Susan REALLY rocks the blues!!
by tomp55555 on 7/17/09Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton BeachRating: 5 out of 5The stage was set and preceded by the powerful and emotionally charged Shemekia Copeland who did a great job bringing on the blues groove that would permeate the night. There was definitely a higher electrical power and grit to Susan's raw energy and you could feel it from here very first song and biggest hit, "It Hurt So Bad". We all knew she HAD to do this one and, although she's probably performed this thousands of times, there certainly didn't appear to be any dropoff.
Her guitar ripping was better than we thought and we were pleasantly surpised. (She must be getting a LOT of "private lessons" from newly appointed Guitar God and husband, Derek Trucks).
Great, gutsy, bluesy show which soared with a strong and tight rhtyhm section too.