11-08-2012, 07:54 AM
Good morning.
Yes a great show last night in Portland Maine! A very small but energized crowd. I was told they had sold 400 tickets. Not many more people there last night then when we first saw them there in August of 1998. This makes our 37th Hip show with another one coming on Friday night in Boston and then next week in Clifton Park and Syracuse NY.
We had like 25 friends at the show and met a number of folks from Canada including a couple from Montreal and their young son who was maybe 7 or 8 and this was his 3rd Hip show. They were in the front row and I saw the young boy leaving with Johnny's drums sticks which is awesome. Billy Ray was kind enough to give me the whole setlist and then I inturn gave the setlist to my friend Sonny who had just gotten out of the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Sonny you sure were a trooper to even make the show.
The highlight of the night was the first Fiddler's Green of the tour! The new songs came off quite well in concert but we sure enjoyed hearing a wide variety of the old stuff. They are doing a good job of mixing up the setlits so far this tour.
I would write more but time to get to work as Gordie would say!
HIP HIP HIP!
Bob
Yes a great show last night in Portland Maine! A very small but energized crowd. I was told they had sold 400 tickets. Not many more people there last night then when we first saw them there in August of 1998. This makes our 37th Hip show with another one coming on Friday night in Boston and then next week in Clifton Park and Syracuse NY.
We had like 25 friends at the show and met a number of folks from Canada including a couple from Montreal and their young son who was maybe 7 or 8 and this was his 3rd Hip show. They were in the front row and I saw the young boy leaving with Johnny's drums sticks which is awesome. Billy Ray was kind enough to give me the whole setlist and then I inturn gave the setlist to my friend Sonny who had just gotten out of the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Sonny you sure were a trooper to even make the show.
The highlight of the night was the first Fiddler's Green of the tour! The new songs came off quite well in concert but we sure enjoyed hearing a wide variety of the old stuff. They are doing a good job of mixing up the setlits so far this tour.
I would write more but time to get to work as Gordie would say!
HIP HIP HIP!
Bob