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The drummer definitely wasn’t Molo, I know the drummers fairly well being a drummer myself. Like Sonny, he was African-American and it was funny because for half of the first song I though “sonny’s wearing glasses” then I realized it wasn’t sonny. anyway, he was great, but I’d love to know who it was. Bruce mentioned his name a couple times but it was hard to catch. A different drummer is something Bruce would usually call attention to, but he didn’t, although in watching the dynamic for the show between Bruce and the drummer Bruce did seem to lead him along more so than usual with a lot of eye contact and hand gestures. gotta be tough to be a new member of the noisemakers and follow Bruce’s lead for only the first or second time.
Hello. This is my first post on the board. I was surprised no one had put up the Tampa setlist. I won’t give you the setlist, but I’ll give you an incomplete list of songs Bruce did in Tampa from memory and not necessarily in order. First of all, it was a bit different from the other shows I’ve either attended or own. Bruce said he was limited by the casino to 90 minutes, it was a general admission show with 400 chairs set up in a ballroom directly off the casino floor, and he did no solo piano. Definitely the smallest, strangest venue I’ve seen Bruce in. Also, Sonny Emory did not play drums. I must have missed this announcement. Not sure if new drummer is permanent or what the deal is, but no Sonny. There also was no intermission. I attended the show with someone who knew nothing about Bruce (other than The Way it Is) and I would say this show was as tight as any I’ve heard or seen recently from an improvisational standpoint. List of songs to the best I can remember: Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Every Little Kiss, The “Tin Cup” song (Big Stick? forget name of that song), King of the Hill, Tango King, End of the Innocence>Fields of Gray (which he said he’d never done those together like that), Standing on the Moon, The Way It Is. The encore was Big Rumble and Mandolin Rain. I’m definitely missing a few, but I thought that might help some of you a little bit. Overall, I loved the show, but then again I always do. I’d be curious to hear from other fans at the show. Also, any update on Sonny (I’ll check the official site) would be great. I thought it was a great show and Bruce said the band would be very busy in 2009. I got to see Bruce three times in 2008 and hope for more than that in the coming year. Hope this helps
