https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EcI0etPCuI
here u go!
MP
He makes it look so damn easy.
Watching JP/MP perform together again was worth the price of admission alone. The setlist was awesome, as was the venue in Ridgefield, CT. Meanstreak was a pleasant surprise, and Ernie Ball is missing an opportunity if they don't make a RP signature - the 'Her Majesty', perhaps. My goodness can she play.
Also great to finally meet a board member - great to connect, Bill - looking forward to more shows in the future!
I can confirm all of that as well (sorry, Jeff, my phone died just as the lights came up; but it was fantastic to meet you!). I liked Meanstreak more than I thought I would, even if it's not what I expected to see. No judgement here, but there were more women on stage with Meanstreak than there were in the entire audience.
Loved watching Mike and John together; I'm not really an emotional guy in that way, and I'm not one of those that thinks "they should just bury the hatchet!" - life's too complicated for that fairy tale stuff - but it WAS really special to watch them communicate so effortlessly on stage. They were clearly having fun, and while it was obvious that Mike was there to support John - it's the first show I've seen with Mike where he wasn't mic'd up and he didn't say one word to the audience that I recall - the synergy was clear, and John was a lot more animated than he seemed when I saw him with Dream Theater a couple months ago.
I wasn't terribly familiar with all the material - I've heard both albums multiple times, but I struggle sometimes identifying instrumental music - but without giving spoilers, there was one song, from Suspended Animation, that literally took my breath away. I knew these guys were at the top of their profession, but there's something about seeing them perform at that level from 25 feet away that is special.
I caught a pick; well, full disclosure, it hit me right in the glasses, but still. Cool!