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RJ · 07-02-2007, 12:00 PM

Wow, what a weekend.. more incredible weather yesterday (Sunday) for the drive home. It took us 8 hours to go 300 miles as we stopped every hour or so at the rest areas along I-380 and I-35 and had little “mini-picnics” in the back of each nearest the green green Iowa corn. At one rest area we found a path and got lost in the woods for awhile. It was as if I was resisting the Minnesota border. I didn’t wanna go home! I loved Iowa..

As for the show, its hard for me to review it after seeing the guys so many times, and pretty consistently at that, but suffice to say if you’ve seen the show since he’s come back out after being “felled”.. that’s it.. Cotton Jenny, Carefree, Sea of Tranquility 1-2-3 punch 12-string opener. Only Clouds from Harmony, which is just a killer tune (‘wish the boss would rotate in Sometimes I Wish from that album some day).. no CRT..
and the Paramount Theater? Oh my.. what loveliness.. reminded me very much of the State Theater in Kalamazoo, which completely surprised me with its warmth, elegance, majesty, and sheer beauty.. (funny you think all those amazing theaters are gonna be in these big “world-class” cities, and some of the very best and finest are in places like Kalamazoo, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa etc.).. while I’m on the subject, one of the truly great things about following a guy like Gord around for 26 years (as opposed to say, a Bon Jovi hockey rink-sized act etc.) is all these amazing historic 70-100 year-old 2000 seat theaters you get to experience.. and there’s nothin better than seein one on a Saturday night. Gord and Rick and Terry and Barry and Michael on a Saturday night in a beautiful theater. Lord, when I die, please make heaven just like that, and may it never end..

Thanks guys, for one more great show, and thank you Waterloo, Dyersville, Cedar Rapids, Clear Lake, and all points in between, may we all live forever..

or at least until we meet again..

[ July 03, 2007, 09:39: Message edited by: RJ ]

07-02-2007, 12:00 PM	#5
RJ Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 194	Wow, what a weekend.. more incredible weather yesterday (Sunday) for the drive home. It took us 8 hours to go 300 miles as we stopped every hour or so at the rest areas along I-380 and I-35 and had little “mini-picnics” in the back of each nearest the green green Iowa corn. At one rest area we found a path and got lost in the woods for awhile. It was as if I was resisting the Minnesota border. I didn’t wanna go home! I loved Iowa.. As for the show, its hard for me to review it after seeing the guys so many times, and pretty consistently at that, but suffice to say if you’ve seen the show since he’s come back out after being “felled”.. that’s it.. Cotton Jenny, Carefree, Sea of Tranquility 1-2-3 punch 12-string opener. Only Clouds from Harmony, which is just a killer tune (‘wish the boss would rotate in Sometimes I Wish from that album some day).. no CRT.. and the Paramount Theater? Oh my.. what loveliness.. reminded me very much of the State Theater in Kalamazoo, which completely surprised me with its warmth, elegance, majesty, and sheer beauty.. (funny you think all those amazing theaters are gonna be in these big “world-class” cities, and some of the very best and finest are in places like Kalamazoo, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa etc.).. while I’m on the subject, one of the truly great things about following a guy like Gord around for 26 years (as opposed to say, a Bon Jovi hockey rink-sized act etc.) is all these amazing historic 70-100 year-old 2000 seat theaters you get to experience.. and there’s nothin better than seein one on a Saturday night. Gord and Rick and Terry and Barry and Michael on a Saturday night in a beautiful theater. Lord, when I die, please make heaven just like that, and may it never end.. Thanks guys, for one more great show, and thank you Waterloo, Dyersville, Cedar Rapids, Clear Lake, and all points in between, may we all live forever.. or at least until we meet again.. [ July 03, 2007, 09:39: Message edited by: RJ ]