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I can clear out enough room on the floor to throw down the mattress and lay out poison and traps a week in advance of your arrival. Then we can do the show in style taking public transportation and getting $20 tickets in the parking lot while stealth drinking Gatorade and Tequila. I, for one, am looking forward to their first indoor L.A. area show in over 10 years!

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glencar wrote:
Interesting story about that roadie-turned-keyboardist but BOY! Omaha's "news crew" is definitely 3rd tier. They could never make it in Altoona, much less a major market.

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Joey wrote:


Here I IS !!!!!!!!!


Holy Frig ...................

What Can I Possibly Say ?!?! ... It was a magical night and one of the Greatest Rock n' Roll Concerts that I have EVER witnessed in my Forty - Two Years here on this orb . Real Quick ..... a complete listing of my TOP FIVE ALL TIME GIGS :

1. Stones , Omaha '06 / THE WHO , Omaha '06
2. Stones , Denver ' 03 / THE WHO , Englewood , CO , '02
3. Stones , Kansas City ' 99 / THE WHO , Denver ' 00

..... Oh , Frig it .... Why do I even bother to see other musical acts ?


Anyway , ......about last night !!!!!!!!

The Arena was only 3/4ths full ( about 12,000 people ) as the upper levels on the two sides were COMPLETELY tarped off ( see : Soldier Field for the Stones this past October )
Still , as a member of ' my crew ' pointed out , the band sold all the expensive seats so WTF ?!?!

THE PRETENDERS were awesome and the Omaha Crowd actually showed up ' in mass ' for the band --- I mean , when you have two groups that have already been inducted into the " Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame " on the bill , it is best to have only one drink in the VIP Lounge and then get to one's seat quickly . That being said , I had an excellent spot in the lower bowl , row three , eye - level to the stage and RIGHT in front of Pete . I could see Pete and Rog. watching THE PRETENDERS from the wings and when Chrissie acknowledged them the audience erupted ................YEAH !!!!!!!!

....and THEN !!!!!!!

It was time for THE WHO !!!!!!!

I was still taking a pee in the VIP lounge when I heard the opening strains of " Can't Explain " . Damn . They sure did not wait very long between acts . I tucked Lil' Joey back into my pants - whilst in full stream - and RAN to me seat -- almost knocking some poor middle - aged woman who was carrying a tray of beers down in the process . Whew ***** That was close ******

I arrived just in time to see Pete looking at me as he finished the first song and then the band launched right into " The Seeker " . There was a minor technical problem as Pete switched guitars almost immediately but from that point on you could tell that " THE PETEY " was going to be on FIRE for the remainder of the evening . Sure , Roger's voice has been affected somewhat by a cold and the incredible number of shows but the " Chairman of the Board " played one blistering solo after another and the opening to " Who Are You " reminded me of Camden ' 02 --- YES !!!! ... THAT inspirational -- just wait until you see the DVD of THIS concert .


Anyway , the set - list was just the same as all the rest of the shows except for no " Good Looking Boy " --- Thank Heaven ( the Joey is not a big Elvis fan but he likes Elvis' choice in women ) . The graphics on the screen during " Man - in - a - Purple Dress " was absolutely Friggin Haunting and we got " Dress " , " Black Widow Eyes " ( about the Belsian Massacare ) and " Mike Post Theme " back - to - back - to - back " ( this gave your young ' a dancin' ' Joey a chance to wipe the perspiration off his forehead , drink some more of his Vodka Redbull , and rest his fanny for the final numbers ) .

Roger's voice seemed to get stronger as he fed off the tremendous audience enthusiasm during " You better / You Bet " , " My Generation " and the epochal " Won't Get Fooled Again " ( which has taken on a new cultural resonance these days as America is about to lose only its Second War EVER .... DAMN !!!! .... Why ?! ) .

During the ' Tommy ' encore , Pete's BIRDMAN was spectacular and brought the entire house down ( ...... though Roger failed to break apart his tambourines )

" See Me / Feel Me " witnessed Roger's voice almost totally giving out -- ( how he will manage to perform tonight in St. Paul MUST be credited to his doctors -- still the guy is one tough cookie and I wouldn't fuck with THIS sixty three year old ) -- and " Tea & Theatre " was sublime ( I think Roger liked the way I would yell out between verses and he nailed the song with a fiery passion and emotion ) .


The final moment of the evening ( one that I shall ALWAYS remember ) took place at the very end as Rog. and Pete stood alone on the stage and said ' Goodbye ' . I made eye contact with Pete and extended out my arms to him whilst imitating his ' pouring - out - my - heart - to - the - audience gesture ' ... Pete did the same thing back to me and smiled ....................................


Lovely !

Kins .

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It is a ' minor league market ' for sure .

Actually Blue , Keith Moon was at the show .

He has attended many of the Who concerts on this tour and Keith sat right next to me for most of the gig . He missed the first few songs as he was chatting up some Germanic blonde in the " Club Lounge " and had just begun drinking his large " Vodka RedBull " when the band came on stage a bit early and launched right into " Can't Explain " .

Anyway , Keith absolutely adores the new album and feels the musicianship in the band rivals anything the old WHO used to do back in the mid ' 70s . He mentioned specifically Zak's stick work and Pete's guitar playing but was especially impressed with Roger's voice holding out for the entire tour . Oh , and Keith likes the way they are turning up Pino's bass playing in the mix .

Keith did not stick around too long after the gig as he was on his way to party with SirMoonie at the next evening's WHO show at the Xcel Center in St. Paul . In fact , I didn't even get a chance to say , " Goodbye " but I am quite sure I will see him again real soon

Kins.

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Jumping Jack wrote:
Omaha pictures for my Baby Joey

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=11elsjj.83cl9t2j&Uy=pibjlc&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0

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BILL PERKS wrote:
CRY IF YOU WANT,JOEY?

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Gimme Shelter wrote:
I just received the DVD of the San Jose show. What an incredible show it was.

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lotsajizz wrote:
Lately, I can't seem to get through the day without crankin' this tune off the new Who album at least thrice....that disk is really growing on me!!!
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Joey wrote:


My DVD of the Omaha , NE gig will not be ready until Christmas ...........


........fade to white ***** ( Like an Angel ) ******

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Joey wrote:
I beleive ( not quite sure ) that Mike Post wrote the theme songs to the RockFord Files Television Show ....

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TampabayStone wrote:

I love:
The show,
The Song and
James Garner

Magnum, as cool as he was, is just a poor mans Jimmy Rockford!!

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glencar wrote:
Mr. Post's most famous theme is from Hill Street Blues. It's oddly compelling.

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Joey wrote:


Really ?! ... Cool !

Hill Street Blues ROCKED !!!!!

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