The Tour Threads Edition #2: The Wild Heart Tour

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Seriously. I love all live Stand Backs, but I much prefer this version to the frenetic shouting of half-sentences and reworked lyrics.

..as if they could ever be improved on...

[starshine]

I really liked reading what everyone's said about the WH tour....unfortunately, I didn't get to see Stevie back than...I started collecting about 88/89 around Mirror...and I missed Mirror by that much to see her live .....I saw her with Mac in 90 for Mask....not solo til SA in '94....anyway, I so loved this LP....and from all that I heard and the photos etc....I do agree that she could've done more songs from WH on this tour....I think for like 2 shows she did do Enchanted but not Nightbird....but than Enchanted was dropped from the show ....I saw it on someone's list or some list some place? So I'd probably give the LP a A...clothes an A voice and A but like someone else said the setlist probably a C....it could've been better...probably the only song off WH I'm not too found of is I Will Run To You with Tom....it's ok but it's not SDMHA....and with All The Beautiful Worlds song....it could've been on WH....or something else......anyway, just some thoughts that's all.....thanks for all the pics.........

[baboles]

Unfortunately...I wasn't even born when The Wild Heart was released. But it is my second favorite Stevie album (Rock A Little being my first). It is just so lush and beautiful....the vocals...the lyrics....everything. I really love her voice on the album and the few live clips I have seen. The videos on youtube are amazing...the "Nightbird" performance from Solid Gold was one of the first videos I saw of Stevie. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

Come on. You're just upset that she didn't do any songs from OSOTM.

Honestly though, 3 songs from an album that was a huge success?? Not cool Stevie!

[Kelly]

Originally Posted by Glittermoondust

I was there but honestly don't remember it except that we were in nosebleed seats and sitting there wishing Joe Walsh would hurry up and get over with!!

Same with me~~~ I wish I could remember more. My most vivid memory is Joe Walsh carrying Stevie out to the stage and my Mom making a comment about it.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by DashingDan

First "rock" concert I ever went to. Was a pup of 15 back then, couldn't drive, went with my art class friend who was a year older than I. Her aunt drove us to the show, dropped us off, and picked us up after (thank you again, whoever you were).
Brought my new Canon AE-1 35mm camera to the show and was told I couldn't bring it in to the Centrum. I wrapped it in my Nike windbreaker and buried it next to a tree by the mall (talk about brave and stupid..$350 dollar camera) and went back in. I didn't mind Joe Walsh too much cos I new a bunch of the songs, but I recall thinking "okay, enough's enough". Marilyn Martin was his backing singer and percussionist (she did smack the congas a bit during Life in the Fastlane), but she hadn't made the move to Stevie's band just yet.
People could smoke inside public places back in those days, and by the time Joe Walsh was finished and the house lights were on there was a huge cloud of cigarette smoke (and others kinds of smoke) that hovered below the ceiling. It's funny how all that's changed, for the best I suppose.
Anyway, Stevie came on and sounded startlingly (at the time) bronchial and hoarse and husky. After 'Dreams' she did her thank yous, and I remember thinking "oh no, she's obviously too sick to sing anymore", I thought the concert was over after only 3 songs!! It wasn't, she plowed on, playing, as the boston globe put it in their reveiw of the show, "the sacrificial lamb".
Little bits that stay in my mind: I remember her plea to go home and read fairy tales before "beauty and the beast", and I remember she wore a lot of white. I remember someone lighting fire crackers in the crowd and her making the "tsk tsk tsk" mannerism in the direction of the sound....and honestly, that's about all i remember. I like the show, loved the show, but was surprised at how husky and low her voice was (this must've been around the point of the tour when she needed more of Prince's cough syrup).
We left the show, I found the tree, re-dug the hole, and got my camera and jacket back!

Oh yeah, I swear she did Nightbird at the show, but by all accounts, I am wrong. Funny how that happens.

I grew up in Mass. I saw a lot of concerts at the Centrum! (Is it still called that?). Didn't see Stevie on that tour, but saw her there on the Rock a Little tour (horrible show!), as well as Fleetwood Mac on their Mirage tour (awesome show!). Saw both Stevie and Fleetwood Mac several times at Great Woods (at least that was what it was called at the time).

[mirror69]

Hi here my tourdates I've on cds:
WILD HEART TOUR

#San Bernardino,CA US Festival May/30/1983 80min 1cd A-/B+
#Norfolk,VA The Score June/23/1983 90min 2cd (lossless recording) B/B+
#East Rutherford,NJ The Meadowlands June/24/1983 105min 2cd B+
#East Rutherford,NJ The Meadowlands June/24/1983 56min 1cd MASTER A
#Pittsburgh,PA Civic Arena June/26/1983 85min 2cd (lossless recording) C+/B-
#Philadelphia,PA The Spectrum June/27/1983 120min 2cd (lossless upgrades) A
-Buffalo,NY Municipal Auditorium July/2/1983 90min 1tape A-
#Buffalo,NY Municipal Auditorium July/2/1983 95min 2cd A-/B+
-Hartford,CT Hartford Civic Center July/3/1983 90min 2tapes B
#Largo,MD Capitol Center July/7/1983 90min 2cd A++/A-
note:A++ until Gypsy because taken from videoproshot after A- because taken from audience
#Greensboro,NC Coliseum July/10/1983 56min 1cd (lossless recording) A
#Kansas City,MO Kemper Arena July/14/1983 90min 2cd B+
#St Paul,MI Met Center July/15/1983 90min 2cd B
#Chicago,IL Rosemont Horizon July/18/1983 95min 2cd A
#Cleveland,OH Blossom Music Center July/22/1983 85min 2cd (lossless recording) B
#Indianapolis,ID Market Square Arena July/27/1983 95min 2cd B
#East Troy,WI Alpine Valley July/30/1983 90min 2cd (lossless recording) B/B+
#Cincinnati,OH Riverfront Coliseum July/31/1983 90min 2cd (lossless recording) A
#Austin,TX Frank Irwin Center Aug/31/1983 100min 2cd A-
-Dallas,TX Reunion Arena Sept/5/1983 90min 1tape B+
#Dallas,TX Reunion Arena Sept/5/1983 95min 2cd (lossless recording) A
#Dallas,TX Reunion Arena Sept/5/1983 70min 1cd MASTER A
#Bristol,RI Lake Compounce Sept/9/1983 85min 2cd (lossless recording) B/B-
#New York City,NY Radio City Music Hall Sept/12/1983 100min 2cd A-
#New York City,NY Radio City Music Hall Sept/13/1983 125min 2cd B+
#Oklahoma City,OK The Myriad Sept/17/1983 120min 2cd A-
#Tempe,AZ Compton Terrace Sept/25/1983 90min 2cd (lossless recording) A-
#Tempe,AZ Compton Terrace Sept/25/1983 90min 2cd B
#Los Angeles,CA The Forum Oct/2/1983 75min 2cd (lossless recording) C/C-
#Miami,FL Sportatorium Nov/5/1983 90min 2cd (lossless recording) C/C-
#Tulsa,OK Assembly Center Nov/12/1983 90min 2cd B
-Ames,IO Iowa State University Nov/20/1983 120min 2tapes A-
#Ames,IO Iowa State University Nov/20/1983 110min 2cd (lossless recording) A-
#Charlotte,NC Charlotte Coliseum Nov/23/1983 105min 2cd (lossless recording) B
#Columbia,SC Carolina Coliseum Nov/24/1983 80min 1cd B

[eric51078]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I grew up in Mass. I saw a lot of concerts at the Centrum! (Is it still called that?). Didn't see Stevie on that tour, but saw her there on the Rock a Little tour (horrible show!), as well as Fleetwood Mac on their Mirage tour (awesome show!). Saw both Stevie and Fleetwood Mac several times at Great Woods (at least that was what it was called at the time).

The Centrum is actually the DCU Center now...it's still the same venue just Green and White now.