Mount Pocono, PA, Saturday February 18, 2012 Options

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Ed Kowalczyk will be performing at Gypsies in the Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono, PA on Saturday February 18, 2012. Tickets start at 25 dollars and are on sale now at this link:

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEvent...eventId=4090745

[The Thrill]

Here is my review and what happened at the meet and greet afterwards.

First. The show, overall was a good show. Ed's voice was great and strong. He performed!
The drummer didnt do anything spectacular and played it safe. However, on a few songs, he did screw up. Lightning Crashes was one of these songs. It was glaring to me because I have had the luxury to hear the "correct" way this song is meant to be played and have been in the studio with the man himself as he layed down the track. Still to this day he can play it note for note to the album. Gracey is a machine. I'll try to upload the video of one of those sessions and you can see for yourself.
The bass player was also playing safe. He was nowhere near the level of PD and he too skipped some notes on a few songs, again - Lightning Crashes was one of these songs and again, I know exactly how it should sound for the same reasons as the drum parts.

The bass player seemed like a nice guy though, and I didnt interact with the drummer at all.

When your use to hearing Chad, Chad & Pat play +LIVE+ - I'm sorry, everyone else falls short. However, like I said they still were entertaining and the crowd was into it.

Now after the show there was a meet & greet to the side of room. About 50 people were allowed in for that. I was the last person to go up to Ed. I shook his hand and said the following "Ed, great show - you probably dont remember me, however I am good friends & business partners with Chad, Chad & Pat" He looked at me with a puzzled face, then said "This isnt the place for this" I then said "I'm not allowed to have 1 minute of your time" he said "no, this isnt the time or place for this, how about we take a picture" I then said "I dont want a picture" so with that he motioned to the security guard and they asked me to leave the room and I did without incident.

Thats all no big deal. I came in peace, just to say hello and had no bad intentions. As I was walking out the door I did make one last comment. "Take care Ed, the guys say hello and they still love you "

Other than that, the only thing that was major were a few drunk people getting kicked out and those people should have as they were jerks that interupted the show. That is disrespectful. What I did was not disrepectful at all. There as no drama around it at all.

I do know that if someone went up to Chad, Chad or Pat and said the same thing that I said to Ed, but with the roles revered. Chad, Chad & Pat would have spoken to that person and been very gracious.

I have no problem with anyone on this board, however some of the comments are way off base. There are Ed supporters and CCP supporters. Thats fine, we can agree to disagree. This is my take. Its just apparent to me that Ed doesnt want to speak to anyone about anything. So all I am saying is that can you blame anyone if they move on without him. I dont think you can. I think if Ed can go out and be it, him or the venue saying "Ed from Live" or what have you. Well, Chad, Chad & Pat have even MORE rights to do that than Ed as they legally control the name and rights to the "LIVE" corporation if you will.
More music for fans, thats the way I see it.

Actually, I think I was sitting next to Nick, however Zman couldnt confirm if that was him or not. I would have said hello and spoke to him no problem. I think he was to my right with two fine ass lookin woman! Anyone that can surround himself with that kind of talent, well thats OK in my book! Despite his opinions on here. He is entitled to those as I am entitled to mine.

So my recap in a nutshell. Ed was great, band was ok making it a good show. However, if he had three guys named Chad, Chad & Pat well then it would have been an amazing show.

This post has been edited by The Thrill: Feb 19 2012, 8:45 pm