EastCoastWest Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Another great show last night as the tour comes to an end & as pointed out by Rob E. during a broken string break in the first set, the tour began at the Belly up (Aspen, CO) & comes full circle to the Belly Up (Solana Beach, CA). They continued on with what has become their traditional homage to the Kentuky Derby (which Rob, part time ESPN anylist, let us know that the track was "sloppy" ;~) ) by playing "The Race Is On" & "Run For The Roses". The first set had some great energy even after four straight nights of playing, the hightlight of course, the China Cat>Rider set closer, killer...Stu nailed it~ The second set felt like a long continous jam of dancin' as the Belly Up twirled together...I went up top for this set to hang with some friends who got a table up there, but it was a great space with room to dance and it was a really cool vantage point to watch the band and the crowd...the sea of dancers, when the house lights would hit them was very tribal. The absolute high point was the set closing, tour ending encore, "After Midnight>Elenor Rigby Jam>After Midnight"...which absolutely exploded at the end as Stu & Rob E. absolutely crushed it~ As the name of the tour tells us, "One Way Or Another", it's going to be OK :~) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted May 3, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 This was just pure ol fashion fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastWest Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Just added to YouTube; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawdoc Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Just added to YouTube; Grate post. thanks for taking the time to do this, herdy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Forum MVP New York Steve Posted May 3, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 visions was pristine, first set lay me down, smoking althea, and midnight to boot. Annd after almost 100 shows, A FUCKING SPEEDWAY... i'm done singing Stu's praises. Where he goes, I go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sf_head Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Well if you want still more Stu Allen in an extremely killer Grateful Dead cover band and you can make it to San Francisco on May 14th (Friday night), then the fun continues. One of Stu's other bands is Front Street and they are playing (with Stu on vocals and electric guitar) at The Independent in San Francisco on May 14th (for only $13 !!!) Here is a link to the show: http://www.theindependentsf.com/calendar/event-detail/?tfly_event_id=7771 It's $13 advance, $15 at the door. If you want to buy in person, you can purchase tix there without any service charge ($13) from M - F from 11 am - 6 pm or any night when there's a show there (check The Independent's calendar to find out what nights have shows). If you want to get tix online and pickup the ticket there (willcall), there's a $3.33 service charge for a total of $16.33. Here's the link to purchase tix online. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1597935 I don't work for Stu - I'm just a huge Stu fan that discovered him and his musical greatness in the last year or so (don't misread that - definitely not taking any credit for him, I mean I just found out about him in the last year or so). I am totally looking forward to the May 14th Front Street show (as I was the first DSO show at the Regency in April which I thought SMOKED!). Anyway if you like Stu and can make it to SF on May 14th, you can't miss this Front Street show because it's gonna be a RAGER (and The Independent is a fantastic place to see a show with excellent sound). And Front Street is an extremely killer band (two guitarists, bass, piano / pedal steel player, one drummer). On the last Front St show I saw, the piano player was playing an excellent pedal steel on a few songs that Garcia did steel pedal on in the studio. SF head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugdog Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 i'm done singing Stu's praises. Where he goes, I go.... See ya at Camp ZOE Steve!!! Memorial Day Weekend!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Does anyone know if Stu will be playing with the Schwag in St. Louis on 5/4 and more importantly at the venue my buddy manages in St. Louis on 5/8..scheduled to play 3 sets.. For any St. Louisans on the the Board here is the link..very cool place combo art studio, events concert venue..2720 http://2720cherokee.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Teacher Matt Posted May 3, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 After these weekend shows I must say..... I think they are better than the last time I saw them... Just saying.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastWest Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Yeah man, first off, it was really great gettin' to meet some of you guys during these shows...putting faces and real names to the forum names and then being able to hang & experience the band together over multiple nights was priceless man. Steve, you've convinced me to post Visions then, I recorded it after The Wheel but because of my vantage point from the balcony it is real grainy with the low red lighting but the sound is pretty good...and actually, after rewatching it, the grainy-ness kinda works as I focussed in on Stu. Will get to workin' on that later today (being back @ work is such a drag after all that energy, uggg)~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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