their demise.

So Andrew, the gorgeous red-haired afro'd lead singer and lead guitarist (whom I guess writes all? the music) went from a trio to a foursome and got 3 new guys this time--a separate bassist now. The fact that this actually worked, their 2nd album was better I think than the first--and in concert there were equally great--the new guys...and more importantly they played the songs as the first group did...so it didn't feel like they didn't know their own music.

But now...sheesh. Those guys are out. Don't know what that Andrew Stockdale is going to do. He needs to go to therapy to figure out how to not be a control freak or something. It's a shame because, imho, they offered something new and spectacular--Led Zeppelin/PInk Floyd-esque but with a beat--whiny but with energy, electric. Well fingers crossed that he can be 3x lucky. I've been waiting for 2 years now for Wolfmother to reappear in the US! The fan sites claim that a 3rd album is in the works.

By the way for those of you unfamiliar with their songs--Pleased to Meet You  is a great one. Very different from Joe--very screamy and lots of guitar--not as refined as Joe of course. These guys, in the first group anyway, were all computer programmers who played for fun by themselves and then somehow quit their IT jobs and hit it huge with their first album. Most famous songs are Woman (won the Grammy) and Love Train (on very first Ipod commercial with dancing shadow figure) and the one that all the drunk Australian guys like to shake their fists too is Joker and the Thief. But great ones from the 2nd WM and 2nd album: New Moon Rising, California Queen.  This is one of my faves of theirs that I do play in my spin classes too: Violence of the Sun  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBRIkFKQQao

Andrew has a young Robert Plant voice--and they were asked by Led Zeppelin themselves to perform LZ when LZ were inducted into the UK music hall of fame. Here, the first band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJak-R2iYI

Would be COOL if Joe B played some Zep guitar with Andrew singing.....I'd pay $300 for that show!  Hey Joe, how about bringing Andrew to the Beacon in NYC next May???  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJak-R2iYI  and here with the 2nd bandK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PnS0Gzl0xI   Obviously they could use some guitar virtuosoness.

And Joe's voice HAS gotten so great-- THAT IS why I'm pretty convinced he can go mainstream radio--given the right song...Joe could so whupp that wimpy John Meyer's a**! I do not think he is too blues to make the breakthru...And to be on the floor to hear Joe B playing Madison Square Garden would be the COOLEST!!!I totally think it is possible. And he is young enough...In the next 2-4 years it could happen...but there probably has to be some marketing strategy involved too (what? I have no clue...maybe also involves being 'seen' with a few tabloid starlets...how about a ginned up controversy 'cheating' on his jazz singer girlfriend with Cameron Diaz or something--but only fake, for PR-- it IS done this way, you know...ESPECIALLY in the UK. Robbie Williams was the master of this--faked a relationship with a Spice Girl and it catapulted him to millions--along with some great pop songs )

Also, Joe, how about teaming up with Dave Grohl whom I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE! Dave on drums, Joe on guitar...shared vocals! Would be the GREATEST!!!! How about a new song together---Dave knows how to write for radio and also keep the integrity of the rock and build up to great frenzied crescendos with passion and a brilliant juxtaposition of soft and loud, intense and gentle....

Would love to know what yall, incl Joe, think of WM and Dave Grohl-Foo Fighters. (And be frank, I know everyone is well capable of that smile  Tell me what you think of Violence of the Sun, esp around minute 2:30 on the video, this guy, just like Robert Plant uses his voice as an instruments and it hits that deep part in your brain and your soul in the same way as Joe's guitar does....sends ME straight into the Zone. I have no choice but to catapult there! wink

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Stockdale's voice gets really old for me after maybe 3 songs, so no thanks.

Is this thread even on topic anymore?  I think not.  And no, we probably don't need another 2000 word repeating/redundant post.

Boy am I in a bad mood tonight . . .

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PSmith1946 wrote:

Trica I saw you referenced take a break (or something similar, ) which I think I said earlier, it wasn't made as a nasty comment, I do it myself occasionally, spending a few days or a week or so  listening to totally different music then come back refreshed. It was not meant as a few months or more.
Have spent this weekend working (marking students work) to a background of Europe live, the full concert, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Jethro Tull etc etc. Practically no Joe other than his show on PR.  Went back to Joe this morning (New Day Yesterday) cause I fancied early Joe which I often do also. Who knows what tomorrow may bring. I would love to see the four concerts but can't due to being in the US, however I have taken time off so I can catch his last concert in Fort Myers. Expensive , yes, worth it, hell yes.
Keep posting . big_smile

Well said. I'm driving to Ft Myers from Savannah to see it, cause its worth it to me.

See you there!

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Joe is a very good artist. Excellent guitar and vocals. Good band behind him too. But i will not likely ever attend one of his shows. I live in Connecticut, where we have a vast pool of very talented local blues artists. Why wouls I pay so much to see Bonamassa, when i can see local artists as good as and in many cases, better than him, jur a small fraction of the price. Congratulations Joe! You must have a really great manager. In a couple of weeks, i will have the pleasure of seeing Walter Trout, who is one of the finest blues guitarists ever, and twice as good as Joe. I was able to purchase the center seats in the first row for only $44 each. After the show, Walter will come out to a table to meet fans and sign purchased CDs. Why would I want to purchase tickets at inflated prices to see a performance in such an impersonal setting as a big hall, where the artist will not be available to meet fans and sign their CDs?

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eddzpc wrote:

Joe is a very good artist. Excellent guitar and vocals. Good band behind him too. But i will not likely ever attend one of his shows. I live in Connecticut, where we have a vast pool of very talented local blues artists. Why wouls I pay so much to see Bonamassa, when i can see local artists as good as and in many cases, better than him, jur a small fraction of the price. Congratulations Joe! You must have a really great manager. In a couple of weeks, i will have the pleasure of seeing Walter Trout, who is one of the finest blues guitarists ever, and twice as good as Joe. I was able to purchase the center seats in the first row for only $44 each. After the show, Walter will come out to a table to meet fans and sign purchased CDs. Why would I want to purchase tickets at inflated prices to see a performance in such an impersonal setting as a big hall, where the artist will not be available to meet fans and sign their CDs?


Wow..... You register today, pull up a topic with last post in 2012 and have that as you first post??? Why bother?

Believe me,  If Walter Trout could play bigger venues and charge more he would. Maybe he needs a better manager?

BTW.....it's called supply and demand.

67 Reply by murfdog (edited by murfdog 2016-04-06 00:21:10)

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The market and the law of supply and demand rule in this situation. Joe worked long and hard with a completely new marketing strategy with Roy. In a 15 year period, Joe has gone from driving around in a van, playing every podunk town on the planet, to selling out or nearly selling out 2000-3000 seat venues. He did this by touring and releasing new records constantly over the past 15 years without a significant break. Absolutely an amazing feat and work ethic ! The result: without any real radio airplay, Joe is now more popular than ever and now , quite a few people actually know who he is, even if they are not particularly familiar with his work. I'm real sorry it's not 2006, when I could see Joe for 30 bucks with 500 other people, or 2002, before I even knew he existed, helping him unload his stuff at some small bar somewhere, because I was one of the few people that know him back then...I wasn't. So, in a 15 year period, because of his work ethic and Roy's business plan, Joe has done the near impossible, taken a genre of music, not known for huge following like country or pop and taken it to a whole new level. This without benefit of almost any radio airplay. Simple through incredibly hard work. 10 years ago he sold to 500 people at 30$ a ticket. Ten years later he is selling out, or nearly selling out 2000-3000 seat venues at over 100$ a shot. What it comes down to is that we all must make decisions about how much something is worth, and whether we want to pay for that item. No different than a car or a house. I will say I was very disappointed when I discovered Joe was not playing the Northwest on either tour leg this year, so of course, I immediately went online to see what I could find fairly close. Found a 1st row in Fresno for 369$ and a 4th row for $169...Wow !, that is shocking, but at least if you're gonna pay the price, you deserve a great show, and Joe ALWAYS does that. No warm up act, he takes the stage promptly at 8 pm. You can set your watch by it ! Then he generally delivers an AMAZING jaw dropping 2 and a half hour performance on you, and then , whatever I paid for the show doesn't matter, because I have the experience and the memories. Yes, Joe is now expensive to see, but he EARNED IT ! I'm by no means rich, but he still hasn't priced himself out of my ballpark. Apparently you can still see Government Mule for a quarter of the price, but the question is, do you really want to? I mean, you get what you pay for...If everyone stopped seeing Joe at these prices, he would go back to playing small clubs at 30$ a shot, but folks, I have some bad news, that won't be happening any time soon ! I have been to 15 Joe show in the last 10 years, and I've noticed the crowd to be older and mostly male and , well, not hurtin' for biscuits, if ya know what I mean. Joe is lucky to have a base audience that is older and can probably bear the additional expense. I don't see a lot of 20 year olds at the shows ! Again, it's the law of supple and demand folks, and Roy is a genius !

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i can go and see govt mule FOUR TIMES here in germany......................for the price of ONE good joe bonamassa ticket.
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I can see Pat Travers in Portland  four times at that price...but I'd rather see Joe once. I think that's the whole point !

Ophrys wrote:

i can go and see govt mule FOUR TIMES here in germany......................for the price of ONE good joe bonamassa ticket.
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And I can see Pat Travers 4 times in Portland for that price..so what



so what?              better to see mule four times and get different setlists every night.
sure no more  mr. B. who has become a release, production, cover, cd, DVD machine.
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Re: Tickets way too expensive, need new rock stuff and Tilles comments

I guess it comes down to quality vs quantity...I prefer the former, some may prefer the latter..To me one Joe show is better than 4 setlists from just about anyone else

Ophrys wrote:

And I can see Pat Travers 4 times in Portland for that price..so what



so what?              better to see mule four times and get different setlists every night.
sure no more  mr. B. who has become a release, production, cover, cd, DVD machine.
Thomas

Murfdog
  • From: stockton, ca.
  • Registered: 2015-06-04
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Re: Tickets way too expensive, need new rock stuff and Tilles comments

I saw Warren and the Ashes and Dust band a couple of weeks ago and I paid $80 for seats in the second row of the balcony at the Crest Theater in Sacramento...the show was phenomenal but I'm going to see Joe in Stockton at the end of the month for $125 for seats in the second row, on the left aisle....not much difference to me...and I'll pay whatever I can afford to see anyone, anywhere if I want to...