roburado
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So, I enticed kneeoh to tag along to an impromptu trip to see the Steve Morse Band in NYC. There we caught up with tommyindelaware and Pete DuBaldo. Steve, Dave LaRue, and their drummer for these performances Drew Betts went through some classic SMB and Dregs material and a couple of new tunes from the "Out Standing In Their Field" album. It was a fantastic performance as you can well imagine.
I hadn't ever seen SMB. I only had the privilege of seeing Steve and Dave play at EBMM's "Desert Domination" party in 2007 and Steve with Deep Purple, which kneeoh and I jokingly refer to as "Steve Morse featuring Deep Purple," because we were only really there to see Steve. kneeoh had been waiting for twenty years to see SMB, as he puts it.
We stayed for both sets on Oct. 1, and we came back for both sets on Oct. 2. I guess you could say that we made up for lost time, seeing SMB four times in two nights.
The second night I saw a grey-haired fellow in a Dream Theater hoodie. He was eyeing me, I suspected, because of my DT t-shirt. Between sets, he came up to me and complimented me on my shirt. Then, he said, "So, I have to ask you what you think of the drummer leaving the band."
I said, "Well, if he's got to do whatever he's got to do to be happy. That's fine." I went on to express my own personal feeling that MP could be back with DT sometime in the future maybe in "five or ten years."
He asked me, "Well, are you going to still come to shows?" I answered saying that I'd definitely come to DT shows in the future. Then, he dropped a little bombshell on me. "I manage Dream Theater," he said. I was floored! Originally, I didn't know if this guy was for real even though I had no reason to believe that he wasn't telling me the truth.
Later, as I went to say hello to Steve and to thank him for yet another great performance. Steve also complimented me on my shirt, and he said, "You know, their manager is here tonight." So, yeah...I guess it was true!
Anyway, the impromptu trip, which we put together the day before, was worth every penny and all the trouble of dealing with a four-hour delay trying to fly into LaGuardia Airport. We almost didn't make it. We were in contact with Pete throughout the day, and I think he was a little worried that we wouldn't make it. Thankfully, we did!
Tommy, Pete, Steve, and Dave, it was great seeing all of you! Pete, thanks for the EBMM and Morse swag! I'll post pics.
I hadn't ever seen SMB. I only had the privilege of seeing Steve and Dave play at EBMM's "Desert Domination" party in 2007 and Steve with Deep Purple, which kneeoh and I jokingly refer to as "Steve Morse featuring Deep Purple," because we were only really there to see Steve. kneeoh had been waiting for twenty years to see SMB, as he puts it.
We stayed for both sets on Oct. 1, and we came back for both sets on Oct. 2. I guess you could say that we made up for lost time, seeing SMB four times in two nights.
The second night I saw a grey-haired fellow in a Dream Theater hoodie. He was eyeing me, I suspected, because of my DT t-shirt. Between sets, he came up to me and complimented me on my shirt. Then, he said, "So, I have to ask you what you think of the drummer leaving the band."
I said, "Well, if he's got to do whatever he's got to do to be happy. That's fine." I went on to express my own personal feeling that MP could be back with DT sometime in the future maybe in "five or ten years."
He asked me, "Well, are you going to still come to shows?" I answered saying that I'd definitely come to DT shows in the future. Then, he dropped a little bombshell on me. "I manage Dream Theater," he said. I was floored! Originally, I didn't know if this guy was for real even though I had no reason to believe that he wasn't telling me the truth.
Later, as I went to say hello to Steve and to thank him for yet another great performance. Steve also complimented me on my shirt, and he said, "You know, their manager is here tonight." So, yeah...I guess it was true!
Anyway, the impromptu trip, which we put together the day before, was worth every penny and all the trouble of dealing with a four-hour delay trying to fly into LaGuardia Airport. We almost didn't make it. We were in contact with Pete throughout the day, and I think he was a little worried that we wouldn't make it. Thankfully, we did!
Tommy, Pete, Steve, and Dave, it was great seeing all of you! Pete, thanks for the EBMM and Morse swag! I'll post pics.
wow 4 gigs in 2 days amazing 
