As much as I consider myself to be a Jesse Dayton fan, this show was a bit disappointing. For some reason the opening band seemed to have more of a crowd, and they played for WAY too long. By the time JD came onstage, we felt as though some major stimulants were needed. As far as the performance, i have never seen JD as "animated" as he was at this show and it was sort of odd? Anyway, his bass player had a last-minute gig to attend so another guy was filling in...this guy did ok, but I got the feeling that he may not have known as much JD material so they ended up playing more cover tunes than usual. I guess that makes sense given the situation, but the oddest part was when JD was getting ready to wrap up the show & then at the end said "That's it, that's all I got.." and then walked off while some band members were still playing. I realize not every show can be perfect, but this was not what I had expected especially considering the original line-up was supposed to include The Road Kings. In return, I felt as though it was a lot of last minute stuff thrown together. I think JD really tried his best, but unfortunately not all the planets were aligned for this show.
LuckyCharms
As much as I consider myself to be a Jesse Dayton fan, this show was a bit disappointing. For some reason the opening band seemed to have more of a crowd, and they played for WAY too long. By the time JD came onstage, we felt as though some major stimulants were needed. As far as the performance, i have never seen JD as "animated" as he was at this show and it was sort of odd? Anyway, his bass player had a last-minute gig to attend so another guy was filling in...this guy did ok, but I got the feeling that he may not have known as much JD material so they ended up playing more cover tunes than usual. I guess that makes sense given the situation, but the oddest part was when JD was getting ready to wrap up the show & then at the end said "That's it, that's all I got.." and then walked off while some band members were still playing. I realize not every show can be perfect, but this was not what I had expected especially considering the original line-up was supposed to include The Road Kings. In return, I felt as though it was a lot of last minute stuff thrown together. I think JD really tried his best, but unfortunately not all the planets were aligned for this show.