Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison at T-Mobile Park – 8/31/2022

Another quick one here.

We originally got tix moths ago to see Ayron Jones and the Pretty Reckless play at the Moore Theater for only $10. Day of I was excited to go and Jake called me and let me know tix were going for Motley Crue and Def Leppard for only $10 on Stub Hub.

As much as I love Ayron Jones I’d seen him before and felt I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see some killer 80’s band. We got the tix and I bussed downtown to meet up with them. We unfortunately missed Joan Jett who I would have absolutely loved to have seen. Poison was playing when I finally sat down.

Although Poison isn’t my favorite band by a long shot, and although it think they’re very cheesy, they put on an awesome show and sounded great. Guitar playing was phenominal and Brett’s stage presence was great as well. “Win big, mamma’s fallen angelllll” and “ain’t looking for nothing but a good time” were stuck in my head for days afterwards. Me Jake Paige and Scott went and It was fun seeing Paige up and dancing to the 80s songs.

Next up was Motley Crue and they seemed to play for hours. I was surprised at just how many songs I knew of there’s, a lot of them I didn’t know they sang. They weren’t as tight and Vince’s voice wasn’t as good as it used to be. That being said they’re definitely entertainers and knew how to put on a show. They had supermodels up on stage doing basically strip dances and at one point Tommy Lee asked girls in the audience to show their boobs. That was a first for me and kinda lived up to the Motley Crue vibes I was expecting.

After Motley Crue was Def Leppard. It was getting late on a Wednesday though and I only got to see 3 songs. I really wish I would have stayed because they absolutely killed it. They were by far the best sounding band of the night and the guitar playing was the best as well. I hope I can catch them again one day.

Overall it was a great last minute thing to do on a wednesday and something I’m sure I’ll remember forever. 80’s is fun!

Brandi Carlisle – Aug 21 – T-Mobile Park

Doing a bunch of posts the same night so I don’t forget so I’m going to make this quick too. This one is different from most shows as this was paid for by my work and part of a Costco charity event. I was excited to see Brandi Carlisle was playing as I know she’s amazing and also love that she’s local.

She said they had flew in from Philadelphia so regrettably didn’t have drums. She was surprised she was playing in the middle of the field, I think she must have assumed it be a much smaller event. Nevertheless she put on an acoustic show and although I don’t know many of her songs it was killer and her voice blew me away. Everyone was pretty transfixed the whole time, especially for a corporate type event.

Anyways, looking forward to seeing her play again, with a full band, at bourbon and beyond festival!

Paul McCartney and Jack White at Climate Pledge – May 3 and June 8

These were actually 2 different shows but both at Climate Pledge. I would love to expand on both of these in detail but since I’ve waited so long I’m going to keep it brief. My main reason for doing this is to just remember shows I’ve been to and when so I suppose this accomplishes that task. I’m irritated its taken me so long and I’m worried I may have forgot some other shows that I’ve been to just due to taking so long. I guess I should cut myself some slack, what with getting married and all!

Paul McCartney was first and a lifelong dream of mine. That show was May 3rd. I honestly thought I’d never get to see him live and it amazes me that I was able to. Tickets were very expensive, I had to talk Jake into splurging but told him its probably our last chance. We didn’t quite get the club seats I wanted and were back corner but on the first tier.

The show was, of course, amazing. The sound where we sat could have been better. We were under the overhang of the second tier and I think it made the music more bass-y. Some highlights of the show for me was when the platform raised and he played blackbird as well as when some fireworks went off inside for “Live and Let Die”. Paul told a lot of funny stories, one about Eric Clapton, and was so personable. He’s a great entertainer and a living legend so of course the show was great. I think we went to bad bar after the show and I left around midnight but I may be confusing that w/ Jack White now that its been so long.

For Jack White it was awesome as well! That show was June 8. It was my second time seeing him solo and my third time seeing him if you include the Raconteurs. I thought this time was better. Me and Jake were definitely dancing in the stands and we had great seats in the club section. Jake was able to weasel a pass from the bartender and we were able to walk up in the suite section to check that out. We also tried to get down on the floor but the guard wasn’t having it. guess the pass wasn’t that great!

Im amazed at how some of his weirder songs that I don’t necessarily enjoy listening to at home sound so great live. Especially songs from boarding house reach. Before I forget, the opening band was good too. They were called the backseat lovers. Maybe a little too much reverb but a respectable rock show nonetheless! Overall one thing I do recall was there wasn’t as many people there as I would expect.

I’m looking forward to catching jack white again at bourbon and beyond festival!

2022 Update – I’ve been to Shows! Amazing

Before I forget completely, I’ve seen a lot of shows. I’ve probably forgotten one or two unfortunately but quick list!

-Maroon 5 at Whiteriver Amphitheater
-My Morning Jacket at the Paramount
-Kevin Morby at the Moore
-The Eagles at Climate Pledge
-Mudhoney at the new Crocodile
-The Darkness at Showbox Market
-John Mayer at Climate Pledge.

Maroon 5 was like a 2 year delayed show that we finally got to see in August or so of 2021. It was a Wednesday or Thursday and was a late Christmas present for Alyssa so I got off work and drove us down there. Traffic was great both ways and we had a good time being out and about with no masks. I waited in line for food for no joke an hour so I missed a few of the beginning songs but since I’d seen Maroon 5 I wasn’t too worried about it. I was happy to see Alyssa having such a great time. The opener for this show was a guy I hadn’t heard before named blackbear. Wasn’t my style of music but wasn’t terrible. Overall was a good time, and was nice to make it out with my fiancee!

My Morning Jacket was at the Paramount and was actually going to be a 2 parter. The first night we were supposed to go see Kings of Leon at Whiteriver but their mom passed away so the show was cancelled. This was my second time seeing My Morning Jacket and it was great time. It was even more special since most of my friends were there since this was my bachelor party. I rented and air bnb in bell town so it was a stress free time seeing the show and then doing some bar hopping afterwards. My Morning Jacket absolutely killed, and the lights as always were perfect.

Kevin Morby at the Moore was in October or November. this was a great show I talked Jake Flatt into going with me to. I’d like Kevin Morby for a long time and I had showed Jake the song “City Music” and he really liked that one so agreed to go. This show was slower paced than most shows I like going to but I was surprised at how rockin’ it got. Jake and I did get yelled at by our seat “neighbor” for having too much fun but other than that we had a great time.

The Eagles was a free show. Work gave me 2 free tickets to the “club” section at the new Climate Pledge. I was really excited to go to the new arena cause I’d heard it was really great and had awesome sound. I was not disappointed. Best stadium/arena I’d ever been to, and the club section was amazing. The eagles were damn near perfect. The show was Hotel California from front to back. The first song they came out to was of course Hotel California and a guy came out and put a record on and then the band was revealed. It started out a little rough as Don Henley’s voice “adjusted” but by the second song it was perfect. And I mean that. Vince Gill filled in for Glen Frey and he did amazing as well. overall I was really impressed with the show. Joe Walsh was hilarious, reminded me of an old Jake Flatt. Alyssa and I knew every song, I’m pretty sure. We had a great time and finished it up with some drinks at a local bar as we waited on an Uber to take us home.

This next one is a two parter. I got free tickets to Mudhoney at the new crocodile on ST. Patty’s day so I took off work that Friday. As luck would have it The Darkness was playing The Showbox market that Friday so Jake and I lined these up and settled in for a rowdy couple of nights. I’d seen Mudhoney twice before but lets just say the memory was hazy. I’m not the biggest fan of them but they undeniably have great energy. The opener was a local punk band and they were punk for sure. I think every song they played was a minute or less. It was great night out with all the Flatt guys and we did some barhopping afterwards. I really enjoyed the new crocodile and I’m looking forward to the next shows I go to there! The Darkness at The Showbox was one of my favorite shows ever simply due to how fun they are. It was nice to take a break midway through the show and look around and realize how much I’d missed live music. I was overcome by how much I missed it! this show was great and I knew most every song, but I was VERY tired from the night before as we’d stayed up until like 6 in the morning. Overall a great couple of nights.

Finally John Mayer at Climate Pledge. I got these tickets for me and Alyssa but Alyssa couldn’t make it due to her bachelorette party being the next morning. I thought about it and my buddy Cody had been talking about how much he’d been enjoying the new John Mayer album so I hit him up and told him I’d give him the tickets for free if he drove. I’m really glad he did! We stopped in Bad Bar beforehand and had a few drinks and met up with my buddy Nick who was bartending. We talked about recording and then we left for the show. John Mayer absolutely killed it. I was surprised, but not sure why. All musicians were world class. He came out in a white 80’s style suit and the backdrop was of course all 80’s out in support of his latest album Sob Rock. I just loved seeing/hearing all the guitar solos. A lot of the songs I heard I never truly appreciated hearing on their own but seeing them live gives them a whole new dimension. John also jams them all out. Really it was just a spectacular night and me and Cody were both buzzed up. Afterwards we met up with Jake Flatt and Collin at Bad Bar and they had karaoke going. We had an absolute blast but Jesus, I probably wasn’t home until 1:30 and had to work the next day. WORTH IT.

So that covers all the shows I think, and as far as what I’ve been listening to lately it’s been Spoon’s album “Lucifer on the Sofa”, some Glen Campbell and Doug Sahm, Modest Mouse “The Lonesome Crowded West” and the new Red Hot Chili Peppers record “Unlimited Love”. Im obsessed with the song “Here Ever After”, its a BANGER.

2021 Update! Light at the End of the Tunnel

2020 was a drag. A year I initially thought was going to be the best ever when it comes to live music ended up with a lot of masks and alone time. I’ve been busy. I grew my record collection big time. I guess I needed to find some way to spend the money I would have on tickets on something else music related. I also spent a lot of money getting a very basic home studio going. I’m still working on those building blocks but looking forward to improving.

Anyways just wanted to check in on this thing and leave some notes as to what I’ve been listening to lately for posterity purposes. List below!

ZZ Top – Just watched a documentary and got back into them. A couple years ago my band Dirty Rugs covered one of the songs of Tres Hombres. I really got into that album but never listened to anything else from them. I just ordered their first album and their album deguello(sic??). Their first album arrived today and I love it, can’t wait for deguello.

Royal Blood – I got bored of these guys a couple years ago. I remember when they first came out and I was OBSESSED. Complete rock and roll. However after a while their sound kind of got old to me. Their new album they’re definitely switching things up, and their new song LIMBO is one of the best new songs I’ve heard. Im just in love with the drums and the outdo.

Procul Harem – Actually I’ve only been listening to “Whiter Shade of Pale” but what a great song. I actually heard this from a King Curtis cover. It sounded so familiar but I couldn’t place it. Such a great song. highly recommend and I want to do a cover some day!

Paul Cauthen – Kinda Cheesy but so unique and good. So happy Kayla’s husband Lukey showed me him. Just a good infectious sound that I’ve been spinning a lot.

Cheap Trick – What an amazing, awesome band. Always one of those bands I’ve heard of but never gave a chance or got into. I got two of their albums and love them both. They really embody the rock and roll spirit.

2020 Update. Vinyl, vinyl, vinyl

Not much to say that hasn’t been said. It’s 2020. It seems I’ve been pouring money I would have used on live music and shows into buying records. It’s actually been quite fulfilling and has helped me rediscover my love for some past music and helped me discover new music as well.

I figured I could just make a recap of some great music I’ve been spinning this year during quarantine as well as what I’ve been most spinning on my turntable.

Don’t have much else to say as nothings going on! Had to cancel a few vacations this year and really not seeing many people or hanging out. I guess I should also mention I finally quit smoking cigarettes. It’s been replaced by the occasional cigar, but overall I’m feeling better! Anyways recap of some great music below:

Telekinesis – Album Dormarion (Nick Ward showed me this one, one of my solo songs reminded him of this album. Great find, and have spun this many times already!)

AC/DC- Album: Power Up. (Probably their best album in 20-30 years!)

Richard Buckner – Album: Bloomed. Great chill music that I started spinning in the fall. Saw a guy in my record collector Facebook group post this album and was curious. Good stuff

Shuggie Otis – Album : Freedom Flight (good stuff, maybe inspired some Jim James solo stuff)

Little Feat – Album: All of them! (Collin had recommended these guys a couple of years ago and it took me forever to get around to checking them out. I saw the record in Silver Platters and decided to give it a spin. I loved it! That led me to buying 3 more records and listening to their greatest hits on iTunes a lot)

Mitzki – Album: Be the Cowboy (This may be my favorite album this year, unique and cool. I love it.

The Beatles – Album: All of them! The Giles Martin Remixes. Absolutely love the production on these. Everything is so TASTY. Possibly the best sounding records I own

Buena Vista Social Club – Got this through Vinyl Me Please. So happy to have been introduced. Genuine, great, feel good music

My Morning Jacket – Album: The Waterfall 2. Runner up for my favorite album I’ve listened to this year.

Blue Oyster Cult: Went through a quick phase of spinning their first two albums. Really just love the sound and guitar tones these captured. Good stuff.

Music Band – Album: Celebration (This is runner-runfnerup for my favorite album this year. A masterpiece if I do say so myself!

The Strokes – WAMU, Seattle – March 9th, 2020

Wow, here it is mid-July and I’m just now getting around to writing about my last concert of 2020. Obviously a lot has happened since then which has caused my severe delay on writing this. Lol who am I kidding, I don’t keep up with this that well anymore…

Anyways, at least I have a good reason this time. IN THIS CASE, the delay is due to a Pandemic which essentially shut down everything I love to do. Go to a bar with friends? FORGET ABOUT IT. Travel to see Pearl Jam in Arizona? FORGET ABOUT IT. Travel to see Rage Against the Machine in New Mexico? FORGET ABOUT IT. Social life ended.

For the first time since I was 16 (estimate) I was completely sober for 2 months straight. Yes you heard that right. When I say completely sober I mean no alcohol, no cigarettes, no weed. For two months. Straight. I don’t know what caused me to stop but it helped me realized I’m a completely social, extroverted person. When that “extrovertedness” was taken from me, I quit doing anything fun.

Some of my friends asked me how it was. I mean most everyone drank even more being isolated. But really I told them it wasn’t that great. I don’t understand the big hubbub about not having any vices. Life loses a sense of excitement and “realness”. But hey, do whatever makes you happy. Thats my motto.

Since mid-May I’ve settled into drinking a couple beers twice a week and having 2 or 3 cigars a week. Cigars are my new thing. Way better than cigarettes. Alyssa is upset that I’m smoking something again but hey its better than packs of cigs. I haven’t had a single cigarette since my birthday and I plan to keep it that way. Weirdly enough I have no want to ever smoke another one.

Anyways, enough about my developments, 2020 was essentially shaping up to be my best concert year ever by far. I had bought and paid for tickets to see Jim James with a whole orchestra, Pearl Jam and Rage who I mentioned earlier. Was even eyeballing going to a concert a Red Rocks for Laren’s Bachelor Party. But as everyone reading this is aware, all concerts are put to a stop until further notice. It likely won’t be until 2021 when I see another show.

I was excited after beginning the year with Dirty Honey for my birthday and then this gem of a concert, The Strokes. Had I known it was my last hoorah I would have made it so much more special, but my experience just sums up where I am at life.

I ubered down and met up with Kyle and Jake. to be honest its been too long for me to even remember what we were doing beforehand, but I’d almost guarantee we went to the Central to pregame a few beers.

I do know we weren’t concerned about seeing the openers. When we showed up we went straight to the beer garden and had a few beers. After a few beers someone showed up, I can’t remember who, and Jake and Kyle ran off with them real quick leaving me holding the drinks. I waited for a while and ended up drinking all of them. I had to go to the bathroom so I left and Never saw Jake and Kyle the rest of the show.

While this may sound like a bad thing it ended up being a good thing. When I got done in the bathroom the strokes had just started. I rushed in and made my way actually pretty close in the crowd. Had I stayed with Jake and Kyle I would have been in the beer garden the whole time which is much further back.

At this point in time covid19 was well known and it was probably pretty stupid all of us being there. I did have an inkling in my head to try not to “breathe” too much or get too close to other people. Sounds stupid but I just want to give you all a sense of where I was at mentally. I was buzzed and a little paranoid of the close contact of the crowd I was in.

Anyways I stayed the whole concert but left before the encore. The Strokes put on a good show. Wasn’t near the top or the bottom of all the shows I’ve been to. Was just OK really. Can’t say I regret spending the money on it, or regret going. Did I expect more? Not sure I did honestly. It was an OK show and felt like one I needed to go to. I’m not the biggest Strokes fan but they have their place in rock and roll history and I wanted to see them while I could.

There was no screw ups that I could tell, they we’re really tight, and the light show was great. Vocals were great. Crowd was awesome as the “kids” in front of me were swing dancing and singing all the words. I always like seeing that. I guess after seeing The Who and Primus, and Raconteurs, and Dawes, and Eagles of Death Metal, and other great shows I’ve seen, what separates the GREAT shows is enthusiasm, and the Strokes really don’t run around stage much or do much crowd interaction.

However this is likely again influenced by the weird place the world was at when they played this show. I think it was like a day or to after this show the state shut down pretty much all bars/restraunts/and retail. So this was truly a last hoorah and many people expected this show to be cancelled.

All in all if you want my opinion, you should go see the Strokes. I really like their new album, and their performance of the music live was spot on and great. Granted, they didn’t have the energy of dirty honey or many other bands I’ve seen live, but it was still a good time.

Favorite song the whole night was Juicebox. I had never heard that song before, and the lights and music were just perfect and VERY ROCKIN.

Dirty Honey @ Neumos, Seattle WA – February 21, 2020 (Birthday Show!)

I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to write this but I think by now that’s the most familiar theme of this whole private-esque blog thing I got going on here.

This show was a real last minute kind of plan. My sister and I share the same birthday (although we’re born 2 years apart). She lives in Indiana and was coming in town for a week for our birthday. I think she’s been in Seattle the past 3 years so it’s become something of a tradition.

Anyways she mentioned she had wanted to see a good rock show when she was in town. I had actually just heard a song or two of Dirty Honey and when I was looking through the Stranger I saw that they were just so happening to play Neumos the same day as our birthday.

I wouldn’t call myself a super fan by any means but I figured it would sell out quickly because from what I heard I compared these guys to Greta Van Fleet, and although I haven’t seen those guys I’d heard they sold out everywhere they played.

I bought me, Alyssa, and Kayla all tickets and created an invite on Facebook to hopefully get a bunch of my friends out and about to see the show. Luckily everyone agreed and we were all set for an amazing time.

We went down early and grabbed some drinks at Chop Suey. We waited until we had a bit of a crew, then went on to The Unicorn for drinks there. Its crazy to think at this time the COVID-19 outbreaks were beginning to happen but no one really took it seriously at this time…anyways….

After the unicorn we headed to the Runaway which is the bar right next to Neumos. Alyssa is not much of a drinker and she was really wanting to get in there. I was still chatting it up with everyone who was showing up so she went on in without me. I wish now I woulda went with her because I missed the first couple songs of the first band, The Amazons. She also was able to get her merch signed by Dirty Honey which is super cool. She described the guys as down to earth and really nice! Now I have a signed record thanks to her! Very cool to have as part of the collection.

Anyways my sister and I were pretty wasted. I was towards the back right of the venue and definitely was doing some dancing. I really liked the Amazons although I can’t say nothing jumped out at me. Their set seemed super short but who knows it could have been the alcohol. At this point every time I turned around I was getting a free beer from Paige, Cody, or Collin.

Dirty Honey came on and I was very surprised at just how good they sounded live. His voice was maybe even better live than recorded, which is saying ALOT! The guitar solos were insane and they really put on a great show. I can say that my whole group was dancing and everyone was having a great time. There was literally a few times I just had to stop and look at someone in disbelief at how great either his voice was or the shredding was.

They did two great covers which fit their sound. Last Child by Aerosmith and Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. Kayla loved it! Led Zeppelin is both of our favorite bands. Was a great birthday for both of us for sure.

The ended the show with Rollings 7’s which is no surprise as it’s likely their best song. What a great way to bring in 31. I hope next years birthday is just as good. Would highly recommend seeing these guys live to really get a feel for what a real rock show is like….and should always be like!

Current Songs I’m Into

I’ve been on a role with music lately and haven’t been paying much attention to posting on this site. The whole reason I started this up was to remember music I came across and essentially be able to look back and find all my old gems again. I haven’t been doing a great job, and so I’m just going to make a short, lazy list of all the stuff I’ve been digging so its documented

Jim James – The Order of Nature (Just bought tickets to Benaroya Hall!)

Andy Shauf – Neon Skyline (specifically dig Clove Cigarette, also in love with the “concept” of the album”)

Pearl Jam – Dance of the Clairvoyants single that just came out is absolutely KILLER. in love with it so much. Bought tickets to see them in PHOENIX.

WAYLON JENNINGS – The whole Leaving Town album. I got a cool record from Silver Platters for a steal of deal. A lot of the songs off of that were on this album and it coordinated fantastically with my trip to Canada. Specifically I really dig the song “Time to Bum Again”

Grand Funk Railroad – This is another record I got from silver platters that is absolutely phenomenal. Specifically love the song nothing is the same. So good, just rocking’ as hell.

The Replacements – Went on a spree of listening to “Can’t Hardly Wait”and got into almost all their songs. So crazy I was completely unaware of these guys. Love his ragged voice, and their unbridled, raw energy.

Mason Jennings – Songs From When We Met. This album is such a wedding album. Some good love songs. He’s got a great voice, and super chill. Great for rainy days.

Kevin Morby – The Oh My God album got a bunch of spins this winter. Just hits a good vibe for the cloudiness of Seattle. Great driving music.

REM – Been listening to the remastered Monster album a bunch. Love the distortion on the guitars.

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway album I disregarded when it was released, what an idiotic move for me. Really got into this album. Listened to it a bunch on the way up to Canada as well. Specifically I just love the chorus of the song “The Getaway”. really connects!

Dio – Killing the Dragon – What would my list be without some DIO. I wear myself out every year around this time just playing nonstop DIO. I had never listened to this album before though and really got into the title track. Just rocking’, ya know?!

The Who – October 19th @ T-Mobile Park Seattle

I may have waited too long to write this unfortunately as my memory isn’t the best. What I can say this was the best show I’ve ever seen. And I’ve been to hundreds and hundreds of shows.

When this show was first announced I bought tickets for both me and Alyssa. They were relatively cheap, especially when compared to tickets of the same caliber (looking at you Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam). Alyssa wasn’t much looking forward to the show since it’s only 2 of the original members but I told her they were legends and we needed to see them.

In typical fashion we went down a bit early and grabbed a drink at the central saloon. We walked up to TMobile Park (what used to be Safeco Field) and went to our seats. I actually didn’t drink too much. Not sure there was an exact reason but I just wasn’t feeling it. Some of my friends made it out to the show but were in different sections so I actually didn’t get to see them.

Liam Gallagher was first and was underwhelming to me. I found the show to be very boring. I’m not sure he moved at all. He just stood with his arms behind his back, leaned forward, and singing into the microphone. His new songs were nothing special, and the only highlights for me at least were Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova.

Champagne Supernova sounded weird or different. It made me wonder if he had to sing it different due legal issues with Noah. Regardless it was cool to see these Oasis songs live…songs I’ve partied to and have been part of my life since I was in high school. But to be honest it just felt like a money grab, with no emotions and nothing exciting to make me ever want to see it again. That being said his voice did sound good, so there’s that.

After that the main event, The Who came out and just blew everyones minds. Pete Townshend was extremely funny and him and Roger Daltrey seemed to get along famously. They started the set out with a shortened run through of the album Tommy which was amazing.

Completely unknown and unexpected for both me and Alyssa was the fact they were using a complete orchestra. This may have contributed to it being the best show I’ve ever seen. The sheer emotion conveyed by the orchestra, in combination with the complexity of the songs was just something I’ve never seen before. When you combine that with Pete’s excellent guitar playing, and Roger’s absolutely emotionally charged voice, it gave sheer goosebumps to both me and Alyssa.

After Tommy they ran through some other songs and went to a band-only portion. The band only portion was good, but I definitely missed the orchestra, that being said, transitioning to a band only part was good for the concert as a whole because it mixed it up and really highlighted their performance as well as the performance of the orchestra as a whole.

After 4 or 5 songs they then brought the orchestra back on and also a surprise guest…Eddie Vedder! This may have been the single greatest moment I’ve been able to catch live. Tough to narrow it down, but this is definitely top 3.

Eddie seemed happier than I’ve ever seen him, and put on one hell of a performance on the song “The Punk and The Godfather”. Luckily I was able to capture this on video which I’m posting below. Sorry for the shitty quality in advance!

After that Eddie went off stage and they played Love Reign O’er Me. This song also hit me harder than any song I’ve seen live. When you add the orchestra and brass to the emotion in Roger’s voice, as well as the screaming guitar, I literally had tears in my eyes and full on goosebumps. There was a member of the audience in front of me standing up and just losing it, grabbing his head and waving his arms like a crazy person. I’ve never seen someone so affected by a song in my life. I looked over and Alyssa was crying. This was truly something to always remember.

They ended the show with Baba O’ Reilly and brought out an amazing violinist who just shredded all over the place. After the show was over (and it was a long one! maybe 3 hours?) Alyssa and I proceeded to buy shirts and posters. We were absolutely blown away and it made The Who possibly my favorite band of all time. I would absolutely see them again, and I just wish I could have seen them back in the day with Keith Moon and John Entwistle. If you get the chance you absolutely need to see The Who while they’re still around. Video I took below!