Rock A Little Tour - Dallas, TX 4/15/1986

[badanimals87]

Third night of the Rock A Little Tour in Dallas, TX. What an exciting night this must have been for Texas fans as it had been 3 years since Stevie had toured. Too bad Gold Dust Woman, Sara, and Gypsy did not stay in the set very long. Enjoy!

Tim

Gold Dust Woman


Outside The Rain and Dreams


Talk To Me


I Need To Know


No Spoken Word


Sara (cut)


I Can't Wait


Leather and Lace (cut) and Stand Back


Stop Dragging My Heart Around


How Still My Love


Edge Of Seventeen


Rhiannon


band intros and Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

[Macfanforever]

Thanks Tim.Thanks to good ole videotape.The show was captured.

[On Ice]

Sorry guys, this tour in my view is the low point of Stevie's career, the show I saw on this tour almost made me walk away from her as a fan (glad I didn't) but it was truly awful and this one is no better. Someone close to her should have advised her to stay home and get herself clean. She damaged her voice so much on this overly long tour that it ruined her outing on Tango in the Night and just about deep sixed her career. I'd rather not recall the Rock a Little days as this was what caused the downward spiral and should have been her time to get her act together, get off the drugs and hire the vocal coach. We probably would have had an album of In Your Dreams calibre 20 yrs sooner, and with time to save her precious voice, had she done some work on herself at the time.

[ragrsrocalot]

Woohoo. What a special treat. I LOVED the RAL tour and all it's craziness. Once again, thank you for sharing your videos with us!!!!!

[Sanne2]

Awesome, I just bought a whole bunch of pics from this night!
Thanks for sharing!

[dreamer78]

Originally Posted by Sanne2

Awesome, I just bought a whole bunch of pics from this night!
Thanks for sharing!

please post them because its hard to see what she really looks like in the video
and it seems shes wearing all white

[ragrsrocalot]

I love how Lori gets rocked a little by Stevie in How Still My Love @ 5:54.

I wondered what Lindsey's reaction would be if Stevie decided to do that to him, in lets say..... Angel, while sharing the mic.

Maybe they could incorporate that into a future show some how.

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Someone close to her should have advised her to stay home and get herself clean. She damaged her voice so much on this overly long tour that it ruined her outing on Tango in the Night and just about deep sixed her career.

Really? The Tango tour was the first time I saw her live, and she sounded a lot better than I was expecting.

[Etisl]

Wow....I was at this show at Reunion Arena.....I was only 16. You really took me way back.....you made my evening..... wow......

[Nathan]

Watched it straight through. Awesome, thanks.

[darklinensuit]

Thanks for posting. This was the last tour that she really rocked on. I know many Ledgies swear by the Street Angel Tour, but I stand by my words.
Also, I still say Stevie is off her rocker to think that "I Can't Wait" was a disaster live.

- Jake

[David]

Originally Posted by On Ice

I'd rather not recall the Rock a Little days as this was what caused the downward spiral and should have been her time to get her act together, get off the drugs and hire the vocal coach.

Did you not see the Wild Heart tour?

It was just as unscripted, just as insanely giggly, just as twisted, and just as drug-fueled. The only differences were A) that her 1983 band was a better group of players, and B) that in 1983 she had more air in her lungs, allowing her to execute all those romantic bellows at the beginnings and ends of songs more loudly and clearly.

See my sig pic.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Sorry guys, this tour in my view is the low point of Stevie's career, the show I saw on this tour almost made me walk away from her as a fan (glad I didn't) but it was truly awful and this one is no better. Someone close to her should have advised her to stay home and get herself clean. She damaged her voice so much on this overly long tour that it ruined her outing on Tango in the Night and just about deep sixed her career. I'd rather not recall the Rock a Little days as this was what caused the downward spiral and should have been her time to get her act together, get off the drugs and hire the vocal coach. We probably would have had an album of In Your Dreams calibre 20 yrs sooner, and with time to save her precious voice, had she done some work on herself at the time.

I agree! I first saw her solo on this tour. Having only the released VCR tape of clips from her Bella Donna show as reference, I expected an amazing show. I was sadly mistaken. She missed her cues, and didn't so much sing the songs as much as wail incoherently. She essentially just butchered the songs, forgetting lyrics. The pace of the show was totally off because of long pauses between songs, and when she talked no one could understand what she was saying; it was just blurted babble. The band itself was very strong. I wonder if any of the players were concerned for her, or at least frustrated by her lack of professionalism.

It's kind of funny that she has noted that the reason she has not performed "I Can't Wait" since then is because the band had a hard time playing the song, and they only tried it a few times. That's just revisionist history from Stevie. The band had no problem playing the song. It was Stevie who had a hard time singing it -or rather remembering the lyrics. And, the song, correct me if I'm wrong, was in the set for most of the tour.

I'm not too surprised that I stayed a fan. I guess I knew she was much better than that. I wasn't so fickle as to completely dismiss her. But I had no idea what she was dealing with at that time. In hindsight, now knowing what the situation was, it fits in context. Still, it's riveting to look back at this train wreck, and feel grateful that she was able to pull out of it.

[Macfanforever]

I think I cryed after seen her like this on the RAL tour.After the shows that I attend plus the RedRocks concert on tv.I was upset.I agree .she was lucky to put herself back together.

[snroxman]

I consider myself "lucky" to have seen Stevie early in the RAL tour - a week later - in Lexington. Of course, by then, "Sara" and "Gypsy" were long gone, but the show was great! "I Can't Wait" was phenomenal, when sung properly Definitely a bit of revisionist history in play on "ICW".