Hello,
I haven't posted anything since the the Carter Administration it seems, so
I thought I might as well. The show last night in Denver was much more
laid back then the Beacon show last week, and this was manifested in some
interesting ways.
Sting looked clearly non chalant the entire evening, speaking an inordinate
amount of times - even for him. He used his asprin water sprayer a lot
too.
There were no set changes compared to the Beacon show, save excluding the
first verse of Shape of my Heart at the first encore. Seven Days was
really great, perhaps the best version I've heard. Sting started off with
his "one two three four five, two two three four and" From there, it was a
disaster. Abe started playing in either 7 or 9 - not 5. It fell apart,
and Sting said "Stop, stop stop! This is in 5, right Abe?" Poor Abe was
having problems with his kit all night, and had to replace the hi hat and
snare drums during songs also. Sting said "Be careful with those drums
Abe, they're very expensive!" Then, as they started the 2nd time, Kipper
came in too early. Sting just shrugged and went on with it.
They are reverting back to the old "Central Park" version of Roxanne now.
The new trumpet player continued to sound way out of place, IMO. Very
thin, cold sound, and not nearly the confidence Chris had.
The only other highlight was Danny Q's brother sitting behind us a few
rows. He's the "thicker" version of Danny, if you will.
See some of you in Vegas! I have 15 hours of driving ahead of me
now...yeah!!
James
