Wilshire Show

I attended the Wilshire Theater Show in Los Angeles last night and since some disparaging remarks were made in other reviews about Ted, I felt compelled to write in my two cents! I have to say that, although Ted's set was much shorter than when he's the only headliner, it was one of the very best Ted performances I've seen - and that's talking about some 30 odd shows! I'm also a fan of Joe Jackson and thought he was excellent - in fact I was really thinking he was setting up a tough act for Ted to follow. But of course Ted had no problem overwhelming my expectations. His voice was in fine form, his guitar and piano playing were excellent, and he was having a GREAT time and made sure that we did too. I'm so grateful to him for sharing some precious old songs that he rarely plays ("I Don't Want To Tie You Down" "Tiny Demons" and "Compassion") - it was like he was giving us such a beautiful gift for our loyal devotion all these years.

An old, dear friend attended the concert with me who has never seen Ted before. She actually was mainly interested in seeing Joe Jackson and to get a kick out of watching me freak out over Ted (and I didn't disappoint!). About the only Ted songs she knew were (of course) "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw The Light". She was so impressed that now she wants me to turn her on to all of Ted's music. She actually enjoyed his part of the show better than her "fave" Joe! We both agreed that WMGGW was indescribably amazing. Ted, Joe and Ethel together reached what we dubbed a musical "climax" that was one of those rare special moments in live performance when everyone is in synch and connecting musically and emotionally with the audience. That song brought the entire house to its feet and had Joe looking around in stunned amazement like, "what just happened?" He must be so happy to be doing this tour and discovering what an amazing performer Ted is!

Thank you SO much Ted, Joe and Ethel - you blew us away!