Tarrytown

[Amlyn]

Ok..first the basics. No change to set list…check, black leather...check....small machine/big machine...check.

CAD and BTLH...first time I heard both of them live in person. Yes, yes, that is true. I loved CAD as the opener because it completely commanded the entire audience. And BTLH was great...def lots of people in the crowd loved it.

NTL was great...may have been the first time I heard that live too. I was never a big fan of that song, but I have to say listening and watching him perform that live may have sold me otherwise.

Stephanie…when I found out he was playing this song on this tour I just squeeed with glee. I savored every moment of that and enjoyed watching him get lost in the song. Since I’ve watched that on you tube a hundred times, I knew how every second of that song played out but...still hearing it live, in the flesh was just worth the price of admission to me.

Oh let me say that there was this guy on the right side of the theater that yelled out the names of the songs just before Lindsey would start playing. At first I thought it was cute cause he also yelled out RAB, and Lindsey was reacting to it, but then I got annoyed because it seemed to just throw off the excitement of the start of each song. Eventually he stopped or I just stopped noticing.

Ok, next...Come. Again, first time live in person for me. At the beginning of my fandom I was not a fan of the song, but just like any other seasoned fan, this song moves high on the list after awhile. He really got into this and I got lost just watching him become one with the guitar.

I don't remember anything great about SUD except of course it was so quiet at the end you could hear a pin drop. It was during Go Insane that I first started noticing the visible dripping sweat. I have to admit I started watching his neck glisten and wondered like everyone else why he insists on the jacket for the whole show. And thought go back to the white SYW shirt!

NGBA...honestly I’m bored with it. I've heard this at every show with Lindsey since 2009. Of course I enjoy anything he plays, but I’m the one dialing in my reaction. It's just the same every single time. Funny though right at the beginning of the song, a woman in front of me went to move her jacket or whatever and a bunch of change fell on the floor. OOPS!! Lindsey didn't notice, but everyone around did. Like SUD, you could hear a pin drop throughout.

BL…I absolutely get mesmerized watching his fingers and watching him belt out this song. But I absolutely want to gag at having to hear the intro again. Like NGBA just bored of it...I get that it's a meaningful song, but not only is it the same content, it's practically the same word for word spiel. And I’ve only been in this since 2009.

ISA…to me this is Lindsey getting off on stage. If I were some weird contemporary essay writer, I’d right some comparison of how this song mimics well you know. I mean he just loses himself in it, puts every ounce of himself into it till he just is spent. I watched Lindsey bop, jump, rock, (insert verb of choice) on the stage and he just plays on and on. I sat there bobbing the whole time anticipating one or two notes ahead since i know that performance by heart. He got a huge standing O for that. And yes he got many last night.

GYOW…was so disappointed. NO ONE went to the stage. Not only that, NO ONE stood up except for two people in the corner. I just didn't want to draw attention to myself as the only person to do it so i just sat there pissed. I kept waiting for someone, anyone to do it and i would have. But no...and i could tell Linds felt like wtf...he didn’t' go on and on with the song at the end...wrapped it up kinda quick. I felt horrible. If you didn’t know that people go to the stage, you’d never know anything was off but I knew.

Of course the second he goes offstage after GYOW, I notice security walk over to the front row and I bolted (I was in the 3rd row) and luckily I got a spot at the stage. During the short wait for him to come back out, I talked to aforementioned dropped change girl and we both were frustrated with ourselves for not making more of an effort for GYOW. Coulda woulda shoulda. So he comes out and does Trouble and of course it's awesome and people up front are singing. Followed by SWS. I yelled out RAB and said c’mon it's a sat night when he said he had to go, but got no reaction.

During the very end of SWS he noticed the girl next to me (ok she was blond and I’m under the impression that brunettes like me are definitely not catching the attention that those of the lighter hair persuasion) and came over to shake her hands. He started moving to his left and shook another hand or two but then he looked back over and I reached my hand out, maybe yelled out something i think, I can‘t remember...and reached he came back over to shake it (YAY!!) and...he got one or two more people and that was it. So i was ecstatic that he came back over and I got one of the very few he gave out.

Of course he was very gracious and did his whole thank you/pound on his heart thing throughout and commented on us being enthusiastic and a great audience. He got a lot of reaction throughout the show and definitely fed off it. Only thing i would have changed was GYOW.

It was a great night and now I’m trying to figure out how to make another show happen.