Bare Bones Tour - Long Beach, CA

[Marzdog]

Saw Bryan Adams last night at a small 3100 seater last night here in SoCal.

For starters, what a room to play! The sound of this place is incredible!

Ah, Dean would've been proud of this show! While similar to the show a year ago at UCLA's Royce Hall, the show was Bryan on acoustic guitar and harmonica, with Gary Bright from his band on piano on about 60% of the songs.

In two hours, BA covered many of his hits and quite a few newer/obscure songs through a pre-set setlist. He did, however, take three requests from the crowd, two of which ("Kids Wanna Rock" and "In The Heat Of The Night") were not in his standard set.

At 53, it was pretty incredible to hear how he nails his vocals, and, I never realized just how well he plays guitar. He's no wiz like Satch, Neal, or others, but, he really holds his own in playing his music.

BA told many stories about his music, including "how effin cool is it that Kenny Rogers recorded one of my songs for his new album? Kenny effin Rogers!"

Overall, the show was solid yet basic. I wonder if other artists would chance going so "bare"... Also, pretty scary on how many songs he didn't play/how much longer he could play!

SETLIST (did best I could to remember all; some not in order)
Run to You
It's Only Love (Bryan Adams & Tina Turner cover)
Back to You
Here I Am
I'm Ready
When You Love Someone
This Time
I Finally Found Someone
Can't Stop This Thing We Started
If Ya Wanna Be Bad Ya Gotta Be Good
Let's Make A Night to Remember
Room Service
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Cuts Like a Knife
Please Forgive Me
Summer of '69
Kids Wanna Rock (audience request)
In The Heat of the Night (audience request)
Cloud Number Nine (audience request)
Walk on By
Heaven
All for Love (Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting cover)
The Right Place (song he wrote for Ray Charles but never presented as Ray died)
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You

Encore:
Somebody
You've Been a Friend to Me
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
I Still Miss You... A Little Bit
Straight from the Heart