indianapolis

saw joe in indy yesterday.  drove three hours and forgot about the time change so walked in half an hour late.  still got an hour though, and the last song played was in fact worth the trip.  that's right, if you have the opportunity to see joe in indianapolis, do it, because he played tea for one live.  jammed, best live song i have ever seen him do, brought the singer from the album, doug (sanborn?  not right, but something like that)  and let me tell you that man can absolutely wail he was just flat out great one of the most powerful voices i have ever heard.  more in depth review to come, but most important to note that seeing tea for one live was worth the drive and the price of admission.

well i have more time than i thought at the moment. 

so.  I went to the show with my brother and his wife.  IT was at a rib festival in Indianapolis.  Well apparently indiana is now on eastern time so we came in a half hour late.  When we got there he was half way through another kind of love.  We found a nice spot in the shade and right around that time he started playing sloe gin.  I had never seen this played live before and it was most excellent.  great soloing throughout, similar to the studio version but sounding better without all the effects and and the solo was better.  After this i believe was high water everywhere.  wow.  that is all i can say.  this is easily the best transformation from electric to acoustic song i have ever heard for him.  really some of the blusiest and best acoustic guitar i have ever had the pleasure of hearing.  then heartaches were nickels on acoustic.  i could have done without this, definitely prefer the electric version, but beggars cant be choosers, wasnt bad but not a highlight.  from here he segwayed immediately into woke dreaming.  i am so glad this song never leaves his setlist.  so so good.  sick SICK acoustic guitar playing and he seems to add something new to it every time he plays it.  what a treat to see this played live you know you are witnessing a one of a kind master whenever you see it.  then i believe was django.  better live than studio as most of his songs were.  beautiful instrumental, keyboard adds volumes to it, which in my opinion is not the case for all(though certainly for most).  then just got paid.   i guess most people reading this will have already seen him play this live before, but i hadnt.  teriffic, much much shredding.  I love when he uses the wah when doing fast soloing it is mind melting.  then the encore.  tea for one.  cant be beat.  outside of so many roads my favorite song he has ever played.  this along with reconsider baby are like the top two songs i have always wanted to see him play live but thought i never would.  well my wish came  Bar none, the best live song I have ever heard joe play.  He was absolutely lights out.  Played in its entirety, all the soloing from the album version and then some more, and i almost never say this but the vocals were even better than the album.  i dont know why i dont know the guys name, but he is one hell of a singer he was belting into the microphone and didnt come close to cracking. simply amazing.  cant say enough good about tea for one.