Well, the big question by fans coming to this
early shows is how Paul looks, feels, sings and performs after his illness.
Although cancelling the Japan Leg and rescheduling the US June dates to October,
concern for him has grown.
Well, at least early on, the question has been
answered in a quite resounding fashion. After playing a 15 song soundcheck in
which his voice sounded stellar, he came out and played a 37 song set in front
of the Pittsburgh crowd who were in full swing. Not only did Paul look good, his
voice was in especially fine form as he belted out song after song over 3 hours.
Watching this performance would certainly make you ask yourself...."Was this guy
really sick?" because there was certainly no sign of it. Of course this is only
the second show and we will see if there will be any lingering effects but it
certainly does not look like it so far. A lot of smiles on stage as Paul &
band have returned to doing the thing they love to do...perform!
A nice moment was when Paul gave Ringo a shout out
for his birthday and played some of "Yellow Submarine" as a big Yellow Submarine
appeared on screen. He also informed the crowd that this day was somebody else
important's birthday...his dad!!! He then thanked both of their mothers
for having them! He also was telling the story about how all of the signs make
it difficult for him to concentrate on lyrics and chords and how half his brain
says "Don't read them" and the other half say "Awe, go ahead and read them" He
then started looking around at the signs in the audience and picked one
out...."Will you sign my butt" which he immediately answered "No". After the
crowd laughed Paul looked back at them and said "Well let me see it first" and
then assumed a go ahead and show me posture before letting them off the hook.
While Paul was playing "Yesterday" the crowd became very raucous and cheering
quite loudly.
Paul kind of looked puzzled and glanced over at the big screen to
see that there was a close up of his guitar with the Detroit Red Wings logo and
the home town Pittsburgh Penguins logo on it that he put on the guitar 4 years
ago when he opened the Consul Center.
At the end of the show he left with the
familiar "I'll see you all next time!"
thank you Bob Gannon
Photos:Bob Gannon
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