In Memoriam-Elaine Stritch

                                                                 Here's to the Lady

Zac Brown Band-PNC Bank Arts Center 7/11/2014

  The Zac Brown Band played 2 consecutive nights at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel New Jersey last week. The first was Thursday July 10, the second was Friday July 11. My wife and I attended the July 11th show and loved it.
  This was our first time seeing Zac Brown and were not dissapointed. Great show, tight band, great setlist. I was even more amazed at the setlist changes between the two shows, and how they were essentially two completely different shows. Had I known, we may have gone to both shows.
  The band consists of Zac Brown on Vocals and guitar, Clay Cook on guitar and vocals, Coy Dowes on guitar and organ, Chris Fryar on drums, Jimmy De Martini on Violin, John Driskell Hopkins on bass and guitar, Matt Mangano on bass and Daniel De Los Reyes on percussion.
  Both shows contained several covers, ranging from classic county, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", to classic rock, "Comfortably Numb".
  Paul Sinclair of the Led Zeppelin tribute band Get the Led Out, performed the Zeppelin classic Whole Lotta Love the night we went.
  Bluegrass/Country artist Sturgill Simpson gave a strong opening set and was supported by a 3 piece band.
  Here is The Zac Brown Band setlist.

          Whiskey's Gone
          Natural Disaster
          Goodbye in Her Eyes
          Keep Me in Mind with a walk through the audience
          Uncaged/Kashmir(Led Zeppelin cover)
          The Devil Went Down to Georgia(Charlie Daniels Band cover)
          Can't You See?(Marshall Tucker Band cover)

                         Acoustic set
          Day That I Die
          Sweet Emotion(Aerosmith cover)
          Sweet Annie
          Piano Man(Billy Joel cover)

                        Intermission

          Let it Rain
          Jump Right In
          The Wind
          As She's Walking Away
          Colder Weather
          Knee Deep
          Free/Into the Mystic(Van Morrison cover)
          It's Not O.K.
          Whole Lotta Love(Led Zeppelin cover) w/Paul Sinclair
          Toes

           Day for the Dead
           Comfortably Numb(Pink Floyd cover)
           Chicken Fried
          

         
         

     

Belgium 2 U.S.A. 1

                 One of the greatest performances I have ever seen. Timmy Howard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U.S.A. 2 Portugal 2

        

 

Tim Howard-Man of the match

U.S.A. 2 Ghana 1

                                   

                                                   Congratulations. Sunday.........Portugal

The World Cup Begins

Dave Matthews Band-PNC Banks Arts Center 6-10-2014

  The Dave Matthews Band performed at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel New Jersey last night.
  My first time seeing a full Dave Matthews concert, and I was not dissapointed. I did see the full band back in 2007 at Live Earth, but since it was a multi act concert, their set lasted only 25 minutes.



  Last night show was broken into two sets, the first an acoustic set with both the full band and select members performing. The second set was a full band electric set. His longtime back up singers, The Lovely Ladies joined in at the end of the second set.
  Here is the setlist:
          
                   First set

              Ants Marching -Full Band
              Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd -Full Band
              Oh
              Pay For What You Get
              Minarets
              Snow Outside -Full Band
              What Would You Say -Full Band
              Two Step
                   Second set
   
              Pig
              Granny
              Grey Street
              Crush
              Seven
              Rooftop
              Say Goodbye
              Drive In Drive Out
              If Only
              Lie In Our Graves
              #36 w/The Lovely Ladies
              Save Me w/The Lovely Ladies
              You and Me w/The Lovely Ladies
              Stay (Wasting Time) w/The Lovely Ladies

                  Encore

              The Space Between
              Pantala Naga Pampa
              Rapunzel