My first show! 

After about a year of slowly getting more into the band we decided that we really needed to see a show. New Orleans is one of our favorite cities and it was the only show with tickets still available so we sent it. I was intrigued by the amount of different people at the show, primarily metal kids and jam band nerds, but there was several people I met in line who didn't fall into either catagory and some who were seeing their first concert ever. Despite the melting pot of the fan base typical conversations around favorites songs/albums, and hopes for the show were met exclusively with positivity, there was no wrong answer and that felt awesome. The vibe in the crowd was perfect and the excitement was palpable. 

The venue was beautiful, we got seats on the lower balcony in the first row behind the reserved. Apologies to anyone behind us who seemed like they wanted to sit down the entire show but I was not sitting for this concert. I took a brief rest during ambergris and crumbling castle, it was funny to see the entire section sit down right after us in a wave like fashion. 

On to my impressions of the show: EXPECTATIONS WERE FAR EXCEEDED!! The band comes out fully greased mentioning the day drinking that was done before the show (and shown in the astroturf music video) I only narrowly missed running into the band on Bourbon street earlier that day. I was sucked in from the first note, KGLW outro hits so much harder live and I was loving it. MBS is one of my favorties from KG and cowboy Amby put on a show for us in Billabong Valley before the real meat of the show. Evil Death Roll thru ambergris is HOT SHIT, high energy, balls to the wall playing that had us totally losing our minds. Mars for the rich is one of my favorites as well so happy to see that and planet B added in for some heavy flavor. Magenta Mountain closer was perfection, the heavy synth jam had everyone around us totally enthralled. Other songs not mentioned were all performed perfectly I'm just pointing out my highlights.

Overall this show won me over from casual to super fan, everything from the vibe to the music was exactly what I needed. Looking forward to much more Glizzard in the future. \mm/