Roll Call for Knoxville - Tennessee Theater

[TheKnoxvilleBear]

Thanks, Fully!

[ElHombreLobo]

Anything over 1:30 by a headliner is a gift. They've been treating us well for years.  Can't wait to hear these shows

This is true. I am still pissed at ZZ Top! I saw them twice in the 1980's (Eliminator tour and Afterburner tour). Both times they only played for 50 minutes...50 minutes! Those tours were at the height of their "commercial popularity", and they weren't all that old at the time either...50 minutes...pretty weak for the headliner.

On the other hand, MMJ killed it for 2 hours and 15 minutes in Knoxville! The 425 mile round trip in a car in one day was DEFINITELY WORTH IT! I can't wait for nights 2 & 3 in Chicago in just a few weeks!

Where did you drive from Mr. White?  We had a similar round trip from Richmond. 
As for the length of the set, I saw The Black Crowes at the Palace a couple years ago and it was 45 minutes.  No opening act, no encore.  Just a straight 45 minute set. 

[ncjacket]

DAT STEAM ENGINE THO  ....holy shit.

I may be alone on this but give me Mahgeetah over OBH as a closer every time.

+1 to both statements 

[layin low]

I have a pretty profound hearing loss and wear hearing aids and wasn't able to pick up everything Jim said to the audience. I remember something about the sunsphere and more, but it was pretty hard for me to hear it all. Any remember what all he said?

He said he thinks about Knoxville about six or seven times a day. Then after he got laughs,  he explained that he bought a set of glasses that commemorated the world's fair and every time he gets something to drink he thinks about Knoxville. (Paraphrase)

Jim LOVES that sunsphere. Posted an Instagram pic and I can remember at the Tennessee Theatre show in 2006 (My first live show!!!!) he was waxing poetic about it as well.

[Stevie]

I had no idea Knoxville was so cool.  Megan and I just strolled into town and pricelined a hotel downtown.  Ended up being the Holiday Inn right next to the sun sphere.  After the show was over took a rather lengthy walk down past the sphere and through worlds fair park and up into campus to look at all of the old buildings with Hall and Oates' "Private Eyes" on repeat 

Good seeing you again Fully and Whippy!

[roberthunter]

I have a pretty profound hearing loss and wear hearing aids and wasn't able to pick up everything Jim said to the audience. I remember something about the sunsphere and more, but it was pretty hard for me to hear it all. Any remember what all he said?

IN addition to the world's fair glasses stuff, he talked about how much he loved Knoxville and how walking around was like you were in a psychedelic version of the future past.  It could be 1920, 1950, or 3080 - or something to that effect.

[MrWhippy]

Good seeing you again Fully and Whippy!

Same to you, and a fantastic show to boot!   

[Fully]

Good seeing you again Fully and Whippy!

Same to you, and a fantastic show to boot!   

Good to see you and your wife again!

[Stevie]

Good seeing you again Fully and Whippy!

Same to you, and a fantastic show to boot!   

Good to see you and your wife again!

Thanks.  We're not married but we did just have a good little laugh over the wife comment :)

[Stevie]

Just in case no one else noticed, the recording for this show is up on etree!

This is a direct link to the torrent file (flac):

http://bt.etree.org/download.php/579885/mmj2015-05-16_km184_16-44.torrent

[Stevie]

By the way, for those not in attendance, here's my account of a certain stretch of the night:

Aside from one of the best Steam Engines of all time this also has the first "official" live versions of Get the Point and Like a River which proved to be a pretty amazing experience.  Everyone but Jim left the stage after Xmas Curtain (mid set which is sort of rare i think) and after he went for the acoustic guitar and came back to the mic to talk about his affinity for Knoxville, the anticipation in the room was quite heavy.  It seemed that those in the seats leaned in a little closer and a bunch of people from the back took the opportunity to quickly walk down the aisle towards the front to get a better view.  Of course, Bermuda came first to much delight.  When Get the Point followed i was surprised by the level of excitement for the song that seemed to come in staggered waves as some were able to identify the tune more quickly than others.  The rest of the band crept in while Jim did his thing and patiently waited in the background for their turn to jump in.  When they did, it was simply magical.  They followed it up with the very first Like a River, a great rendition that featured some very nice and fitting lighting.  As insane and unexpected as the Steam Engine was, i think the run from Bermuda to Like a River was equally incredible if for different reasons. 

[MusiKel Mama]

Mr White...those are BEAUTIFUL shots!!!

[YimYodd]

Great pix, John... That little Casio of yours keeps on ticking!
Great that fellow forum folks were able to help you out!
My wife and I also looking forward to Chicago... Have tix for Thursday ( thanks Bulldog), will probably be at Wednesday show also so hope to see you  again.

[Crispy]

It was great to meet you, John! Sorry it got a little nutty before the show with the tickets, and I wish we could have all hung out longer, but it all worked out OK. What an amazing weekend!

And great pics! 

[afish]

Here is some more video I took. In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)

youtu.be/ESOoNvwp96A

[jaye]

Mr White...those are BEAUTIFUL shots!!!

Thanks Mama! I had a killer seat thanks to Tracy (toretm). She let me sit next to her in the second row of the pit area on Carl's side with her extra ticket. I can't thank her enough! Plus, an extra special thanks goes out to Crispy who let me buy his extra ticket weeks ago when I lost my ticket due to computer/checkout issues during the Roll Call pre-sale. My wife and I will be together in the first row of the balcony for night 2 in Chicago, but we will sit separately again for night 3 (only 3 weeks away!!).

I forgot to thank jaye for reaching out to me first. That ticket from Crispy was originally offered to me by jaye since they went in together to get several seats grouped together (mine/my wife's was an odd one away from their group of seats), so thanks again everybody for making my trip down to Knoxville a special one! It was my wife's first show with the full band (she had seen Jim solo twice before but never had the true "Jacket Experience").

I'm slowly meeting some of you "Jacket Royalty" and some newer fans as well at these shows. In Knoxville, I met for the first time Crispy, Yvon, Mr. Whippy, Mr. & Ms. Clarkwork, and Justin Helton. I re-connected with Fully, rjlemons, and toretm (saw Scosby but didn't get a chance to talk). Hopefully, I can meet several more Forum members before nights 2 & 3 in Chicago.

Glad it worked out!  Sorry I didn't have a chance to meet you - I was sitting between Crispy and Fully but there was a lot going on.  What an amazing weekend. 

[Clarkwork]

Really great pics Mr. white!   What a great show.  Going through withdrawals this weekend.