Wow! What a kick-ass show! Just got home from the best concert of my life!
First things first, Jetstream, the opening band. These kids were great!!! Ben is 18 and drums better than Eric, the bassist, Kevin, is only 14 and played almost like a mini Flea (no lie!). The singer/guitarist named Garrett is about 17 and could shred the hell out of a guitar! Got lucky to run into these guys after the STP show and they were just so psyched to be touring with STP. After speaking with their dad, it turns out that Rob heard them playing in the same studio that he was in not too long ago. Rob was so thrilled that he had Jetstream open up for STP for the last 14 or so shows. It turns out that these kids all met at a music academy and they are like mini prodigies! Kids are ultra-talented they just need the incentive to begin touring and doing this for a living and they have a shot at getting huge.
Now on to STP. Front row center!!! The Moody Theater was really adamant about no cameras but I did get Trippin' along with the final bow! Scott sounded great, was sporting the leopard belt, and was a lil incoherent between songs (but I have come to expect this) but overall was vocally on top of his game. My step-dad ended up getting the slider, along with BOTH drum sticks!!! Eric and the band defiantly respected that the my mom and step-father and I knew all the lyrics so he defiantly hooked us up! No Bipolar Bear
but they more than made up for it by playing flawlessly. Scott sang "Down" differently than I ever have heard by singing at one point, "Will you follow me
up now". Kinda weird but he defiantly did it on purpose.
Scott dissed on Glee because they took the number 1 spot on the Billboard top 200 when the self titled album came out last year. At one point I noticed Scott flipping the right side of the stage off, but it did not seem to tick him off too much other than that. Got to slap Scott's hand which was really cool (first time he did that although I was front row center two other times), and also got some love from Rob when he strutted his way over to me. Another thing worth noting is that Scott was wearing a wedding band on his left hand
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After the show we waited outside the busses to see the guys. We missed ole Scooter, he must of shot out of there right after the show like he usually does. Eric had his family with him so he didn't say much. I did think it was cute, however, that his boy was smiling at the mini-crowd shouting for Eric. We also missed Dean, but when Rob came out he defiantly showed some love to the fans who waited until 1:00 for him to come out to his bus. (It turns out that they all had their own bus)
Right after Rob left, Jetstream came up on their skateboards and my mom had a huge crush on the drummer so she got her drumstick signed by them (yes, she also got their drumstick). Tomorrow in Dallas is the last show they will be doing with STP before they go back to California for school.
Trippin' on a Hole/Bow-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MafEIGH2Bjk (At about 1:40 Rob gets super close to me)
Rob coming out to meet us after the show-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVQ52-wsdE What a class act, the only one of the four to stop by for the fans. My mom hugs him first, then step-dad, then my uncle gets in on the act!
What a night!!!
