[Slowhand] Cleveland Rocks! Cleveland Rocks!

[Kelly Murphy]

Awesome!  Glad you had a great time. :o)  I'll be seeing Eric for the first
time in Chicago.
I'm still waiting on my ticket, but I will be there.  I can't wait!!!
Reading these reviews just
enhances my excitement.

Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Turner" <shannonturner at comcast.net>
To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 10:39 PM
Subject: [Slowhand] Cleveland Rocks! Cleveland Rocks!


>
> Report from the third row:
>
> Everything was lovely. This is the first show I've seen on the tour,
> other than the Crossroads Festival, and the first time I've been in the
> first few rows, and it was a definitely different perspective. It was
> marvelous. I think Doyle challenges Eric where Andy is more or less just
> follows Eric, not that that is a bad thing, but it may be more fun for
> Eric to have a bit of a challenge for a change. Nice to see Chris and
> Steve Gadd in person. And Billy Preston! Very fun. The girls, while
> talented, can go, in my opinion. He doesn't need them.
>
> For me, the highlights were "Let It Rain," "Got to Get Better in a
> Little While," the acoustic bit and oh, my, "Have You Ever Loved a
> Woman." The solos were other-worldly, so exciting, from everybody except
> maybe Chris. His solo was very good, but his was the only one I didn't
> quite believe was as blue and in as much angst as all the others. The
> other men seemed as distraught from loving their woman so much that they
> "trembled in pain" that you thought that they might fall down and die
> right there from it all, if you believed what you heard in their solos.
> It was spine-tingling.
>
> I have never had the opportunity to sit close enough to witness the
> actual relationship Eric has with his guitar as he plays, and he doesn't
> exhibit it throughout his concert. But in the acoustic set, while Doyle
> would take a solo or something, Eric would lean over his own instrument
> and concentrate and seem to be letting it read his thoughts, and vice
> versa. That's a little goofy, and I don't really know how to explain it,
> but I'm sure many of you get what I'm trying to say, anyhow.
>
> At any rate, it was all very awesome, and it was great in the third row.
> Robert Randolph and his band was very fresh and enthusiastic as an
> opener, as well, and Eric brought him out for a part of his encore, and
> it was a lot of fun. He's a refreshing and genuine talent, and I can see
> why Eric wanted him on board the tour.
>
> That's it for me - check out the tour if you can make, that's all I can
> tell you!
>
> Best to all,
>
> Shannon Turner
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