Whole Lotta Trouble tour 1991 NJ

[Macfan4life]

This is an excellent quality concert that was recently uploaded to Youtube. I really liked this very short era of Stevie. Her 1991 solo tour was called the Whole Lotta Trouble tour because Timespace was not out and there was no album to promote. When the tour was announced I remember thinking her album was going to be called Whole Lotta Trouble. It was more of a celebration what was to come of her greatest hits album. However no new songs were ever performed from Timespace except on the Aresnio Hall show and her radio broadcast from the House of Blues at the very end of the tour. Her band was so much better than her 1989 band. It was her first solo tour with 2 guitarists and it added such an edge. I saw this tour a few days from this NJ stop. This tour was truly and end of an era for Stevie. It came at a very odd time. The BTM tour got postponed due to Chris's father's passing. The Mac regrouped and made up the dates late in 1990. This delayed her Best Of album. Her new songs never got proper promotion since its single was released post tour and never really charted. But this tour was about fun. She had a great band. Here are a few highlights for me:

I love during the first line of Outside The Rain when Stevie says "your heart skips a beat" she takes her fist and pounds on the mic to make it sound like a heartbeat. So cool. I never saw her do this on any other tour.

If Anyone Falls finally returns to the set. After 2 solo tours of ignoring it, it was refreshing to hear again.

HAWAFY was not an encore. It was in the set but towards the end. This is the only Stevie tour that it was played and not the encore.

First Stevie solo tour to feature Landslide. Its a great closer and encore. Its almost like her Songbird. It was very nice how the band all came around her in a half circle to perform it at the end. The solo in the song is done on an electric guitar which was a different take than the full acoustic version. I loved the Dance Landslide how it came back to its roots. However looking back these 1990s version does appeal to me.

Stevie's voice is really strong. She may not hit as high as she could but she could still throw her voice here and there.

The strobe lights and explosions during Edge of 17 are wild. Its almost like an AC DC concert: For those about to rock, WE SALUTE YOU and the cannons would go off. Les is doing this rocking intro to Edge of 17 and starts doing these guitar riffs and these giant explosions are going off. Stevie comes out in her wild hair in strobe lights.

OMG those shoulder pads. Her shoulder pads make her look like Frankenstein especially during Rhiannon. Speaking of Rhiannon, she is twirling here like its 1977. One of my favorite versions of Rhiannon is this tour and the "will you take me with you" ending. She had passion and was probably her has passionate live version of the song.

Was this the last tour that Sharon would come out and sing at her mic during Edge of 17? The edge walk during Edge of 17 is insane. She is literally being pelted with stuff animals and flowers. Some HUGE GIANT stuffed animals too. Someone gives her a tambourine and she starts shaking it banging her head back and forth and her big hair going crazy.

I am not a lover of Whole Lotta Trouble but her band here really takes the song to another level compared to other tours.

Get a diaper Bwboy because you may need it. Sister Honey's guitarist plays a rocking Talk To Me

It was sort of sad at the end when Stevie says "see you next year" She had been touring in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991. But it was the end of an era. There would be no next year or the year after. A few years later she fell into her fireplace headfirst and was the point that she decided to get clean.

This was the first concert that I could legally drink at since I just turned 21. I loved the show but the set was way too short. Ridiculously short. What are your memories?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6A2JOlb-ho&t=538s
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