Just wanted to give a big
to Tesla, who played an incredible show Tuesday night at a small club here. I've loved them for years, and they're one of the few 80's "hair bands" (although they were never
really a "hair band") whose music has held up, IMO.
They played all their hits as well as several tunes off their new CD "Into the Now." It was mostly accoustic, which was awesome! There were about 1500 people there - a sell out for that club. And you can't beat $15 per ticket.
It was billed as a 3 hour show, but they ended up playing about 2&1/2 hours (they mentioned several times that singer Jeff had a bad cold.) He sounded great considering, but he kept wiping his nose. I was distracted at first, then thought "This is rock & roll, it's not like he can bring a box of Kleenex on stage."
He took a few breaks, drank lots of tea & water. They also let 5 or 6 die-hard fans up on stage to sit on couches around them for the entire show - very cool.
They did a couple of covers: "I Wanna Be Sedated" accoustically and "Do You Feel Like I Do." Yup - Frampton. When it came on, I figured it would be 15 minutes long so I went to pee. Sure enough, they were still going when I got back - but it was actually good!
I've never been a huge fan of Pete, I think he's kind of cheesy, but this cover (mainly the electric guitar solo, was smokin' hot!
My only complaints were they didn't do "Paradise"
or "Caught Up In a Dream." But I'll live. It was great to see a good rock band playing good rock music in an intimate setting & giving their all to their fans. So if anyone's even a just casual fan & they come to town, go for it - you will NOT be disappointed.