Chicago - Park West Options

[brett]

1. Just In Time
2. The Great Beyond
3. The Distance
4. All Over You
5. Selling The Drama
6. Zion
7. Drive
8. The Dolphins Cry
9. Soul Whispers
10. Drink (Everlasting Love)
11. Stand
12. Heaven
13. I Alone

Encore

14. Fire On The Mountain
15. Grace
16. Lightning Crashes
17. Dance With You

Got there too late to hear The Miggs. Heard the last couple of songs by Thriving Ivory.
I'd say the place was about half full. Maybe 400 people. 50/50 male/female. Wish he would have stayed at original venue which was Lincoln Hall which is smaller. Had never been there and was looking forward to checking it out. Crowd energy was good. As was Ed's. If I was blind and you told me I was going to see Live (which I have 20 times) I couldn't tell much difference in the music although from time to time you could tell it was a new band playing Live music if that makes sense. But for the most part very tight. Ramy looks like he's just having a good time. Smiling a lot. Kinda funny.
I like The Great Beyond but it sounded better on the cd. Seemed to be lacking some power.
The two slow songs Soul Whispers and Fire On The Mountain came across better than on the cd.
Zion was just about the same. Stand also. Grace everybody was singing along like it was an old song. Just In Time, Drive and Drink were okay. Nothing that stood out good or bad.
Dance With You seemed to have a little more edge to it like the Overcome video that was out on YouTube.
I've seen Ed three times solo now and this was the first time I'd seen him without CCP. So that was a little odd at first. Of course Adam was there. Took awhile for it to sink in that while the music to the songs (Live one's) were being played, the original members weren't there playing it. While I love Lakini's Juice it's such a Ed/Chad song that I'm glad it wasn't played. And I'm sure I'd say the same thing if I saw TGF and they played it.
My date had never seen Live and was excited to see Ed. She is a music teacher and thought his voice was great and showed a lot of range. She loves coffee so I made her get a bag which they had for sale. After she grinds the beans I'll have some and give my review. : )
The pendant looked cool and I was tempted to get it. Got a tour t-shirt and sponsored a child.
Went outside and Adam was outside by the bus and Ed was getting back on and I said hey and he said he'd be right back. He was going to get his camera to take a picture of a girl that had a tattoo on her side with lyrics to a Live song. Which one I don't know because I wasn't close enough to see. He saw the papers I had for World Vision and thought that was cool and said thanks and we chatted a bit. Got a picture with him as did my date and he signed my shirt and cd booklet that I brought and the one I got for free for sponsoring a child. All in all a good night.
After this many times seeing Ed and meeting him it's just like seeing an old friend. The newness and excitement has worn off a bit but it's still good to see him. At least for me. Peace.