Got to the fairgrounds a little late on Thursday due to an excellent supper at Churchill’s Pub in Westboro. Ended up missing the Sheepdogs, but no matter. I was quite tired so I didn’t mind hanging out at the Winery booth with Vero, Martin, Jill and Trish.
Girl Talk was on the Claridge stage when we came in. What can I say about Girl Talk? Pretty cool idea of mashing up tunes together. What can I say about Girl Talks’ stage presence? So…you’re a DJ with a bunch of people partying on your stage and you jump around once awhile….that’s it? Well, I guess I have no better ideas for what a DJ can do in a live stage show so kudos to him! Wait…lazers would be awesome.
The Steve Miller Band came on around 9:30 and the Twin Peaks spot had become lawn chair city. Pretty ridiculous actually but we tried the right side of the stage. For the first few songs it was a gong show with us being in the main path of travel and some extremely drunk woman hanging out with us. However, when we saw an opening ahead of us, we legged ‘er a little closer and in the end, things were good for the majority of the show!
So, the Steve Miller Band is one of those bands where I don’t own any albums, but know the majority of the songs. Fantastic! What a great show. Steve Miller can still deliver the sweet guitar solos and the rest of the band is fantastic. I still can’t get over how many awesome tunes they have. This is also Vero’s kind of show. She was loving every minute of it while she admitted that she only recognized 1/4 of the shows.
All in all, a great Bluesfest night. The weather has been perfect so far!
Setlist:
Jet Airliner
Take the Money and Run
Abracadabra
The Stake
Swingtown
Further On Up The Road (Bobby “Blue” Bland cover)
Tramp (Otis Redding cover)
Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Shu Ba Du Ma Ma
Fly Like An Eagle
Wild Mountain Honey
Dance Dance Dance
Serenade
Living In The USA
Rock ‘N Me
Jungle Love
Gangster of Love
Space Cowboy
The Joker