Aspen Show (Page 1 of 3)

Yes, it really did suck. People boo'd, that's not good. We have seen him before and he was fantastic. Don't know what happened. The show was supposed to start at 10:00. Everything
was over by 10:50. Loggins came out at around 9:30 and did about 40 - 45 minutes, don't know if that's normal or not. They were all drinking car bombs on stage, don't know if that's normal or not either.

well, i can assure  you there was a better reason than that, in my experience joe may be many things, but arrogant isnt one of them.  also it isnt like he sells out every show, so a less than full house owuldnt be a surprise to him.  not playing a show is always a sticky situation.  it is like when the singer is sick or the sound is just awful as was the first time i saw him.  you play the show and put on a bad performance people are going to #@$@# about it, you cancel people are going to #@$@# about it.  it is no win.  sorry to hear about your luck, but i hope you reconsider never seeing him again, youll regret it when you look back and realized you denied yourself musical history for the sake of holding grudges and being sutbborn.  have a good one.

I'm sure these feelings of being brushed off will pass. We've seen him before and he was great. But that being said, it doesn't change what happened. You make plans, you take time off work, you travel and spend $$, you would like a little better than what we got. The people that walked across the street for the show deserved better. Yes, a reason better than what we got from management would certainly be welcome. Believe me, the Manager had nothing good to say about what happened, or Joe either.

I almost came up for the Aspen show. Haven't been to Aspen in a while. I talked to a friend that was there. He said there were less than 20 people in the place. The word was Joe had tried to cancel to avoid having a sparse crowd. Aspen this time of year can be pretty dead.
Shows cancel all the time when ticket sales are not what is expected. Canceling is doing the promoter a favor. They have to pay the band whether there is 20 or 200 in attendance.

Sorry to hear about your disapointment skortan. Not sure how far you drove but if I had driven to Aspen for a short set I would of wanted the beer to flow like wine. Or maybe had a car bomb or two myself. Were the leaves changing yet?

joe is payed if there is one person or 600 people so i don't see him just cutting out . if there where other bands playing i am sure they ran to long and joes set got cut . i have seen it many of times . don't let one show get you down . stay on the bonamassa bandwagon . i'm sure joe wasn't happy about playing that short either . keep your head up or i will kick it off . only joking ...............i'm sure joe will let everyone know the real deal on what happened .joe

The Beer flowing like wine is a quote from the movie Dumb and Dumber which I alsways think about when Aspen comes up in conversation. At least you got to see some scenery on your trip. Beautiful drive.

Hey Everybody,
          I am sorry I only played an hour in Aspen Co.  I have impacted wisdom teeth and was in about as much pain as a human could be in.  I expressed my desire to cancel but then thought that people would be driving up to see the show.  Again I played as long as I could.  In these situations its either damn if you do or damn if you dont. If anybody has experienced a wisdom tooth problem there are good days and really bad days. Sunday was the worst day.  I dont know if it was the altitude (Teluride was bad but not quite debilitaing)  We are trying to schedule SURGERY to get this taken care of(Yikes!!) as so not to have to cancel any shows this fall.   Sometimes I fall short due to a mitigating circumstances.  I hope nobody out there has to go through this..  Its been great for the diet though.
Joe Bonamassa

Good luck with the surgery and your health, Joe.  It doesn't sound like a lot of fun but it should be good to get it taken care of and put it behind you.