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That is to funny.

Axl should have kicked his ass.

they played a private gig...Roserio Dawsons bday party.........that looked cool

The band finally came a little after 1 a.m. I think. The stage was

incredibly small and everyone surged forward to the point where tables

were knocked over; my legs and feet are currently soaked in champagne

and God knows what else. Anyway, Izzy and Matt were NOT there (or if

they were, they didn't play), and if Brain was there, I didn't see him,

either.

But Axl, Robin, Richard, Tommy, Bumblefoot, Dizzy and Chris all took

the stage. Everyone played acoustically except Robin, who played a

semi-hollow Gibson, and Tommy, who played his usual bass; for KOHD,

Robin and Richard switched instruments. Chris and Dizzy played maracas,

congos, tambourines, and occasionally the keyboard, which was crammed

in the corner. Axl introduced the show as the "karaoke version" of GN'R

as a movie screen-sized monitor with all his lyrics was behind him

(BTW, I don't know about everyone else, but all this time I've thought

the lyric is I.R.S. was "All the legions," but it's actually "All the

reasons that you give, I'll follow you.") . Everyone seemed to be in a

great mood; they played some old tunes from LIES that they haven't done

since Slash was in the band, and Axl said they had learned the songs

just 20 minutes before arriving at the club. Before I.R.S., Axl asked

the band if they felt like trying it even though they hadn't rehearsed

it, and Tommy screamed out "I'm fucking fearless, I'll try anything!"

November Rain, for which only Robin did an electric solo, sounded

better than it did at the Hammerstein shows; Richard and especially

Bubmlefoot's acoustic solos just sounded astounding.

Needless to say, the whole place went apeshit... it was a really

intimate, really amazing show and a nice way to close out the week

after the 4 Hammerstein gigs. I don't remember the precise order of the

set list but here is what they played:

USED TO LOVE HER

MR. BROWNSTONE

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

YOU'RE CRAZY (LIES version, not the APPETITE version)

PATIENCE

KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

THE BLUES

I.R.S.

SWEET CHILD O' MINE

NOVEMBER RAIN (Axl on keyboard)

PARADISE CITY

I don't think I missed any songs; the whole show lasted a little over

an hour, maybe. At the end Axl came back out and said "I forgot to do

something b/c I'm a fucking idiot" before bringing Rosario Dawson out

on stage and leading the audience in a rendition of "Happy Birthday."

The Rosario grabbed the mike and went nuts - "THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED ALL

ACOUSTIC, THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING, HOW MUCH DOES THIS MAN FUCKING

ROCK," etc.

Okay. I have work in the morning so I'm going to bed. If I forgot

anything I'll type more later...

-Matt

a.k.a. The Luckiest Bastard in the World"

THat is what is going around....anyone there.....

They say he played on 3 songs and the last one was Patience and he got emotional.

I wonder why he just does not call it The Axl Rose Band.

Ha Ha....Insert joke here.....

Your right, I have the Langerado show.......sometimes I forget.

but the other 2 I know I dont have.

Would love to check them out.....I saw multiple rigs at Langerado...but nothing on any of the sites yet?

Anyone catch The Black Crowes set?

Yes I checked them out....really a hits set, but overall a real nice set with long jams.

Also, Eddie was back, which was in question since he misssed at least 1 gig a few months ago. I guesss the kissed and made up.

It was so sweet, seeing Wilco for 90 minutes and as soon as they finished TBC came on (within 90 seconds). All I had to do was turn my head to the right and TBC had started. They played for 2 hours and the whole festival was awesome.

Plus I saw Drive by Truckers late night at the Culture Room which holds like 300 or so. That was the real highlight (Other then Wilco or course).

They were awesome.

I checked them out...and thought it was somewhere in the middle of of Terrible and Awesome...I give it a NOT BAD.

Also, any tapers for Wilco?

I saw at least 3 mics set up.

Seemed like most if not all of the acts were being taped

Great show....watched them from side stage.

The festival was well done, saw many cool acts, including Drive By Truckers late night which was out of control awesome.

I thought Jeff was a little reserved but the performance was overall great. I loved Kingpin early and Monday late.