Music Box at Henry Fonda 8/5/08 (Page 1 of 2)

Okay, believe it or not, I'm gonna make this quick....... well, by MY standards anyway.  LOL.

First of all, THANK YOU JOE, for another great show AND for posting the set list.  Secondly, a very WARM welcome to our new members Marco and Gtrgeezer.  Thank you for your posts, and your ENTHUSIASTIC participation.  We hope you will enjoy your time HERE and at MORE shows in the future.

Okay, so, I JUST got back into town from a few days in Hollywood and we leave again this afternoon for the show at the Coach House - so, I'm a little busy...... BUT.........  I just HAVE TO SAY, that the show at the MUSIC BOX was FANTASTIC.  I was escorted by two very special friends who were there, at my invitation, to see Joe perform LIVE for the FIRST TIME.  They, of course, agreed with me - 'TWAS GREAT!!!  I have NO IDEA what Joe is talking about with the botched bridge...... BUT, I CAN tell you that I LITERALLY almost KEELED OVER WITH ANTICIPATION AND EXCITEMENT when I heard the first THREE NOTES of BLUES DELUXE....... Good God!!!!  It was INCREDIBLE to have it back in the lineup - UNBELIEVABLY FABULOUS.  Please, please, PLEASE keep it in there for a while JOE!!!! 

As far as the new song is concerned - it was GREAT!!!  I'm sorry Cathy (and everyone else) - I KNOW that you want more details - but, it was SO exciting and UNEXPECTED - especially as the OPENER - that it took me off guard....... I SO WISH that I could share video of it with you - but, the venue was NOT video friendly AND, I still haven't figured out exactly how to upload to youtube....... perhaps, I should do that for y'all tonight....... whatchoo think??? 

The venue - the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater, was really nice - GEORGE and all of our European friends would have LOVED it because it is STAND UP with a few low couches running along the sides of the theater.  I began watching from the bar in the back of the theater - over the soundboard - and a bit elevated - and then swooped in for a closer look.  I ended up on the far left corner of the stage where Joe spent half the evening.  As I discovered when I finally left my picture taking post and returned to the bar area - it was about 20 degrees hotter at the stage - I'm NOT sure WHO was dripping more - Joe, or yours truly.  I must have shed a pound or two dancing and sweatin' and shootin' in my little corner.    WHAT fun!!!

The crowd was a little different - a little more ...... Hollywood ....... (of COURSE!!!)......  A little younger........ slick.......well-heeled.  A few very special guests.  Joe was teasing the audience a little - mentioning that he used to live right up the street and "Where were all of you guys when I LIVED right HERE???!!!"  He went on to mention that he has indeed moved to Athens, Georgia.   

Oh, by the way, no one has mentioned it, but, Crosby Loggins opened for Joe.  It was a short set - about 1/2 hour.  He looked and sounded great - had Paul Cartwright with him and two other band members whose names I didn't catch.  I wonder if he'll be there tonight too???  It was interesting to see him on stage after following the MTV show this spring - I was watching for changes......  he seemed much the same to me - true to himself, but, perhaps was a little more "on", if that makes sense.  If he's there tonight, and I have the opportunity, I will ask him how the whole experience was.

So, bottom line, Joe, Carmine, Rick and Bogie did yet another incredible job of bringing some SERIOUS blues/rock into our lives on a HOT summer night in Hollywood.  I was completely pumped by the WHOLE experience, and hardly able to sleep that night.  It's so GREAT that there were so many NEW fans there that night....... I can FEEL the fan base growing exponentially - like a tidal wave.  WOW.

Blissfully Blue,

  Libby