NO CT, No Heart, ALL JOURNEY. Bought at the vendor stand:1 signed copy, all 5 guys, of Revelation. I had to ask for a 2nd one because the 1st one was looking kind of raggedy. He then threw that 1st one to what looked like the double-check and clean up box. Unreal. Oh well.
It was my 3rd show. The 1st was the DVD filming at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. My wife and I made the DVD yes
The 2nd show was Chula Vista(San Diego) the first show in California. The 3rd was this one, the show for California. Since it's only 1200 seats, every seat affords a good view and the acoustics are good.
Pechanga Casino in the city of Temecula. AP says it like this: Te-meh-koo-la. In actuality it's Te-meh-Q-lah. But no biggy, he can say Pechanga really well
It was a solid show, although I could tell that Arnel was straining a bit. It was prevelant on some of the soaring tenor notes. His vocal acrobatics, using basketball terminology, wasn't played at the soaring dunk heights. It was more a power layup move. High enough to dunk on some songs, where in others, he strictly settled for off-the-glass layups choosing the lower octave or harmonies that didn't take away from the melody. Deen was great in all of his leads and the rest of the band was solid. Jon, when playing rhythm guitar or harmonica, and Neal inter played a lot on stage. Lots of back to back moves(W2 might have a field day with that visual) and Ross looking rather 80's in his jean and Suit jacket combo.
Did AP's sickness lessen the impact of the band? Not really. The crowd was really into the concert at times throughout the show. Although I must say that this particular group of 1200 or so fans wasn't like the other 2 I was with. They were the typical greatest hits crowd that dance and sing the hits, but sit down and clap for the stuff they don't know well.
Oh well, I can say that there was a few of us diehards who made it a point to share with those around us those songs so they know at least where to start should they search for those songs.
Here is the setlist for the Pechanga show:
Never Walk Away
Only The Young
Majestic
Stone In Love
Ask The Lonely
Keep On Runnin' Deen
Who's Crying Now
After All These Years
Change For The Better
La Do Da
Separate Ways
Lights
Still They Ride Deen
Feelin' That Way/Anytime
Mother Father Deen
Revelation
Piano Solo Cain
Open Arms
Don't Stop Believin'
Faithfully
Chain Reaction
Wheel In The Sky
Any Way You Want It
Encore
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
My wife's contributions are as follows:
Deen was awesome and that hair... I like it.
Neal was amazing.
Jon played great.
Ross was solid.
Arnel...enjoy the time off. You earned it.
I had so much fun.
To the J-Boys:
Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Laughlin to go.
TO AP:
Not bad for a sick boy indeed.
