Susan's daughter got us inside balcony tix for the concert on Saturday past. First time this traveling show has stopped in NY State. Saratoga Performing Arts Center is a nice venue & I don't know how many thousands of concert-goers were there, but it was PACKED. We missed probably half (maybe more) of the acts, but other than Toad the Wet Sprocket, & I hadn't heard of any of em. We got there got for Jamey Johnson (meh), Jack Johnson (really good), Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds (holy freekin sh*t!), John Mellencamp (excellent), a guest appearance by 94-year-old Pete seeger (very cool), Neil Young (OK - too much posturing & not enough music) & Willie Nelson ( pretty good). All in all we were there for over 7 hours & the pervasive aroma wafting thru the crowd seemed to be more Pakistan oriented than Mexico, if you know what I mean. Wasn't exactly flashback city for this ole 60s/70s former longhair, but it was kinda cool. The message for sustaining family farms & vilifying Monsanto was everywhere.
The only downside was parking about a 45 minute walk from our seats & the the downpour that accompanied the walk back to the car.
The only downside was parking about a 45 minute walk from our seats & the the downpour that accompanied the walk back to the car.