Experience Of A Lifetime - Bridgeport

[BlueGrass]

Wow. Wow.

I was first row tonight, and I was infront of Lindsey the whole night. It was awesome - few things before I die asleep is that I got to shake his hand, play his guitar and get him to sign my L&O vinyl. YES!

P.S. When Mick was doing his drum solo a big wad of his spit flew onto my hand. Everyone saw it and laughed - bizzare.

I'm out.

[wondergirl9847]

CONGRATS BG!! Sooooo happy for ya!! :D

[estranged4life]

fun at the show...Seems to be an epidemic when one attends an FM show...LOL!!!

Brian "Up the irons" j.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by BlueGrass
P.S. When Mick was doing his drum solo a big wad of spit flew onto my hand. Everyone saw it and laughed - bizzare.


Mick's acting like a spitting cobra? I thought Peter Green sang that he was a rattlesnake.;)

Glad you enjoyed the show.

- Jake

[BlueGrass]

Yea, I am back. The whole night was unreal. I finally got to be front row and interact with the band. Lindsey is CRAZY - especially when he did that carry-over dance from Tusk into Stand Back like he was being posessed.

[estranged4life]

hold up a sign at the beginning of Mick's solo that says "Say it...Dont spray it"...LMAO!!!

Brian "Loves the new music related DVD's he bought" j.

[DownOnRodeo]

Brian --> go the CatDog avatar!! :laugh: I love that show.

[estranged4life]

Originally posted by DownOnRodeo
Brian --> go the CatDog avatar!! :laugh: I love that show.


Glad ya liked it...I actually own a real "CatDog", Well actually she (Her name is "Shioban") is a white furred full-blood "Scottish Fold" (A cool breed of cat who's ears are folded forwarded thus looking kinda like a dog), So she is a real CatDog...LOL!!!

Brian "Cranks the Iron Maiden up <b>REALLY LOUD!!!</b>" j.

[ryan8472]

Glad you had a great time! Bridgeport was awsome last night. I was watching Lindsey dancing during that drum solo before Stand Back, and just thinking WTF?! The man really is out of his mind!

[dissention]

I'm so glad that you had a great time! The second leg of this tour is *amazing.* :nod:

[frostie]

I was at Bridgeport last night too only not front row:distress: . But we were in row 6 first row and we could really see the stage good. Have to say, as usual, AWESOME show. The crowd was great for the most part and the energy unbelievable. Lindsey was amazing!!!! I also loved his Tusk dance and his "wiggles" during the beginning of Stand Back. BG- I saw that huge wad of spit go flying and wondered "Who got it?". And I love how the roadie guy comes out and wipes off Lindseys mike!!!:laugh:

I gotta say that there really wasn't much interaction between LB and SN. Except for the usual hug after Landslide and Tusk slow dance which they seem to be doing at every show. What happened to sponteneity Lindsey?

It was also fun watching everyone towards the back try to move forward. The security guy near us was pretty good natured about it, but it is amazing what people will try to get away with. Me, I took about 4 pictures before they threatened to take my camera away. Oh Well!!!!

All of you holding tickets for the rest of the tour.......you lucky dogs!!!! Especially if you have front row!! The second half of the tour is even better than the first. I would travel more to see them if I wasn't pregnant with my 2nd child!!! Morning sickness is actually all day!!!! The 2 1/2 hour drive to and from wasn't great and Bridgeport definately isn't my idea of a vacation spot, but the Arena was pretty nice.

[WednesdaysChild]

I wasn't close up but I agree with what you all have said. What ENERGY! So much more than the Worcester show in May. Did any of you see the Mini Bucks pop their heads up to the right of the stage during "Come"? Leelee looked like she had a nightgown on. Too cute. And she turned away to go back downstairs during "Gypsy" on the line "She is dancing away from you now." That girl has excellent timing, LOL.

[WednesdaysChild]

I also wanted to add this:

SO! After the show, my friend and I are like, Damn we should try and get something from off the stage, but we couldn't figure out how to get to the floor. So we decide to go outside and around to the stage door. We see some limos and town cars and vans. No one has stopped us, but we don't see anyone. We keep looking around and finally we decide we should go up front a bit, because there's only one road in and out, so we know they have to pass where we were standing. Then we wait and wait and a limo comes out and whizzes by. That was like 11:15 so we knew it couldn't be any Mac people. Too early. We slowly walk back and are stopped by security. He was OK. Could have been nicer, we just said we wanted to wave to them, and that was all...but he said we had to go. I asked, "Are they leaving soon?" and he told us yes. We saw some people loading things in the trunks of the cars. So we knew we had a chance of at least waving to them. I wanted to know who was in that first limo but I would be pushing my luck. We walk up a bit and wait and wait...then the police lights were flashing (yes, they had a police escort) and there were about four town cars...the first few didn't have anyone recognizable (is that a word?) in them but we were waving, because hey, you never know! Then we see JOHN MCVIE! And we're waving like crazy and he saw us and even though we were on the left and he was sitting on the right, he made a huge effort to wave, by sticking his whole arm practically out the window. We both cheered and I was like, HI JOHN!!!! LOL I'm a goofball. Then there were two big vans and then two stretch limos. We couldn't see in the limos, and the vans didn't have any one I could recognize. I'm thinking one limo was Stevie and her entourage...but who else could have a limo was beyond me. There was a car that went out earlier but we looked and no one was in it except the driver so we knew there was none of that Stevie sneaking out in a non-limo crap.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally posted by BlueGrass
Wow. Wow.

I was first row tonight, and I was infront of Lindsey the whole night. It was awesome - few things before I die asleep is that I got to shake his hand, play his guitar and get him to sign my L&O vinyl. YES!

P.S. When Mick was doing his drum solo a big wad of his spit flew onto my hand. Everyone saw it and laughed - bizzare.

I'm out.

Oh I did see someone with a L&O LP. Thats cool LB signed it for you! I was in second row right between S&L. Thats great that you got to play LB's guitar. I finally did at the Boston show 9/24/03.

Yuck I saw that Mick spit go flying. That was nasty!

[dissention]

Originally posted by WelshWitchPMD
Oh I did see someone with a L&O LP. Thats cool LB signed it for you! I was in second row right between S&L. Thats great that you got to play LB's guitar. I finally did at the Boston show 9/24/03.


Hey Pattie,

Were you on Lindsey's or Stevie's side in the front row in Boston? I was on Stevie's :D

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally posted by dissention
Hey Pattie,

Were you on Lindsey's or Stevie's side in the front row in Boston? I was on Stevie's :D

I was on Lindsey's side:D ;) I actually had second row but moved up with a friend. When Lindsey first came out I was in my second row seat. He saw me and laughed like he usually does.
I was not right up against the stage but right in back of the people that were.

On a side note I did get to see, Lindsey and Kristen, Stevie, John and Mick all walk by the hotel lobby at seperate times of course. Mick did come down to the bar along with some back up people but nobody else came down.

[ryan8472]

if a good copy of this show shows up, I'd really love to have it (being that it was my first FM show). My mom was in awe of World Turning, and still is actually lol, and now she wants a copy too! I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open from now on!

[BlueGrass]

Yea, I was standing the whole night right next to the girl with the Lindsey Tusk hat on. We both go to play his guitat during GYOW, get his sig and shake his hand it was awesome.

I still can't believe Mick spit on me, lol. Anyway, yea, Lindsey was freaking me out with the wiggles. I looked over and saw his guitar tech Ray Lindsey cracking up about it.

Kristin was behind me with Lee Lee and Will for like 2 songs - both had some type of ear plugs on. Later they sat on the steps watching their dad play.

[seteca]

Originally posted by BlueGrass
P.S. When Mick was doing his drum solo a big wad of his spit flew onto my hand. Everyone saw it and laughed - bizzare.



LMAO!!:laugh:

Glad you had such an awesome time! Well done on getting his sig. & shaking a living legend's hand!:cool:

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

[macmar71]

Originally posted by WednesdaysChild
I wasn't close up but I agree with what you all have said. What ENERGY! So much more than the Worcester show in May. Did any of you see the Mini Bucks pop their heads up to the right of the stage during "Come"? Leelee looked like she had a nightgown on. Too cute. And she turned away to go back downstairs during "Gypsy" on the line "She is dancing away from you now." That girl has excellent timing, LOL.

I agree that they all had incredible energy. This show surpassed the Worcester shows. Lindsey was a total ball of fire, taking his guitar off on Tusk~~swinging the cable around! His antics during the intro to Stand Back, almost like a Halloween type dance!
Stevie twirled around during Stand Back, Gold Dust Woman and World Turning whereas in Worcester she spun once during Stand Back.
I had a great time on the side lines in section 106. Great view of the stage and the band! Glad everyone had a good time. :wavey:

[Nikolaj]

Hiya Christa- i was at both 2 nights at Worcester Mass and Sat. night in Bridgeport
Not to disagree with ya, but i gotta say from where i sat, Stevie's 'Stand Back' in Mass had huge MEGA spin/twirls both nights, first night i was in row 6, second night a few rows further back.
In Bridgeport Sat. night, her energy was good, but she lost her place during the last verse of 'Stand Back' and skipped about 4 or 5 bars of the lyrics-- Brett Tuggle gave this shocked double-take expression and held up a few fingers looking at John and Mick and the band and singers , and they all quickly caught up with Stevie for the 'it's all right all right' refrain, but she was WAY ahead of them for a bit, there. It didnt matter much, it was still a great highlight, and i dont think Stevie realized she'd made a mistake. Also, in the Mass shows, Stevie's 'Silver Springs' featured a chill-inducing 'was i just a fool' repeated 6 times near the ending ( i counted, LOL) , in Brideport she alternated 'was i just a fool' with 'give me just a chance' 3 times total, so there was a little less impact.. In Bridgeport she was in particuarly wonderful harmony voice on 'Say Goodbye' and it was perhaps her most striking singing of the night, very lovely. She sang with her eyes closed and grimaced at a high-spirited woman in section 1 who was rowdy and repeatedly screaming ' O MY GOD" during the song. the woman meant no harm but Stevie's displeasure showed-- for a second-- and the woman stopped. Lindsey was especially brilliant in Bridgeport, he played astonishingly well, as he did in Mass, but had a lot more stage presence and better between-songs comments and tons of good humor and was just great. Stevie had wonderful moments, but was better (for me) at the Worcester shows. Her 'Rhiannon' in Bridgeport didnt rock as hard as in Mass, and she had a wonderful (improvised?) ending of 'Beautiful Child' in Mass that she didn't sing in Bridgeport. ( " i wish... i still wish.. i still wish that you were mine") '
Gypsy' definitely was better in CT tho. Plus she was very cute in the boxing match with Lindsey, and warm and lovely when Mick introduced Mindy Stein saying that THIS was her final show for a while as she's pregnant with a baby boy and the audience and Stevie loudly cheered Mindy on. Mindy's face was radiantly beautiful all night long, she looked like an entirely different girl than when she performed in the cold on 'The Today Show' some months back. A striking and lovely Sharon Celani made great eye contact with a woman fan not in a floor seat but still in eye range to the right of the stage who was dancing and trying to get her attention, and Sharon smiled big at her and was very gracious. Stevie graciously played to the nosebleed seats making her gestures big, but avoided eye contact with Section 1 and 2 entirely, and only looked down to section 3 in front of her mike, on occasion. The fans who didnt have great seats were very pleased she went out of her way to play to them, so thats great. Lindsey was very outgoing with those in floor seats, so even in how they play to the crowd, Stevie and Lindsey really complement each other.
i was 7 rows back from Lindsey's microphone, section 1. Had an awesome time. Stevie went the extra mile and said 'You have been an INCREDIBLE audience, Bridgeport, we will never forget it!" The audience definitely was in a frenzied rapture by the end of the night, and Stevie, Mick and Lindsey all seemed extremely pleased by the reception. What was also nice was there was no mass-exits during 'Come' or ANY song, the audience almost entirely stayed at their seats all night long, as it should be! Also, during Mick's drum solo for 'World Turning' Lindsey was kneeling (or crouched, actually) to the right of the stage with just his head visible in profile, and he watched Mick intently and was supportive, which was also a very visable thread through the show-- how much Lindsey, Stevie, Mick, John, Sharon & Mindy and Brett and the rest all supported each other throughout the night. It's been a great tour from the start, and they surely seem to have grown even tighter as a unit as the tour continues.

[TwoTricky]

I'm very happy my fellow CT Ledgies had a WONDERFUL time at the show!!! (aside from the spitting :laugh: )

I wish I could've been there with y'all:(