February 6th 2009
B98.5 Acoustic show
Wild Bill's Lounge
Duluth, GA
Review & Picture by: Leslie Browning
For those of you not in the Atlanta area, a local radio station, B98.5, promoted an acoustic concert with Rick prior to his concert at Wild Bills on Feb 6. I was determined that I would win tickets so I got up every morning at 5 am to listen! (and anyone who knows me knows that I do NOT get up any earlier than absolutely necessary!) They ran the promotion for 5 days, only on the morning show. Of course I could not have just won the first day and then slept til my normal time, I won the tickets on the second to last chance on Friday!
There were about 40 people there and it was held in the lounge area of the venue. There were several TV's which had a running Power Point presentation on his career and life. Rick was running a little late, having come in from the sound check at which there were some technical difficulties. He was wearing a black t-shirt and cargo pants with black Converse sneakers. He got right down to business playing Speak to the Sky right away. The DJ's were both there and offered up time for questions for him from the group. He commented on the TV's and said it was a little distracting for him to read about himself. He alternated songs with the Q and A session. He sang Inside Sylvia, at the request of a fan, IGE, JG and made an attempt to sing one of the lullabies off the new CD, but did not have much luck remembering the lyrics. He was pretty subdued during the whole event. The whole thing lasted about 45 minutes, ending with a photo session with each fan.
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