Well, having been to 9 MK solo shows and 1 DS I think this may be the best so far, granted there are a few songs I would rather hear but to me the spirit the performer(s) bring to show trumps a lot of other factors, and I could feel the enthusiasm tonight (maybe because we were in the 2nd row, thanks MK!). The show was well over 2 hours, well paced and a few new stage banters from Mark. He did reuse the line about taking a swing a Macbeth, little did he know that it was official "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" in Chicago, how appropriate for R&J.
A friend with me who's a musician was astounded with the variety of stringed instruments deployed throughout the evening (what the heck was Richard playing on CMG ?) and the tightness of the band, the stage interplay and the overall genius of MK's playing and song writing.
On to Milwaukee tonight and then......withdrawal!
We had the usual set,
No: Night In Summer, Why Aye, Going Home or Shangri La
We had Prairie Wedding, So Far Away and Piper
