Review by Darla Gerken
Photos by Mike & Darla Gerken
Upon arrival at the venue we were ready to cross the street
from the parking lot and up rolls a Pepto Bismol colored limousine. Guess who was inside. I've never seen a pink
limo before, and I'm sure Rick had a good laugh when it arrived to pick him up
for transport.
This was the second show on the 2015 tour schedule and Rick
appeared to be full of energy and happy to be on stage and back to business.
I've been to many shows and actually didn't recognize a lot of faces and was
surprised to see an older crowd and a lot of men. Smiles were abundant on
Rick's face and ours, we even got "butt wiggles" and a few butt
jokes.
Guitar picks were flying during Living In Oz, never saw so
many during the first song. I have yet to catch one, though I have come close.
Anyone have a spare...........?
Rick made a comment about Jessie's Girl and said "We
don't do that one anymore, it's so yesterday". For all the people who have
never been to a show, they were probably thinking, why did I come to the show
if he doesn't play JG?
One of Rick's guitars had a large "I Love RS" pin
attached to the strap and he said "that's not true, I really hate myself". Behind the pit area there
was a divider that was screaming.... "Rick you need to walk on me",
so when the DTTS portion of the show came, he hopped up on it to the cheers of
the audience. He did a balancing act
and faked like he was going to fall.
There was a couple directly in front of him that he asked to sing, both
refused, so he moved on to other willing participants.
Rick talked about "Ricki and the Flash" stating
that it will be released in August and that it is much better than "Hard
To Hold". He said the "Mickey Mouse Club" was even better than
HTH.
The acoustic guitar and stool came out and he said that he
needed to slow down the show for the old guys. He laughed and said he was one
of them. AARP sent him a card in the
mail recently and he said "don't send me that shit". He commented that he wasn't going to retire
until he falls over or fans stop coming to shows. When he was talking about his father before My Father's Chair,
the microphone went limp and he joked that someone should give it some Viagra.
His father's birthday is in January and he would have been 96 years old. After
he sang MFC he apologized for depressing everyone and led into Love Screws Me
Up, singing about sex always makes him happy.
By the way, he did sing Jessie's Girl. It was a great show and now I wish I would
be at the three-nighter in Niagara Falls next week, I really miss the
"Milwaukee Experience".
I was a little disappointed that the set list was identical
to last year's. Had hopes that we would hear some variety, but Rick has been
busy with other projects that sidelined him in the last couple months. Maybe
later in the tour after the new CD comes out there will be some changes.
Set List
Living In Oz
I've Done Everything For You
Will I
I Get Excited
Our Ship's Sinking
Affair Of The Heart
Roar
I Hate Myself
Bop Medley
Love Is Alright Tonight
Surf Music
Wild Thing
Don't Talk To Strangers
You & Me
My Father's Chair
Love Screws Me Up
Human Touch
Love Somebody
Jessie's Girl
We Can Work It Out
Kristina
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