The World's Longest Review of Knoxville

[golddustwoman77]

Tonight in Knoxville was the greatest night of my life! My best friend and I just got back from the concert, and I just had to post my thoughts and give some of the highlights. Sorry for the long-windedness, but a lot happened, so bear with me.

My friend and I had tickets on the front row on Lindsey's side, so we had an awesome view of the whole band, especially Lindsey.

Here are some highlight of the show and highlights for me as well!

Mick entered the stage first, and John enter second. Followed by Stevie and Lindsey walking out holding hands as usual. They began with "The Chain." Which totally rocked! The band came out with a lot of energy right off the bat, which continued through out the night. Lindsey seemed especially energetic this evening!

Stevie/Lindsey's highlights: During SYW, Stevie and Lindsey were talking and smiling during the guitar part. She walked over toward his and he turned and faced her. When she started playing air guitar with him, and joking around. They were really playful all night with each other.

During Tusk, Lindsey was swinging the guitar chord around and then dropped his guitar on the floor. Then, Lindsey started chasing Stevie around. Then, they pretended to fight. Then, Lindsey decided to surrender, so they danced together around the left side of the stage---cheek to cheek. It was so cute.

During Landslide, Lindsey shed a tear or two. After Landslide, Stevie put her hand up and LB grabbed it and they held hands and then he kissed her hand and forehead. Then, they hugged. Sweet!


Stevie's highlights: Rhiannon had some mojo tonight! Stevie was stomping and really howling. So cool!

Stand Back was super awesome! Stevie really rocked out on this one. She did a lot of turning and half kicks. She was really into it!

During Beautiful Child, Stevie added some extra "ahhhhhhhhhhs," something new that she didn't do the first leg of the tour. She also add a line toward the end---"I still love you." This song is beautiful, but sad.

Stevie's voice was especially clear tonight. She was really hitting all the notes!

Stevie's dad sat in his wheelchair at the end of the front row on my side (Right). It was so sweet to see him watch her perform. If you couldn't see her clearly, he would stand up for a minute by the wheelchair. I thought it was so special that he was there!


Lindsey's highlights: He did some amazing guitar work on "Come," "I'm So Afraid," and "Go Your Own Way." I'm always amazed at how awesome a guitar player he really is! Fingerpicking all those songs is truely amazing to watch. Tonight, he reminder me of Pete Townsend of the Who in the way he handled the guitar--tossing it around, swinging it, unplugging it and swinging the cord. It was so awesome! His vocals sounded really terrific too. He just had boundless energy. He is just the best performer around. All I can say is "OMG!"

These are some of my personal highlights with Lindsey : Lindsey sang right to me through the first verse of "Come." I sang right back to him. He raised his eyebrow at me as if to say, " You're dishing it back to me, huh?" I was about to die, of course. It just seemed that Lindsey and I had a karmic connection thing going on tonight. We looked at each other a lot and sang to each other a lot, which was really cool. Then during "I'm So Afraid," he stepped off the stage onto the speaker right in front of me. He knelt down. I couldn't believe he was right in front of me! I was afraid to touch him; I think he could tell. But I put my hand on his knee. He looked right at me then and mouthed to me "Help me play a little." I mouthed, "You should play," and I smiled shyly. He stuck his guitar out at me. He smiled back and encouraged me to do it, so I pick a few of the strings. I guess he thought it was cute that I was so afraid to touch the guitar and him. Come to find out all of this was on the big screen!Several of the fans around me got the touch him too, while he was knelt down, which was awesome for them too. I was so stunded that it happened; it seems almost unreal!

As the night continued, Lindsey and I are still connecting---eye contact, singing, etc. Then while, Mick is doing his drum vest solo (which was fabulous---love the way he gets into it!). Lindsey is sitting on my side of the stage in the corner but where I can see him. He is sitting over there with a towel wiping his face, etc. We are still making eye contact while he is sitting over there. So after the drum solo, he starts makes his way to his spot (He is still carrying the towel.). As he walks he stops right in front of me, bends over and hands the towel right to me! I was about to hyperventilate. My friend and I were freaking out!!!!!!! (Like me touching him wasn't the highlight of my life, now this!). Then to top it all off, on the way off the stage for the first encore, he stopped and signed my Buckingham/Nicks album, and then signed items for several fans that stood around me. (The fans I met were just wonderful. Really neat people!) When he came back for the encore during "World Turning," as he started to sing a part to me, I mouthed "Thank you so much" to him. He winked and blew me a kiss.

I AM ON CLOUD 9 RIGHT NOW! I COULD DIE NOW HAPPY! My friend and I still can't believe it! Thank God I had a witness, or no one would believe me! I think it is wonderful that they are so caring to their fans---signing items, Lindsey allowing us to touch him, etc. Also, Mick made a very nice speech about the fans and their support at the end of the show. How many bands are this good to their fans? None I have seen. We are really blessed.

Anyway, the concert was amazing, and I am freezing(to prevent evaporation) my sweaty, Lindsey towel as we speak. Does life get any better than tonight? Wow!