Austin Texas Show on 3/6 (Quick Review)

[rs70chgrrt]

Went to the Austin show and it was great. The set was so long I actually got tired of standing.(From 6 to 12:30 total). Anyhow I am not going to list the set list as it was just like the Houston show(or pretty close) review given already. The one plus we got in Austin was that Eric Johnson was a special guest. He only played on one song, My Guitar wants to Kill your mama, but Vai, Sardinas and Johnson were trading solos and it was pretty damn good. All in all I really enjoyed the show save for a screw up with the will call tickets.


Robert S

[Heat Miser]

I was there, too. My first time seeing Vai live (not on DVD) and was immediately impressed by the quality and balance of the sound... no one was too loud, muddy, or lost in the mix. I was on the Sheenan and Weiner side and that's a mini show right there. Vai did a brief acoustic interlude with the Euphie and "debuted" a new electric song called "I Am Becoming"-- *lots* of Sustainiac use here. It was a mix of new (Real Illusions) songs and really old ones... yet crowd favorites like Bad Horsie, Tender Surrender, and The Animal were NOT featured.

Raves: Sardinas' bass player / Vai's combination of sincerity and goofyness with the crowd / that nifty double neck mirror Jem / Vai's backup band virtuosos

Rants: that song was what ? / drum solos / MacAlpine's synth solo / idiots with cameras and camera phones (i understand 1 or 2 pics, but.......)

-= H/M =-