The Raconteurs

This is a great album, I don't skip a single tune.

Hey there, late to the forum regarding the shows I attended. Traveled from California to Detroit to attend night 1 of the tour and was absolutely blown away. Spent all day in line and was directly in front of Dean. Jack was definitely the ringmaster  for this event. You could see him going to his band brothers and telling them what they were going to play next. Not a lot of chit chat, just a rock show to blow your socks off.
I then flew home and decided to purchase GA tickets to go see them in Santa Barbara on July 27th, again waited in line to be directly in front of Jack Lawrence. Stellar show, although Jack White spent quite a bit of time with his back to the crowd. 
Jack is on another level with his talents. He is a definite force to be reckoned with. 

peace said:

I then flew home and decided to purchase GA tickets to go see them in Santa Barbara on July 27th, again waited in line to be directly in front of Jack Lawrence. Stellar show, although Jack White spent quite a bit of time with his back to the crowd. 
Jack is on another level with his talents. He is a definite force to be reckoned with. 

Was at the SB show as well! Scored early entry through TMR Vault and was on the rail with Brendan directly in front of me. What a show!!! Wish I could catch another after seeing their two release week sets in LA and then SB. Band was on fire!

RS151862 said:

Going to the show tomorrow.. how much of a pain is the cell phone thing. Should I just leave it in the car?

Not that much of a hassle at all in terms of getting it opened/removed afterward. There are lots of people standing at the exits opening the pouches. Only thing I've ever had a hassle with is trying to meet up with friends at the shows since I tend to get there early to get a good spot and already have my phone locked up by the time the rest of them get there. At a Jack show last year, saw my buddy walk into GA scanning the crowd from like 25 feet away. The pit was already packed in a little bit and I was waving at him but he never saw me so we didn't connect until after the show.

RS151862 said:

Going to the show tomorrow.. how much of a pain is the cell phone thing. Should I just leave it in the car?

Not a big deal but easier to just leave in the car.  They had phone use areas set up in the venue if you need to check in on kids, etc.  They unlock you when you enter the zone and lock it back up when you leave the zone.  Kind of nice.

Good show tonight, but wouldn’t say I was blown away. The last time I saw them was 2006 and I was really impressed, but this didn’t live up to that. The opening Bored & Razed/Level was great but then everything sort of blended together until the encore. Blue Veins is such a monster live. The opening band Ex Hex was really good, one of the better opening acts I’ve seen in awhile. 

Anyone going tomorrow night to the Anthem in DC?

Thinking of going to see them at Kelly Slater’s surf ranch in Lemoore, Ca. An hour drive but would be cool to see them. Carolina Drama is one epic song. 

Should be a cool place to catch a show. 

I'm going to Nashville for the Fri/Sat shows at the Ryman.  Should be a good time.

I don't remember most of the Indy show.  I drank way too much.