SETLIST
SETLIST
COMMENTS/FURTHER
INFORMATION
Submitted
by Bob Bernstein and Terry Tveraas. Kel adds (and supplied the photo and
setlist scan):
The intimate venue (671 seats) in Little Five Points Atlanta was nearly
full with a mature audience. It is easily the first show I've seen there
where the average age was around 40. However, the older crowd was certainly
not subdued as they cheered and shouted and gave numerous standing ovations.
There was no opening act. Bruce, along with percussion master Gary Craig
and keyboard/vocalist/songwriter Julie Wolf took the stage around 8:15, played
nearly an hour, took a break, did nearly another hour, and then two encores.
The show ended shortly before 11 despite the crowd's hollering for a fifth
round. The set list speaks for itself, but the jazzy instrumentals nearly
stole the show. He ended with an unsettling discordant dirge played on his
12 string guitar. It was an odd way to end, not on a high poppish note, but
rather a song that continued to haunt long after the show.
Half way through the concert he told us he was probably sharing too much information, but that his parents did not know he was having sex until he was fifty. He and his partner stayed the night at his parent's house on an iron bed in the guest bedroom. When they came down the next morning he noted his mama looked disconcerted, but that his dad looked a bit jealous. Bruce was open and warm and brilliant, and the crowd threw plenty of love back at him. It was an honor to see him live again, and he managed to make me feel young -- for which I am eternally grateful.