Mavs in Lancaster, PA

First, let me say that American Music Theater is a pretty cushy venue.  Nice comfortable seats, good views from most, which compensated for the 90 minute drive.  But heck, I would do that to see the Mav Reincarnation in a standing-room-only venue with floors sticky with spilled Coors Light, so...

The crowd had a hefty sprinkling of folks way too old, (in my humble opinion :)  ) to have been Mavericks fans so I suspected that the AMT has a group of subscribers who attend many or all of the shows in a season without being rabid fans of any one group.  My feeling was confirmed a few minutes later, when the clock ticked past the 7 pm start time (what? Early Bird Specials for music, too?) and a bunch of the oldsters got a little rowdy, with booing and rude shouts about refunds and the like.  The Mavs walked onstage in the dark and the booing came again in a new wave.  Raul and co. just ignored it, said "Hi!" and launched right into "Born to be Blue".  All the rude geezers shut up and listened, at least, and were pretty well behaved from then on.

I was doing a pretty good job of recording short video clips to remind me of the set list so that I could blog it later, when one of the crankiest seniors yelled in my ear that my "camera" (iphone, Pops :) was blocking his view.  So much for that.  Having been raised well by people about as old as him, I obligingly quit recording.  All I can say is that they did a nice mix of new songs from the upcoming Sept. 25 album release, and old Mavs standards.  Raul had a two song acoustic interlude with his ukulele, doing "Stardust" and something else I've forgotten, before the band came back to launch into "Guantanamera". 

Everyone on stage looked to be having a great time and on many songs there were five or six vocalists taking part.  The show went into two encores and wrapped up after two hours, leaving me happy that the Mavs are back, and thinking about how I can manage another show in a few weeks.

See them if you get a chance!

A long time coming...

I'm ready to see the reincarnation of the Mavs tomorrow night in Lancaster, PA at American Music Theater. It has been a long time coming. Here's hoping that you all get a chance to see them!

Meanwhile, the single is at a solid 46 on Billboard.

Enjoy!