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Anyone else going to the show? There are some seats still available and it’s just over a week away! For those shutterbugs out there, this would be a great venue for you, as it’s a tiny room. Hopefully I’ll be able to share some photos with the board and at the very least, the setlist.
molo3
Making all the final preparations before hitting the road! My goal is to get there early enough to catch soundcheck. I’ll try to be on my best behavior, as not to raise any suspicion from security. You know how they can be at these casinos. At least that’s how it is in the movies.
Tune in tomorrow for a full review and setlist…and maybe some pics too!
molo3
He played a lot of old standards tonight — seemed to sense that the crowd was more of a “Greatest Radio Hits” crowd (and mentioned that a couple of times in between-song banter).
As usual, loved watching the band operate. They weren’t quite as expansive tonight as they’ve been in the past, but they looked to be having a blast on-stage.
The big minus was the venue limited him to 95 minutes, so they were a little bit more pressed for time than what I’m used to seeing in non-festival gigs.
Venue was pretty small and in the round. Unfortunately, where we were sitting (in the back of the room), there was no slope to the seats and we were right at eye level with the stage, so I had to crane around necks to see Bruce and the band.
As best as I can remember it
Bobby & drums + Bruce jazz improv
Changes Made
Valley Road
SIlver and Gold > Big Stick (accordion) — always a fun song, got the crowd going
Shadow Hand (dulcimer) — one of my favorites, and done very well.
Prairie Dog Town (dulcimer)
Travelin’ Man > (Under the Boardwalk tease) > Fields of Gray > Mandolin Rain (“faithful to the record”) > Black Muddy River — my wife was happy to hear this one. Travelin’ Man was supposed to be a short tease, and Bruce just kept going with it and the band joined in. Fun moment. Matter of fact, he was going to go straight into Mandolin Rain and kept tossing stuff in before it.
Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb — as always, a show-stopper
The Way It Is — from a request that someone kept mumbling to him off to the side of stage pretty much all night
Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons & Candy > Jacob’s Ladder (accordion) — always fun to see the band turn on a dime
Cyclone — well-appreciated. Quickly becoming a crowd favorite
Rainbow’s Cadillac — as always, a show-stopper. As usual, Bruce went from piano to the accordion, finished by standing on top of the piano.Mentioned potentially playing Defenders (someone said “Fourth of July”) early in the show, but didn’t play it.
I think I might be missing a song and have mixed up the order of a couple, but it was a good, tight show. The crowd was much different than other shows I’ve attended — a little more of the AC crowd. During the opening, when Bruce was showing off his piano skills and playing great, the guy sitting next to my wife goes “what the hell is going on?” (uh, he’s not going to stand up there and play his greatest hits record)
Nothing like seeing the Noisemakers do what they do best.Nice job getting the setlist up quickly for us, crimsonace! As far as the set goes, I was impressed at how many songs Bruce managed to include, given the 95 minute limit. Knowing beforehand that it would be a shorter night than usual, I was curious to see how Bruce and the Noisemakers would handle it, and they were impressive as usual.
The venue was really small and is set up so that the floor can have round tables or GA seating or chairs, so getting balcony seats was good foresight. They went with the chair set-up and it seemed to fill up nicely by start time.
I thought the interplay between the band was the most fun to watch. You could tell Bruce wanted to grant more solos than he did, but conserved the time to get to more requests. JV was tearing it up as usual on bass and never lost the smile on his face the entire time.You could tell it was more of a casino crowd than a Noisemakers crowd when one of the largest ovations was given to the mention of Rick Nelson, when Bruce teased Travelin Man. I think they did come looking for a Greatest Hits show but did show respect when the boys would venture off the path to do some exploring. Ultimately, I think Bruce gained a lot more fans by the end of the night, just by sheer force of the band he’s put together. Before the show, one of the bartenders in the room asked me if he would play Valley Road, and he did. I explained to him that he wouldn’t hear the piano the same way again after tonight. I didn’t get back to him to hear his thoughts, but I’m sure he’s happy he got his song played.
Jack of Diamonds is the song Bruce started off with before going into Big Stick. Brokedown Palace was teased (not Black Muddy River) during the medley of Travelin Man>Fields>Mandolin Rain>Brokedown Palace. He also did a couple verses of My Old Hen on accordian before going into Jacob’s Ladder>Cartoons & Candy>piano solo>Jacob’s. Other than that, your setlist matched mine.
One thing I always tell my guests at Noisemakers shows to watch for is the interplay between the band — the hand signals, looks they give each other. Especially given the night wasn’t going to be geared to extended jamming, the solos and the band were very, very solid and still pretty expansive within the constraints they had. They got the most out of what they could. It was almost more like a long festival show.
I always describe Bruce shows as “fun.” The band has a lot of fun interacting with each other, Bruce has a ball on stage and the crowd gets into it, and last night, the band was having fun. JV (as usual) and JT never stopped smiling.
Didn’t see any tapers.
It cracked me up when someone yelled “Fortunate Son” and a bunch of people started yelling — I think because they thought they were going to hear the CCR song.
I’m going to edit the setlist in the above post so Si can put it in the BruceBase.
Can’t figure out how to edit posts, so here it is with molomolomolos edits:
7/1/2011 Belterra Casino and Resort, Florence, IN
Bobby & drums > Bruce piano solo, Changes Made, Valley Road, Jack of Diamonds > Big Stick*, Shadow Hand**, Prairie Dog Town**, Travelin Man > Under the Boardwalk tease > Fields of Gray > Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, The Way It Is, My Old Hen > Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons & Candy*, Cyclone, Rainbow’s Cadillac*
*-Bruce on accordion
**-Bruce on dulcimerI sat next to a taper at this show and he said he was posting a copy to bt.etree.org. Anyone more familiar than I with trading able to locate this show on that site or any others? Seems like it should be posted somewhere by now.
molo3
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