March 17, 1996
From WFang01@aol.com
An interesting show... apparently John and band were getting annoyed by the lighting guy, (he thought he was "clever" by turning off the stage lights in-between the songs--even after the band repeatedly told him to leave the lights on...) and some sound problems on stage, John took his red buzzard and dropped it horizontally to the floor, breaking it into three pieces! All this took place right after "Love Doesn't Last"... John then pulled out a nice green buzzard for "Under A Raging Moon", but it seemed to sound funny--as if it were producing "sour" notes...
Anyway, from the front center of the next to the stage, the sound coming off the monitors, to the audience sounded pretty good, with the vocals being a bit low in the mix, but not as low as previously. Apparently, there were other problems out through the main speakers, as people in the far back were complaining about hearing nothing but a loud feedback sounding "whine"...
From my perspective, it was a good show. I really enjoyed their version of "Under A Raging Moon" even with John's sour notes and from what Steve said after the show, a misadjusted bass pedal, which he felt significantly decreased his performance. I couldn't hear it, and felt he did an outstanding job...
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Encore:
From: Mike Caplan (caplans@passport.ca)
I guess I'll just give you my brief overview. I just caught the last song of Joni's Butterfly - just awful. They seemed like just a loud garage band. John came on at about 10:45 and was pissed off about the sound right from the beginning. A few songs in, he got so frustrated that he dropped his bass on the floor after the song. Later, when an audience member requested a song, John replied: "How come I can hear the audience louder than us" or something to that effect. He was also angry with the lighting crew for not keeping some light on between songs. "I don't know what's next because I can't read the fuckin' setlist" was how he responded. Despite this, it was still a great show. It was nice to see John singing his old Who songs, but some of the newer stuff sung by the keyboardest was not impressive. The guitarist sounded very good though. The show lasted 90 minutes including the very cool encore. Afterwards, my friend and I waited around until we met John and co. and got autographs. It was a great night that I will not soon forget.
Mike
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