If you said, "Tower of Power, 1972, from the album Bump City," you get 30 bonus points. It was one of Tower of Power's first big hits. If you said, "It's been about 50 years since you were a young man, Jim," you are stating the obvious, and get no bonus points.
Last night, we saw Tower of Power in concert again. Same venue as last time: Wild Horse Pass Casino, which is an easy 20 minutes from our house. We went out for supper first, then to the casino; we were there early enough to make some "donations" to the Gila River Tribe.
Our seats were much closer than last time: 5th row, a bit right of center. Good seats. Joan said, "Do you want to get a photo of the stage and equipment before they start?"
The obligatory "we were here selfie"...
And, has been the case in most of the concerts we've been to in the last couple years, "Big Head Todd" sat down right in front of me...
No, I'm not kidding. Fortunately, with our seat location, I could mostly see around him. How do these ticket sellers know?
The concert was scheduled to start at 7:00 (yes, a mostly older crowd); it kicked off just after 7:10...
Yes, the lead singer was wearing a Christmas sweater. This concert was billed as "Holiday Music and the Hits," which is how it played out. Of course, the holiday music was all done Tower of Power style.
Shortly after starting, a young girl (really - maybe 5 or 6 years old), danced in the aisle...
Well, more jumping around, but she was obviously enjoying the music.
ToP played for about an hour and 40 minutes, no break. The band all knew the set list, and they were tight!
Off the stage into the aisle to sing...
I had to get this shot of the guitar player when he switched to a 335...
It was a good concert. Loud... as in my ears are still ringing the next morning. They weren't that loud when we saw them last year, but we were sitting further back and on the second level last time.
We were home before 9:30... yeah, we know how to party! ;-)
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Some HoverAir X1 Pro video of a ride on the Lectric XP4 e-bike...
Joan and I got out for a ride through the neighborhood and around the park before lunch.
After lunch, I took the CTX out for a ride. The new e-bike is a fun ride... the CTX is more funner. ;-)
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I worked up the video from last night's Tower of Power concert to give you a glimpse of the evening's music - these guys still know how to kick it!
2 comments:
Sounds like a good show. I wish I could still go to these things, but wearing ear plugs for hours is not fun.
I don't know much about e-bikes. We have Sun EZ3 recumbent trikes (with handicapped foot pedals) and they see a lot of use locally. Three loops of our neighborhood is about five miles, and trikes are less efficient. That is plenty of workout for us, the equivalent of pedaling a two-wheeler ten miles or more. We are making hay while the sun shines but colder, wetter weather is on its way.
Hi Earl - it was a good concert; Tower of Power is one of our favorites... glad they are still touring. I didn't take ear plugs, since they weren't this loud last time we saw them (same venue).
Moving around is good, whether on three wheels, two wheels, or on foot. I appreciate the e-bikes, since they "level out" terrain changes or headwinds. I still haven't run it around on just the throttle - that's why we have scoots! ;-)
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