Part 4 in my review series...
"Saw the Tesla concert last night and was blown away! Those guys are such great songwriters and very talented musicians. I'd almost forgotten just how good they were! The mix made the vocals a little hard to hear, but then again, I was about 15 ft. from the stage. The place was pretty full and a little too crowded down where I was. There was too much pushing and shoving for my taste, but there were only a few bad apples and it wasn't too awful.
The show was opened by doubleDrive, a band from Atlanta. They were decent. They had 3-4 really good tunes and a few fillers. I was ready for them to be done about 5-6 songs into their set, but that's partly because I'm not into the whole Godsmack style sound they had going. That's what it sounded like live and it may be different on tape. Some good grooves that got me ready for Tesla.
Tesla's set was opened with Comin' Atcha Live. Great opener. The rest of the set is as follows with a few comments thrown in.
Hang Tough
Gettin' Better (I'd almost forgotten about this gem!)
The Way It Is (Wish I still had the single as it had a couple of unreleased tunes. Speaking of which, it would be nice if they cleaned out the Tesla vault like Def Leppard did on a CD.)
Song And Emotion (Great songs related to Steve Clark's death. Tesla opened for Def Lep years ago.)
Time's Makin' Changes (I have the video with this title and it has all of their videos on it!)
Signs (Electric!)
Little Suzi (This is the first song I always think of when I think about Tesla. Great live tune!)
What You Give
Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) (Great shout along chorus!)
Mama's Fool (I was just listening to Bust A Nut last week and with they would have done a couple more off of this one!)
Love Song (Before the song got going, they had a local kid that was about 6-8 years old come out and jam on guitar with Frank Hannon and Troy Lucketta. This kid is a rocker! Mostly a blues riff and he didn't want to quit playing! Frank threw up his hands in awe and walked off to let the kid jam.)
Edison's Medicine (Oh,I was so glad they played this rune! It rocks! I had a vision in my head as soon as they ended Love Song that they should start Edison's Medicine without missing a beat. They did pause here briefly, but the song just fits right after Love Song. What a rocker!!)
Showdown (Can't remember if this is the right title. I got a little fuzzy on these last few songs, but I know this one. "It's a showdown..."
As She Goes (This has an awesome riff and I don't know if it's the title or not. It rocked and sounded like it could be a new tune.)
The last song was familiar, but I need to dig thru my Tesla CD's to get the title. It had a bluesy, train chug type riff to close the show. Great song, but not real familiar to me as the hits are.
I had all of my Tesla tapes ripped off years ago and since restocking my CD collection with them I haven't renewed my listening. I need to do that as this show reminded me. Great show and VERY awesome live band. I couldn't believe how great they sounded. They need to be playing bigger halls again. Check them out when you get the chance!"
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