Guest Book

WHITE HOT set at RED ROCKS. The ABB took it to another level tonight. In no particular order, SCI closed so they did a couple of songs then Derek, Oteil, and Marc came out and did a 15 minute Coltrane tune (sorry no name). And then Warren comes out. Four Guitars, two bass guitars, two drums, keyboards and about 6 singers. That was special. Warren played both lead and lead slide on Dreams (1 of 2 repeats). When Greg left the band went into this extended intro for Statesboro Blues. Very nice and very different. The Hoochie Coochie man dual intro was without slides. Also nice. The band is so tight and fluid that anything can happen. Much harder to predict the set list. Walk on Guilded Splinters with CR was real good. And Tom Doucette joining for Good Morning Little School Girl (hey John Unkles, you would have liked this one). This two shows back to back is the way to go. Chris Robinson & New Earth Mud were again very good. This band could headline. Greg just gets better every time I see the band. Great B3 work. He wore a baseball cap for a while. Oteil did an awesome bass solo during the Coltrane song with a little skat. He was very solid as always. Still the best Drum / Percussion section in all of rock. They did a solo during Liz Reed that was stunning. They had everyones attention. Both bands had up to 9 people at one point tonight. Smilin' Jack and I lucked out, Jack got a call from a friend and we moved up from row 22 to row 6 near center. What a difference. Lot of family on the road. Saw Greg's wife, Charlie Trucks, a very pregnant Susan T. and a lot of children. Red Rocks has all the magic they say, I can cross this one off of my list of things to do.