The meet and greet was really cool. In an ideal world we'd have all gotten 5 or 10 minutes to chat with the band but in reality it was really only a minute or two....which was just fine. My kiddos got to speak with them....we got to get a pick with them.....all in all it was a pretty cool experience.
Our seats were third row which in this venue is still right on top of the stage. We weren't like Kev who practically was sitting on Neal's keyboard
but we were directly in front of Randy and Mike. The entire show Randy was having a blast....he and my boys were pointing and making faces at one another. At one point he motioned to my oldest to come to the stage so he did, then Randy flipped him a pick. Small thing for Randy to do but I tell you what it lit my son up like a candle. He was stoked.
Concert was incredible as usual. Neal has the energy of a 20 year old. He was so emotional and in to it....you could tell he wasn't just performing or putting on a show....he puts his all into playing this music for us.
My only bummer was that where we were sitting Neal's rig blocked us from seeing Bill. I could see the top of his head but that was it....so didn't get to see hardly any of him until the encore when everyone stayed standing.
Eric is a monster player....there's just no denying how incredible that dude is on guitar.
And, the venue was packed. If there was an empty seat it was in small company because the place was full.