the opening act was terrible. some local cookie-cutter country
act. the guy
even had a southern accent in his songs. i wanted to remind him
he was from
new hamshah. but if any band doesnt need a warm-up act, its the
mavs.
the set list was a wonderful combo of old and new:
Dance the night away
Tell me why
I should know
* Someone should tell her
Pretend
* (Tonight) The bottle let me down
I've got this feeling
Things you said to me
Missing You
Foolish Heart
Dolores
Dream River (acoustic)
Can't Help Falling in Love (acoustic)
>From Hell to Paradise
* Guantanamera
What a Crying Shame
I dont care if you love me anymore
Save a prayer
-
Here Comnes the Rain
There Goes My Heart
All You Ever Do is bring me down
Dance the night away(?) -->
Twist and Shout
La Mucara
-
* Help Yourself
* The Lion Sleeps Tonight
* - Not on Printed setlist
okay, so i took a peek at the setlist on the mixing desk. i couldnt
help
myself. i still got some surprises, though, as there was quite a
bit that was
not on there (the astirisked songs, and the acoustic set was just
two tracks
labled 'acoustic')
all versions were incredible, not a bad one in the bunch. raul joked
after a
slightly botched whistle solo that 'i dont get why you people clap
for that.
i still do it night after night, though' he then itroduced the elvis
classic
with 'this os one of the most beautiful songs ever written' and
was it ever!
it was worth the price of admission by itself.
the old stuff shounded great, all being well augmented by the presence
of the
havana horns. the encore was a high energy affair, the first three
songs
having little or no pause between them. they then went into what
was listed
on the mixing desk as Dance the Night Away. whatever it was it was
great. it
was a slow instrumental which could very well have been DtNA, before
an
effortless segway into twist and shout (it may, in fact, have been
a long
intro into twist and shout, though)
after a great version of la mucara, they went off and came back with
what
seems to have been an entirely impromptu second encore consisting
of the tom
jones song 'Help Youself' and 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' which also
included a
neat little instrumental intro jam.
no question: a great show