[Dreamboat] Heart Concert - Pala Casino

[LAURIE]

Thanks Harley!   Anything else you'd like to mention.  Did they talk about 
anything up and coming?

-Laurie


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From: <harley63 at san.rr.com>
To: <dreamboat at monger.net>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:25 PM
Subject: [Dreamboat] Heart Concert - Pala Casino


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> What a WEEKEND!
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> Once again, I feel so lucky to be living in Southern California. Ann & 
> Nancy are so good to us here! I'm going to type some comments from all 3 
> shows and hope to hear other reports from folks out there in DBA land. 
> Man, was it ever smart to take today off from work! (slept until noon... 
> wow). Anyway, here is part one.
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> After struggling to get out the door on Friday I managed to fight the 
> dreaded I-15 traffic and arrive in Pala with enough time to meet my 
> favorite Palm Springs ladies and toast over a few shots of Patron. And, at 
> the very last minute, found someone to purchase my extra ticket. (thanks 
> K!) Our seats were 3rd row, stage right between AFW and Mr. Bartok. The 
> sound was a bit muddled up front but the energy was so high, it didn't 
> matter all that much. At some point I drifted over to stage left and all I 
> could hear then was the sound coming out of NFW's Orange amps. Nice! Being 
> there, under the sky and that funky orange glowing moon listening to my 
> favorite band was just fantastic. There were some rough spots, and that's 
> to be expected a first, yet over the next few nights, things really jelled 
> for the band. It was very obvious though, everyone was having a fun time!
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> The song selection was very similar to last year yet invoked some of their 
> past solo acoustic elements, the hard rocking tours of the past and 
> leaving with a page torn from the Lovemongers era. Can't remember all of 
> the middle set but they began with "Battle of Evermore," transitioned to 
> "Love Alive" and then proceeded to rock, totally, playing all the greatest 
> hits ("These Dreams," "Alone," "Dog & Butterfly," "Kick It Out," "bebe le 
> Strange") and cuts from Jupiter's Darling including "Things," "Enough," 
> "Fallen Ones," "Perfect Goodbye" and the phenominal epic, "Lost Angel." 
> Wrapping up with a powerhouse triple shot of "Magic Man," "Barracuda" and 
> "Crazy on You," they left briefly returning with an encore of, yep, you 
> guessed it Zeppelin! "Black Dog" then "Misty Mountain Hop" rocked the 
> place into a frenzy leaving us screaming for even more. A&N did not 
> disappoint. They came back, just as they started, with the two of them on 
> acoustics to play the exquisite Lovemo!
> ngers tun
> More later.....
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