Reno Review

[golden braid]

Yesterday I decided to drive to Reno early in the day to make sure I had plenty of time before the show. When I drove there two years ago to see the Mac I probably gave myself ulcers because I was stuck in so much traffic and almost missed the show. So I got to Reno in the early afternoon and thought I would wander around town since I had nothing else to do. There was a big display of cars downtown so that was kinda cool to look at. Other than that, however, Reno sucks! The hotels are just basically casinos and that's it. There are no nice shops, nothing. I did also do a little bit of people watching since there are some interesting people there, a few too many who don't have very many teeth. Several of those people actually came up to me asking me for change or cigarettes too. So enough of Reno, I will get to the show since there were a few changes.

I will start off with the good news. I didn't witness any drunken fights like I did last time and Stevie didn't cry. The crowd was kinda weird though. Most people were sitting even in the front row. And no one really seemed to recognize her big hits until she'd actually start singing, Rhiannon being an example. But by the end of the show the crowd seemed to be really into it and lots of people were standing and cheering. After Edge of 17 and before Rock and Roll the crowd was chanting, "STEVIE!, STEVIE!, STEVIE!" I don't know if I had ever heard that before for her. I thought Stevie sounded good and she seemed playful during some of the songs like Stand Back. She was really dancing to it and did a ton of spins. She also did her cute hula dance before Dreams.

Also, Lori was there! She sang on Edge of 17 and BATB.


Now for the bad news. There was a set change. No Sorcerer. No HAEWAFY. What the **** is going on?! She doesn't have a show today so it's not like she was in a total rush to get out of there. The show didn't seem to end early anyway. And then she did the meet and greets and it took her awhile to leave. Her set list was like a greatest hits list without those songs. I think it went Dreams, Rhiannon, Stand Back, and then GDW. I was not very happy about that. I really enjoy Sorcerer.

I will end on some more good news. A bunch of us were waiting for Stevie to get in the limo and leave. After waiting for awhile Stevie actually came out before she got in the limo and waved with both hands to everyone and had a big smile on her face. It was awesome! It totally reminded me of the Red Rocks video where she does the same thing.

My journey ends with me driving home early this morning. Thanks to Tiff and Anita for hanging out with me. You guys made it more fun.