Vienna

You guys might want to start a topic in the general forum, where it will attract more attention.

I know that our member, Eva, will also be at the show. I have suggested to her that if there are enough of you, you may want to arrange a meet sometime pre-show. If so, I advise my cousin's restaurant, which is not far from the Stadhalle. Eva was there with our big group for the Opera show and can confirm that the food is good. You can also just meet for drinks. Details below.

http://www.m-eventcatering.at/marienhof.html

Fantastic evening in a sold out Stadthalle.

Acoustic:
Palm Treues Helicopters and Gasoline
Seagull
Jelly Roll
Athens to Athens
Woke Up Dreaming

Electric:
Dust Bowl
Story of a Quarryman
Who's Been Talking?
Someday After a While
Dislocated Boy
Driving Towards the Daylight
Slow Train
Midnight Blues
Look Over Yonders Wall
Song of Yesterday
Won't Get Fooled Again
Django / Mountain Time

Encore:
Sloe Gin
The Ballad of John Henry

Hi Oetzi, remember meeting you before one of the Beacon shows this spring. Sounds like you got a really good show!

Natasha

Here´s a review of the show yesterday I posted in annother topic:

Incredible!!!

The venue was small(about 2000 seats)and it was sold out since two month.
The sound was great and clear.
Show started about 5 minutes to early so a few haven´t got their seats...

It was the first time JB did a "regular" show in Vienna! (1st show was BCC, 2nd the acoustic show)
It started with a short acoustic set (about 20 min.) Palm Trees..., Seagull, Jelly Roll, Athens and Woke up dreaming. The versions were different to the Opera-set. Only Joe, Derek and Tal. It had more jazz-apeal...

The electric-set started with a steamy, raw version of Dust Bowl. A great (2nd) opener!
After that, Story of a Quarryman and Who´s been talking. It was the red line of the evening. he played long, loud and heavy versions.
Unexpected the next song: Freddie King´s Someday after a While. Never heared him play this song before... Great blues-tune played with a softer sound.
Dislocated Boy was played with the doubleneck - can´t wait for this on the London Dvd´s!!!
Driving towards Daylight was very epic with a decent lightshow - you can imagine the sunset...
Slow Train was very heavy - like lava.
Midnight Blues - A highlight, what a song! R.I.P Gary Moore (If you don´t have the Sunflower-Dvd check it out!)
Look over yonders Wall - annother Freddie King Cover...
There were the half of BCC on the stage and yes, there was Song of Yesterday. I hope the BCC-backcatalogue will live further in Joe´s concerts - it´s worth!
The regular set ended with Mountain Time - very moving.

Standing ovations and a (very) short break - The encores:
Nobodys sitting down and Joe talking ´bout the next song.
It´s 4000th time he play´s this song and he´s tired of playing it, but everyone yells for it and so here came Sloe Gin.:):):)
I know so many versions of this song, but to hear it first time live (and electric) was something special!
The final fight was Joe Henry in a killer-version and after 140 minutes it had to have an end...unfortunately...

I think he enjoyed it too - nearly two and a half hour...

Unfotunately I have no pictures - was too far away...

Thanks for the great review Wolf. In a nutshell like the reviewer said, "Intense". Wow I'm turning green.
Rick

Grüezi Wolf
Thanks for the review.
I found another one at "Krone online".
http://www.krone.at/Musik/Joe_Bonamassa … ry-378143.
What an evening we witnessed last Friday in Vienna. Wish I could turn back the clock... Got home to Zurich this morning still with great tunes in my ears.