My comments

Which were getting WAY to long for the comments section of the prior post!


ok here goes..... and I will start by saying that I was NOT at either of the FLA shows so I don't doubt the intensity or emotion of either of those shows at all. But....

I thought the Tuesday show was a perfect tribute to Danny. The songs all seemed to be chosen very pointedly to create a theme of friendship, loss, and remembrance of days gone by. And with songs like Sandy and Racin' there couldn't have been better choices to highlight those special "Danny" songs.

Danny was buried Tuesday morning "high on the hill in Flemington" which Bruce recounted during Growin' Up. So how they take the stage that same night is beyond me.

Had no idea what to expect for the Orlando show. Does the video remain? Does Charlie still not take the stage for the first song? All those questions now answered along with the set list that unfolded. But as I was checking Backstreets last night to see what was being played, I said to Charlie (my husband not Giordano!) "wow, Bruce is feeling nostalgic". Nothing wrong with that at all, especially considering the circumstances, but in the long run that isn't what I come to Bruce for. And if this trend continues - which basically has thrown the Magic tour out the window in some respects - it's going to start to feel like a Farewell Tour. And who knows, long before Danny's passing that could have been what this tour is. But it didn't feel that way.

I'm not complaining, I am just observing.

It will be VERY interesting to me to see what happens in Atlanta. I almost feel like the Florida shows are going to be isolated as the tribute to Danny and also to recognize that while not intended some people were inconvenienced by the shifting of dates and what not. I think Bruce has genuine concern about that. A lot of people thought he was going to play on through the Florida shows but I knew that couldn't happen and regardless of how it affects people it had to be done. He did his best to make it up to the ticket holders.

I don't really have a good wrap up paragraph for all this other than to say I've been sad for a few days now. Not all day, every day, but I have my moments. Sad for the loss of Danny, Bruce and the band as well as the people in my own "Bruce community" who have gone from my life. I'm sure everyone won't agree but I don't want to see this turn in to a walk down Memory Lane.