I was there for the second show and met some friends coming out of the first. They were terribly disappointed with the performance. Many ticket holders came out urging us to sell our tickets, which wasn't an option at the time. Here's the report I sent to my friends after the show.Well, for my money, I got my money's worth. It certainly didn't suck at all. Now, at this point, my expectations were lessened, but I don't think they were that monstrous having seen him on the awards show last year.All in all, he was very solid for the first half hour, came in and out with the band for next half hour and the band played another 30 minutes after that. We heard a lot of great tunes including "If You Want me to Stay" and "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and a smokin' version of "Sing a Simple Song". I thought the band was very good and not nearly as confused as you had mentioned. They watched Sly and picked it up when he dropped back. All in all the show (which didn't start until 12 am) cooked all the way up to 1:15 and the band looked like it wanted to stay on longer, though Sly certainly didn't have the stamina. Doing a little internet research this morning, I am listening to a live show from '68 at the Fillmore East that lasted only 53 minutes. I'm also noting that Sly's shows back in the day started notoriously late and he was generally late or didn't show at all, so it seems we did see vintage Sly. http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/sly-and-the-family-stone/580-6533.html
Lastly, though the price was high, I think it was proportionate to the quality of the act in the size of the venue. Legitimately, he could have easily filled the Beacon at $45 and that would have just sucked. I'd rather pay twice as much to see him in a small club like B B King's. The crowd really enjoyed it and despite the long wait for the show, everybody generally walked out very happy.Moral of the story, if you do see Sly, go to the second show. Peace, John O Salvage & Recovery Radio Every Monday Night 8 to 10 pm EST WUSB 90.1 FM, Stony Brook, LI, NY www.wusb.fm - [EMAIL PROTECTED] online @ dialup stream: http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8080/listen.plsbroadband stream: http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/listen.pls Archived @http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/content/1Mon-2000.plsand:http://stre am.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/content/1Mon-2000.1.pls ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
