Band Beyond Description
by PPB1971 on 7/13/09Highland Bowl Amphitheater - RochesterAs usual, the band played an exceptional night of music. In my opinion, there was a bit of a "dark" feeling to the show and with the Senor, Loser and New Speedway Boogie, I think the band felt the same aura. To start things off, Bobby led Ratdog into a hot Music Never Stopped to start the show that went into a funky Big River and then the three tunes mentioned above both slowed the joint down and then brought us back jumping to our feet with a pulsating, heavy Speedway. I happen to love Senor and Loser is still a favorite. New Speedway was HOT... Even So brought the energy level down a bit, but it was a beautiful version that made me sway and then bounced into October Queen to get my feet moving again. Bobby forgot the lyrics pretty bad during October Queen, but that just makes me smile and appreciate it all. The Sunday special of Samson & Delilah rocked my ass off before fading into Stuff... An amazing Black Peter came out of Stuff and led into the highlights of the night which started with a raucous St. Stephen and then rolled on into William Tell Bridge >The Eleven > Lovelight, which was just amazing from the first note to the last. The somewhat typical, but still beautiful and soothing Ripple was the encore. Jackie Greene, who opened for Ratdog joined the boys for St. Stephen through the end. It was fun to watch Bob, Mark and Jackie feed off each other... A couple of flubs on lyrics from Bobby, but that is to be expected...even embraced. The playing and energy had a definite ebb and flow all evening and I only wish it lasted longer. Two sets would be the only improvement I would have made on the night.