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Jeremey wrote:Hi folks!

I found the Escape/Frontiers concert on AppleTV recently and just watched it this week. I was really impressed! It was great to see Smitty & Ross on stage together again and Arnel sang his ass off and Neal played like a true guitar hero. Cain was great as the musical director role I guess Anyway that keyboard player who sang "Lay it Down" was an incredible singer too! Is he still with the band?

What is the general consensus on this release from the fan community?

Jeremey wrote:Hi folks!

I found the Escape/Frontiers concert on AppleTV recently and just watched it this week. I was really impressed! It was great to see Smitty & Ross on stage together again and Arnel sang his ass off and Neal played like a true guitar hero. Cain was great as the musical director role I guess Anyway that keyboard player who sang "Lay it Down" was an incredible singer too! Is he still with the band?

What is the general consensus on this release from the fan community?

19td73 wrote:I personally really enjoyed this as well. My only gripe is that "Troubled Child" was not on this. I've seen this on youtube years ago and always wondered why? Always loved the solo Neal did on this and was hoping to have and here it performed live in my collection Here it is below. Arnel is a little late on first chorus. Neal was smokin on the solo but seemed off. Oh well?

. https://youtu.be/baFllE1pV3k?si=cYIQULteGrWW1FWz

Perfectly said about how much rehearsing they did or didn't do for that song. I know its not one of their best songs but came off kinda flat and a bit of a mess in the video link i posted. Hence probably why it wasn't included.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:I believe there is a recording of the rehearsal of this show on YouTube and you really notice how much Jonathan directs everything. He is literally the brains and the conductor of this outfit.

If you ever find this please post a link of this rehearsal. I would love to see this. I'll do some digging myself.

I have the CD / DVD. I enjoy it. I thought Travis was a cool guy. However, unlike Jason, Travis was mostly kept in the dark and not considered an official band member. I had a chance to say hi to him at a casino show. He looked surprised anybody knew his name. He is interviewed in the upcoming Bobby Kimball documentary. I enjoy this release for what it is.

That guy imo did a superb job singing "Lay It Down" on this. I had no problems with the three songs he sang. On a side note i really can't wait for the Kimball Documentry.

I listen to it sometimes in the car. In terms of post-SP releases, I still prefer Vegas 2001.

Vegas 2001 is my preferance also. Love "Live In Manilla" Arnel was awesome, but Augeri had a classy way on that video of doing the songs justice. I like his humbleness when fronting this band. Not at all saying JSS or Arnel lacked humblness in anyway but "Vegas 2001" im glad to still have a copy in my collection.

Jeremey wrote:Now that I think about it I do remember something about Lukather's son playing keyboards and also marrying Madison Cain?

Jeremey wrote:It's too bad Troubled Child didn't make the disc, it's one of my favorite songs and actually really wanted to sing this with the band back in '07. They couldn't remember it, so they played through the entire song as an instrumental to work out all the parts. Let me just say, that song - without vocals - is like a totally different song.

It's like this writhing engine that churns in this dangerous sounding way without all the melody over top of it. Just listening to Neal's guitar during the verses and into the chorus, it was like I'd never heard the song before. We did end up playing it together once they had it locked in. Maybe on YouTube or something there's a version of that song without the vocals. If anyone finds it, give it a listen because it really is an amazing and powerful tune.

Gideon wrote:Great to see you Jeremey. I loved the Japan DVD. Great audio, AP, NS, SS all sound great. JC unfortunately looks like sourpuss but as others point out, he's basically the conductor.