Kansas City 5/02/14
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 10:14 am
What an awesome afternoon/night. Got to the venue just before 4 PM. Went into the meet and greet at 4:30. They sound checked Cry of Achilles, Waters Rising & ATP. Pretty awesome. One thing I (and the VIP hostess) noticed was there were WAAAAAY more than 100 VIP's in there. During thee sound check party I was 3 rows deep.
Got to meet the guys and tell them that I have literally ran hundreds of miles to their music, which got a Wow, cool, out of Myles. I also came up to Mark and said ABNation in tha house. He laughed and said right on. My wife personally thanked them for all of the time I spend on these boards, lol.
When we ran in for early entry, I got the rail right in front of Mark's wah pedal. So I was six feet away from all of the solos. I'll post some video and pics when I get home. The hotel's wifi sucks. The real surprises were Fortress (yes!!!) and Bleed It Dry. Myles was sounding really good.There were a couple of minor glitches too as one of Flips stands broke after the first song. While they were repairing it, Mark played some blues scales. Marks guitar also went out just as he was starting his intro part for Ghost. Myles compensated by playing his part and keeping us clapping until Ernie got Mark a new guitar. He messed up the lyrics to the second verse of Ghost and laughed at himself. I Threw the horns up at Mark several times and got the "rock face" from him. Overall, WAY better than 2011 in Poplar Bluff where they only played 9 songs in a venue with ok acoustics.
Almost forgot... at the end of the show I caught one of Marks pics. I'll post a pic of all of my AB loot when I get home on sunday.
Setlist:
ATP
Come To Life
Before Tomorrow Comes
Bleed It Dry
Cry of Achilles
Brand New Start
Ghost
Fortress
Isolation
TTB
Waters Rising
Broken Wings
Metalingus
Blackbird
OYE
FTR
Rise Today
Got to meet the guys and tell them that I have literally ran hundreds of miles to their music, which got a Wow, cool, out of Myles. I also came up to Mark and said ABNation in tha house. He laughed and said right on. My wife personally thanked them for all of the time I spend on these boards, lol.
When we ran in for early entry, I got the rail right in front of Mark's wah pedal. So I was six feet away from all of the solos. I'll post some video and pics when I get home. The hotel's wifi sucks. The real surprises were Fortress (yes!!!) and Bleed It Dry. Myles was sounding really good.There were a couple of minor glitches too as one of Flips stands broke after the first song. While they were repairing it, Mark played some blues scales. Marks guitar also went out just as he was starting his intro part for Ghost. Myles compensated by playing his part and keeping us clapping until Ernie got Mark a new guitar. He messed up the lyrics to the second verse of Ghost and laughed at himself. I Threw the horns up at Mark several times and got the "rock face" from him. Overall, WAY better than 2011 in Poplar Bluff where they only played 9 songs in a venue with ok acoustics.
Almost forgot... at the end of the show I caught one of Marks pics. I'll post a pic of all of my AB loot when I get home on sunday.
Setlist:
ATP
Come To Life
Before Tomorrow Comes
Bleed It Dry
Cry of Achilles
Brand New Start
Ghost
Fortress
Isolation
TTB
Waters Rising
Broken Wings
Metalingus
Blackbird
OYE
FTR
Rise Today