It was a bit cold outside as we waited for the doors to open at The
Water Street Music Hall. The emphasis on the tickets was that the doors
would open at 6:30 Sharp and the show would start at 7:30 Sharp. Todd
veterans new better and braved the cold a little longer than we had
hoped too. Water Street is a pretty cool venue to see a concert in, it
has the feel of a smaller version of The old Ritz in New York City. The
crowd was diverse, not surprising since this was Todd‚s first trip to
Rochester since October 31, 1983. Our hero arrived onstage at around 8
p.m and proceeded to blow the crowd away. His voice was not in top form
but with an amazing backing band in tow it really didn‚t matter. The set
list was the same as reported from previous shows minus Love Science and
Worldwide Epiphany ( he may have omitted WWE because a string broke on
foamy at the end of JOV.) This was show # 60 for me and I would have to
put it in the top five Todd shows I have seen. The only song that seemed
to fall flat was Temporary Sanity and that was because the chorus was
flat. Otherwise the band was having a good time and playing their hearts
out. The song "Liar" is a show stopper. A few people lamented the lack
of "oldies" but this is Todd at his best. He sounds like the musician we
all fell in love with, fresh ! Who cares that we won‚t see the 20th
version of "Love of The Common Man‚ AND "Cliché" . "Can We Still Be
Friends" is gone, but "Past" is a superior ballad anyway. Todd showed a
great deal of class, as did all the band members. They took time to
mingle with fans afterward minus the arrogant rockstar egos. During the
show Todd even took the time to shake hands with a gentleman in a
wheelchair ( It almost looked as if he was about to crowd surf) Kasim
even joked with my 10 year old son during and after the show. ( He was
getting a bit tired during the show and Kaz threw a pic at him, after
the show he played thumb wars with him and joked " Your Dad missed part
of the show looking for that guitar pic didn‚t he") Jesse took the time
pre-show to have some pictures taken with my kids ( he likes Jesse
because he wears Chuck Taylors!).
In Summary. Great Show! Class Act ! Great Time !
