5/30/11 Cleveland setlist

I did notice one taper but from the looks of his set up I would be surprised if he got a good pull as he was about five rows from the stage with his mics three feet in the air with people sitting around him possibly talking at times. It would be awesome if he puts it up on a torrent site somewhere, I haven’t really checked yet as I am a member of seven torrent sites so I will definetly do some searching the next few days.

I did get the satisfaction of snubbing someone yesterday who I once considered one of my close friends. This asshat stiffed me on an out of state Bruce show back in ’09 at the last second. I woke up the day of the show and turned my phone on only to receive a text that he sent at 1:40 am saying that he can’t go. He really had no reason except his immature girlfriend who is five years older than us pretty much gave him a hard time about going with me. He never apologized and we never spoke since the night before that show when he told me he couldn’t wait to go. So you can understand why I crossed him off my friend list.
So anyways I seen the two of them walking towards me right before the show started yesterday and they both looked like they were happy to see me and looked like they were about to greet me and then it happened….I turned my head and just walked by. It was great! Their minds were blown believe me guys. I seen them sitting a few rows behind us looking miserable while I was having a blast with everyone front row.

I went into the show with my fingers crossed hoping that it wouldn’t be a sit-down show…then my nightmare came true. During Valley Road the crowd sat on their hands. Thankfully before Tango King started Bruce announced that everyone is more than welcome to come dance in front of the stage, meaning that the people who in the bleachers who only paid the rib-cook off admission of $5 can get in front of the people who paid $30 and be near the stage. So thankfully he did that so the crowd did become alive with some dancing and fun. Granted we had front row seats but the space from front row to the stage was about 15 feet and the stage was about 5 feet high. So I got right up to the stage which naturally was fun and still considered front row.
Bruce did say that at the show the day before he had Bela Fleck and Jimmy Herring play with him so that would be a sweet show hopefully someone recorded and will share with us.

It was nice to meet Bruce again after the show. This was the ninth time I got to talk with Bruce over the years and having met many celebrities Bruce is one of the most down to Earth and kindest of them all. I can’t wait to see him two more times this summer.

Yeah this post was a just shy of a novel but thanks for reading it if you made it all the way through.

Hey T you always crack me up brother, hopefully Bruce comes near you this summer.

Good times