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Hey there, I've been gone for about 4 1/2 years due to a heavy dose of real life, but starting to come back now.
I looked for somewhere more specific to post on this topic, but I don't see anything so I'll put it here. If there's a better place for it, feel free to move it....just let me know<g>
I haven't seen John live since 2006. I'd been reading about Ghost Brothers, but figured I'd never get to see it due to things, but out of the blue about a week ago another Mellenhead by the name of Mary posted on the mailing list that she had an extra ticket to the show at Devos in Grand Rapids. I looked in the cookie jar and the wife said go for it if you want to so I emailed her back and after a bit of a wait she let me know the ticket was mine.
This was going to be my first concert in quite awhile and I was excited about going and then got even more so when I found out that the tickets she had were for row AA, which is front row and center. You couldn't have gotten a better seat for a thousand bucks.
Anyhow, we met at the venue and exchanged cash for ticket and then spent some time chatting before the show. I had not heard the CD before the show, deciding to go cold turkey and just see how it was live.
Well, the show started just a bit after 7:30 and by the time intermisson arrived I was completely amazed by the whole affair. By the time it was over 3 hours later I was just freakin' amazed on how very cool it was. It was simply fantastic. EVERYone on the stage did an awesome job playing their character. It was impossible not to get fully immersed in the performance. The music was out of this world and the songs were sung with so much emotion that it was almost too much at times. The cat that played the devil / shape was just amazing. Several times when he was in the lights I got chills watching him be his character. Bruce Greenwood did a great job as the dad. I had no idea he could sing that well and towards the end when he was singing it was hard not to tear up.
It seemed everyone on that stage that night was fully involved in what they were doing and it came out to where we were sitting in spades. I really didn't want it to end and truth be told I'd go again tonight if it was an option, bills be damned. That was the most involved I've gotten into a show in a long, long time. John and Stephen both should be very proud of their work and the ensemble they put together for this tour.
Which brings me to my real point. I NEED A DVD OF THIS PERFORMANCE WITH THESE FOLKS. I don't have the CD yet and frankly I'm afraid to buy it now as it'll never live up to what I saw last night. My companion for the evening told me that there was a heckuva lot more going on, on stage then is on the CD, including more songs and a lot more story line.
Tony, John, Stephen, T-Bone or whoever.....I sure as hell hope someone recorded at least one night of this show as I simply can't imagine it ever getting any better than last night. Of couse I said the same thing about Scarecrow too, but that's a different deal.
WE NEED to have a DVD available of this performance PLEASE. I would love to sit here right now and immerse myself in the story all over again. There was simply too much going on to just see it once. I need to see it multiple times....please tell me there's DVD coming at some point in the future.
In closing, DVD please<g> If you didn't go and see this show, boy did you miss something special. I am so glad I got to go...things are starting to finally look up again, thank god.....
Tom
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