Asheville, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh road trip

[DavidMn]

Allright, you asked for it, here they are, in Decending order:


3-19, Asheville. This is going to be one of those nights that stays with me for the rest of my life. To say Lindsey blew the doors off the place isnt doing justice to this Legendary performance. From the first note to the last, there was some kind of magic Karma going on between the band and the audience that I've never seen at any concert. You had to be there to feel it. Anyway, I'll get back to that. I drove 1076(Yes I counted) miles from Minneapolis to Asheville straight through and arrived at about 12:30 P.M. Asheville is a beautiful town and The Orange Peel where Lindsey played had real character. Cant really put a finger on exactly why, but it just did. Anyway, I got to chatting with several people and this one lady and I really had a nice conversation. She's from Charlotte, and had a very bad last year. Poor thing had 2 rods put into her back after some sort of accident, but she was still as cheerful as can be and was very excited to meet Lindsey. Well, at around 5:45 when the crew found out he was on his way, they had us stand back about 30 feet so as not to crowd the band as they got out of the van. I was really worried about this lady not getting her chance to meet Lindsey so I hatched a plan. As soon as the car pulled up I told her to give me her camera. She did and when Lindsey got out of the car I half yelled, "Lindsey, this lady has waited a long time to meet you, please come and take your picture with her." Well that did the trick, and over he came. I took the pic, and this lovely woman was absolutely hysterical afterwards. She was so happy that I did that for her. And you know what? I felt pretty good too. It's always nice to give back when you can. So now onto the show, I knew something was up when the audience roared louder than anything Ive ever heard when Lindsey came out for Not Too Late. The show ended up being one of those once in a lifetime experiences when the audience and the band feed off each other so well as to literally make a perfect show. I cannot emphasize enough how good this show was. And I know for a fact that it was recorded, so look for it soon. You have to hear it to believe it! After the show, the magic continued and When Lindsey came out he made sure EVERYONE either got an autograph or a picture despite his manager's pleas to get going. What a night!


3-20, Baltimore. Well you knew the show had to be a letdown after Asheville, and it was. The band was ok, not ****ty, not great, but the audience SUCKED ASS!!! I've never seen a bunch of geratric wannabees do absolutely nothing all night. If you can believe this, no one even reached out to touch Lindseys guitar for GYOW! Before the show, my dear friend Torri from here who also went to Asheville with me, treated me to a lovely seafood dinner at a place called the Blue Sea Grill. Fantastic food. Thank you Torri, you are a dear friend.

3-21, Pittsburgh. I rolled into Downtown Pittsburgh at about 3:00 and first thing got a primo parking spot at a garage right across from the theater with easy access back out onto the freeway, and it was only $10. The show itself was much better than Baltimore but not as good as Asheville. Of course Carrie and her friends ended up on stage which was very cool. After, I drove to Columbus Ohio and today drove home and got in about 45 min ago. The only bad thing that happened is that dues to the lack of sleep the first day I developed a sore throat and stuffy nose that affected me all 3 days, but certainly didnt lessen the experience at all. I guess it's my body telling me youre getting too old to push yourself like that!