Well I went to the Soto shows the last 2 nights!!!
Tuesday night was the Queen show. Not a very big crowd for Melbourne but probably the biggest he'd had so far on the tour.... 120-150 people maybe? Anyway I'm not even a Queen fan but it was an awesome show, what a great performer!!!!
Last night was the big one though, the proper show. The Corner was packed! Maybe 350+ people there, easily the biggest show of his tour, nice way to finish to send him home with fond memories of Australia haha. The show was UNREAL. During Teargas' set, Jeff & his whole band kept coming out (Jeff was already drunk I think haha) and spraying them with cream and playing pranks, Teargas' set was really good. They seemed "on" and had lots of energy & had a great time on stage.
Then Jeff's set, woah!!! He opened up with 2 of my favourite Talisman songs (Break Your Chains and Ecstacy) which was awesome! After the 3rd song there was already a short drum solo but that quickly just turned into *Do Do... Do Do..." and they playde Stand Up & Shout from Rock Star. Then went into some Axel Rudi Pell, then "Eyes Of Love" off his 2nd solo album, etc. He also did a bit of an acoustic singalong set which was cool. My highlight was "I'll Be Waiting" by Talisman which was unreal, lots of sinaglongs and he got Jules from The Deadthings up to help him sing it! It was funny, Jeff sung one line, then handed over to Julian to sing the next and he just goes "Are you gonna play some Kuni tonight Jeff?" hahaha. Then they finished the main set with some Malmsteen stuff of course, then the encore was awesome. First a bit of a jam which turned into You've Got Another Thing Comin', then a medly of gay songs (which he said is for the metalheads in the crowd haha) like Ice Ice Baby, Shake Your Booty, Stayin Alive, Play That Funky Music etc which was greta and had hilarious stage moves, then Teargas joined them onstage and they finished with a rockin' jam of Ain't Talkin' Bout Love!!
He came out after the show, signed stuff for everyone, then just hung out having drinks & talking to people in the public bar. Awesome guy!!! And of course I asked him the only thing you would expect me to ask him... without even introducing myself or any introduction (I was a little drunk haha), I go "OI! What was Vinnie Vincent like when you sung on his demos in '88?"
First he said "He was weeeeeeeird man!" Hahaha. He said he was actually a very nice guy though, and easy to work with, but he's very "delicate", very shy and quiet and seems a bit insecure or something. I asked if he was nicer to work with than Malmsteen and he goes "MUCH nicer guy and alot easier to work with!". That made my day hahaha.
Awesome night, awesome performer, very talented band (the guitarist rips!), great songs, nice guy... awesome!
(He also said he's coming back in the next 6-8 months with Soul Circus, his new band with Neal Schon. That'll, as well as JSS and Soul Circus songs we might get some Bad English, Hardline and Journey!)
Tuesday night was the Queen show. Not a very big crowd for Melbourne but probably the biggest he'd had so far on the tour.... 120-150 people maybe? Anyway I'm not even a Queen fan but it was an awesome show, what a great performer!!!!
Last night was the big one though, the proper show. The Corner was packed! Maybe 350+ people there, easily the biggest show of his tour, nice way to finish to send him home with fond memories of Australia haha. The show was UNREAL. During Teargas' set, Jeff & his whole band kept coming out (Jeff was already drunk I think haha) and spraying them with cream and playing pranks, Teargas' set was really good. They seemed "on" and had lots of energy & had a great time on stage.
Then Jeff's set, woah!!! He opened up with 2 of my favourite Talisman songs (Break Your Chains and Ecstacy) which was awesome! After the 3rd song there was already a short drum solo but that quickly just turned into *Do Do... Do Do..." and they playde Stand Up & Shout from Rock Star. Then went into some Axel Rudi Pell, then "Eyes Of Love" off his 2nd solo album, etc. He also did a bit of an acoustic singalong set which was cool. My highlight was "I'll Be Waiting" by Talisman which was unreal, lots of sinaglongs and he got Jules from The Deadthings up to help him sing it! It was funny, Jeff sung one line, then handed over to Julian to sing the next and he just goes "Are you gonna play some Kuni tonight Jeff?" hahaha. Then they finished the main set with some Malmsteen stuff of course, then the encore was awesome. First a bit of a jam which turned into You've Got Another Thing Comin', then a medly of gay songs (which he said is for the metalheads in the crowd haha) like Ice Ice Baby, Shake Your Booty, Stayin Alive, Play That Funky Music etc which was greta and had hilarious stage moves, then Teargas joined them onstage and they finished with a rockin' jam of Ain't Talkin' Bout Love!!
He came out after the show, signed stuff for everyone, then just hung out having drinks & talking to people in the public bar. Awesome guy!!! And of course I asked him the only thing you would expect me to ask him... without even introducing myself or any introduction (I was a little drunk haha), I go "OI! What was Vinnie Vincent like when you sung on his demos in '88?"
First he said "He was weeeeeeeird man!" Hahaha. He said he was actually a very nice guy though, and easy to work with, but he's very "delicate", very shy and quiet and seems a bit insecure or something. I asked if he was nicer to work with than Malmsteen and he goes "MUCH nicer guy and alot easier to work with!". That made my day hahaha.
Awesome night, awesome performer, very talented band (the guitarist rips!), great songs, nice guy... awesome!
(He also said he's coming back in the next 6-8 months with Soul Circus, his new band with Neal Schon. That'll, as well as JSS and Soul Circus songs we might get some Bad English, Hardline and Journey!)
)))))
