Ricky Montgomery - Terminal 5, New York 2/24/2024

The other night I was fortunate to take my daughter, and a friend of hers, to the first concert she wanted to go to. She has gone to several concerts, which we have taken her to, mostly well received, but this is the first one that she asked to taken to. 

  Her and her friend wanted to see Ricky Montgomery's Another Rick in the Wall show at Terminal 5 this past weekend. 

   I will be honest. I had never heard anything by him, so I was not familiar with any of his songs. 

   He put on a very fun show and I was impressed with a lot of the songs and thought he had a great sense of humor. I can's remember if I ever saw a concert where I did not know any of the songs or knew what to expect. 

   On top of that, the crowd was great. I usually find that the audience can make or break  a concert, and this crowd was great. 

   Noah Floersh opened the show with a short , well received set.

   Here are the setlists: 

  

               Noah Floersch

     Thompson's Station

     Long Gone

     Love You by Myself

     Big Jet Plane ( Angus & Julia Stone cover)

     On Your Mind

     Green Flash Sunset

     Ghost of Chicago

             Ricky Montgomery

      Line Without a Hook w/mxmtoon

      In Your Pocket

      Cabo

      One Way Mirror

      Talk To You

      Black Fins

      I Don't Love You Anymore

     Type A

      Last Night

      Truth or Dare

      Unknown Phantom

      Ethan's Song

      My Heart is Buried in Venice (Acoustic)

      Boy Toy

      It's O.K. to Cry

      Don't Say That

      Out Like a Light

          Encore

      Sometimes I Need to Be Alone

      This December

      Mr. Loverman

Noah Floersch

Ricky Montgomery

     

  

In Memoriam - Toby Keith

                                                              Rest in Peace

In Memoriam - Hinton Battle

                                                                 Rest in Peace

In Memoriam - Chita Rivera

                                                  An Icon. Rest in Peace

Rick Springfield & Richard Marx - Count Basie Theatre 1/18/2024

 Rick Springfield and Richard Marx are currently doing a short tour together, and they had a stop in Red Bank New Jersey the other day, at the Count Basie Theatre.

The tour is just the two of them, with no band. They share the stage together for the majority of the show, with the exception of each of them doing a two song solo spot. 

For the majority of the concert, they accompanied each other, usually doing harmony vocals. They did each share lead vocals on a pair of songs later in the show, Rick Springfield's Love Somebody and Richard Marx's Don't Mean Nothing.

 They usually did pretty lengthy introductions to the songs and had a great rapport with the audience. 

 The highlight for me was a mash up of Jessie's Girl with Stacy's Mom and 867-5309/Jenny that Rick Springfield did. 

 Both artists sounded great and gave a great sampling of their work.

 Here is the setlist. Both played on each song, except where noted.

 Endless Summer Nights (Richard Marx song)

 Affair of the Heart (Rick Springfield song)

 The Way She Loves Me ( Richard Marx song)

 Love is Alright Tonite (Rick Springfield song)

 Satisfied (Richard Marx song)

 I've Done Everything For You (Rick Springfield song)

 Hazard ( Richard Marx song)

 Don't Talk To Strangers (Rick Springfield song)

 Hold on to the Night-Partial (Richard Marx song)

 Should've Known Better (Richard Marx song)

 My Father's Chair (Rick Springfield song) Rick solo

 Jessie's Girl/Stacy's Mom(Fountains of Wayne cover)/867-5309(Tommy Tutone Cover) Rick solo

 When you Loved Me (Richard Marx song) Richard solo

  Angelia (Richard Marx song) Richard solo

 Love Somebody (Rick Springfield song) Shared Lead Vocal

 Don't Mean Nothing (Richard Marx song) Shared Lead Vocal

 Human Touch (Rick Springfield song)

 Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx song)

 Jessie's Girl (Rick Springfield song)

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Another fortunate year, filled mostly with Sondheim. 

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