Wanna know what it looks like to be in the front row?
LIKE THIS.
We only had our camera phones on us for pictures, which don't do so well with the low lights and details and such, but I think that you can imagine the jist. But just to add insult to injury...
Here is the venue. Beautiful right?! Our seats were so close, you can't even see them in this picture as they are under the stage.
John and the gang played their hearts out and you could tell. They looked like they were having a ball up there, and we were having a great time watching them. John really did sound great. His vocals were really on that night (as sometimes those highs are a little shaky, but I don't care), but his guitar playing was just incredible. He made every note count and just scream for your attention. Ryan read a tweet from Mayer right after the show that read:
TY/S: thanks for the best show the Trio's played. And sorry I can't stay and sign... Travel constraints. You were unreal tonight!!!
Some of the mentionable moments were, A) since this show was right after Christmas, in the middle of the set, they break into a super fast bluesy version of Run Run Rudof. B) they played Ain't No Sunshine. C) the medley transition from I Got A Woman into Crossroads was legendary, as John snuck a few notes of crossroads at a time into the I Got A Woman chorus until it was like Crossroads has engulfed I Got A Woman and took it over.
I really wanted a guitar pick and thought that since I was in the front row that I had a good shot at getting one. There was nobody in front of me and just enough space from me to the stage that I thought a normal to enthusiastic throw would fall for such a tiny flying object. But unfortunately instead of him throwing out each pick individually to each seating section, John grabbed his whole lot from the mic stand holder in one fist full and threw them all in one toss to the middle section. Boo. I was even ready to fight some people off or even do a floor dive. I was that mentally prepared. Next time John, next time.
There was a girl sitting behind us that after the show went up to the stage and got one of the stage hands to give her the setlist. As me and Ryan were both keeping track of the setlist, we kept trying to see what was on it while she posed with it for a picture in front of us with the stage as the backdrop. Impressively, we had everything except we saw that they were going to play 4 songs for the encore but skipped one named "Freedom." JM3 doesn't have a song named Freedom...and neither does just John...it peeked Ryan and I's interest, with us wondering if it was maybe a new song, or another cover...It is a little too wide as a search criteria on Google as a quick search didn't provide any answers. Anyways, the setlist went as follows:
Who Did You Think I Was
Good Love Is On The Way
Everyday I Have The Blues
Come When I Call
Ain't No Sunshine
Vultures
Run Run Rudof (Johnny be Good)
I Got A Woman > Crossroads
Out Of My Mind
Try!
Encore
Gonna Find Another You
Who Says
Wait Till Tomorrow
See other photos from the show here.
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