Nice marquee, haha. Hey, it works.
Ted Poley opened his set with "Beat The Bullet" and continued with "Shot O' Love", a good one to get the crowd going. The third number of the evening was "Don't Walk Away" - the perfect song to listen to in an outdoor venue while hanging out ... it's one of those songs for someone to move his or her head to as it plays ... the violin was an excellent addition to this track too! The band carried on with the sentimental "Only Human" followed by a really neat acoustic version of the Danger Danger classic, "Bang Bang". Ted stayed with the Danger Danger catalogue with the Glam Metal ballad "I Still Think About You" ... a wonderful sing-along-song which included a long extended note before the first chorus and a fantastic guitar solo. The audience clapped along to "Did We Just Have A Moment" ... to which Ted asked, "Did we just have a moment?". We certainly did. The moody "Afraid Of Love" was next ... there's a great chorus in this one. Next up was a slow song titled "Crossing This Ocean" from the Poley/Rivera Only Human CD. The final tune of the night was the former MTV hit, "Naughty Naughty" ... the crowd exuberantly joined Ted and the band in yelling "Hey" five enthusiastic times to close out the song and the set. Ted literally walked out to the fans to personally say thank you for attending. As a final assessment I'd say Ted's vocals were very clean and spot on. It was a fun time. Ted hung out by the stage to meet the fans and stayed to the very last one who wanted to meet him.
Ted Poley's setlist for the evening:
01. Beat The Bullet
02. Shot O' Love
03. Don't Walk Away
04. Only Human
05. Bang Bang
06. I Still Think About You
07. Did We Just Have A Moment
08. Afraid Of Love
09. Monkey Business
10. Crossing This Ocean
11. Naughty Naughty
It looks like I'm about to do the signing!
Ted signing a photo of us taken in March of 2007:
Autographed set list!
Ted also signed an old Prophet album for me that night. I have it in a box somewhere. I'll post a pic of it when I find it again.
Here are two video clips of the show ...
Bang Bang:
I Still Think About You:
By the way, Danger Danger will have a new CD out in a few weeks and it is a must-have in 2009! I already heard a few tracks and they are killer - some outstanding Melodic Rock!
Eric Martin was the second and final act of the evening. He opened with the upbeat "Alive And Kickin'" and continued with the grooving "Voodoo Kiss". He played a few more songs including an outstanding rendition of the Mr. Big ballad "Just Take My Heart". The crowd was quite pleased with this one. Eric dipped into his solo catalogue from the 1980s for "There Goes The Neighborhood". He mentioned the track is going to be the theme song for a reality show of the same name. He got the crowd moving with "Goin' Sane" and later played the Cat Steven's cover that Mr. Big charted with in 1993, "Wild World". The band carried on with a couple more tunes before playing the chart-topping smash hit "To Be With You", a number one single in the United States and several other countries. Another Mr. Big track performed toward the end of the set was "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)". Eric Martin puts on a great show. He makes some funny comments between songs too. During the set Eric stated that he needs a haircut and I called out, "No. Don't do it!". He responded by repeating my words and said I am probably wearing a wig. A friend of mine told him the hair is real and we went at it a little more. Pretty funny. Eric came back out, and stayed with each and every fan well after the show was over. He had to be up at around 5:00 AM too so it was really cool for him to hang around for so long.
Behold the emotion ...
Look at this - someone caught me in the act! This was around the time Eric said I was wearing a wig!
Here we are looking at a photo of the two of us taken last summer:
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