Nathalie and Conchita told me they wanted the rest of the full story
SO.......
While Chip and Todd drove off back to Vegas to catch their respective flights home, David, Shirean and I shared a taxi to LAX on Sunday as David and I were on the same flight while Shirean was on the same one as Glenn. The plane was overbooked but we made it on and landed at JFK 45 minutes late to be met by Mike Moore who was picking up Glenn. I had pre booked my ride so said goodbye and headed for my hotel
www.jollymadison.com. It was hammering down with rain and I was tired so headed straight to bed as it was late. It continued to pour with rain till around 2pm on Monday but I got out to the local deli for food and water without getting wet. I called up Frank at his hotel and walked over to meet him and his wife Maggie
there for 3pm before we headed over to Ben’s Kosher Deli. Within 10 seconds of going in I get “Wolfy!”
It’s Forever Young and his buddy who had travelled down from Phillidelphia – from now on known as the Philly Guys
I’d tell you how great the food and service was – but it wasn’t!
Then the other Brits, Ben and his lovely partner Jayne, arrived
We left for BB’s as we had decided to eat there. Met up with Vinnis and all the other Crazy People in the bar.
Over a couple of beers, the Philly Guys and I put the world to rights and solved the Iraq war
– and we had only met 2 hours earlier! Before long it was show time. Vinnis had arrived early and made sure we got 3 tables of 6 all together near the stage
Turned out Gabi and her friends were directly in front of us.
We ate while Danny Johnson was on. Believe it or not but Ben’s food you see in the pic was a starter not a main course
Frank had some oysters, then some more oysters, then a giant steak. We had a real fun table. Frank is the very definition of the phrase “larger than life character”. It was a privilege sir! Ben, make sure Jayne gets that Yorkshire Pudding technique mastered and a new tray to cook them in! And I finally met the Axe Lady herself – Grace
This was a real social event never mind the fact Glenn was going to perform for us too!
Danny Johnson played a longer set than in LA and got a decent reaction from the crowd.
Then on came Glenn and the band. No pre-recorded intro of Valiant Denial this time. Jeff just cranked up his guitar
and started it off himself. Much better that way I thought. Unfortunately Ed had no sound from his keyboards at all for the whole song.
Glenn said they would wait for it to be fixed before carrying on. Still a few problems but by the third song it was fine and all of a sudden Jeff’s guitar was louder and clearer in the mix too. Just jumping out at us. Glenn was once again supreme with immaculate singing and bass playing
There was a point in one song where he hit a note so high I am sure only dogs could hear it! Forget Mariah Carey’s octave range, Glenn’s seems to be bigger and more powerful! His energy levels for an old geezer are amazing. New drummer Steve played very well considering his short rehearsal time and got a little solo spot and also the same showcase jam during Getting Tighter(I think) that Chad did. Reminded me a bit of Dance With The Devil (Cozy Powell).
This was also the show where Jeff Kollman hit absolute top form. Sh*t Hot was how I would describe him
Glenn gave him more freedom and extended intros to show what he can do. The opening of Mistreated was a killer and I wish I had videoed it! Philly Guys and I kept saying “Jeff is red hot tonight”.
David had told us that after the show there would be a meet and greet and that us GHPG folk were getting priority treatment
We stood separate from the line that went right round the club and were then invited backstage to line-up and wait for Glenn to come out after a quick chill out. Just so all of you who waited know, the guy in the white jacket, shades and long black hair was Electric Dave (see my pic). Turns out he had been in contact with a certain Mr Galley who had told him a bunch of Crazy People from the UK and across the USA were headed his way to see Glenn and could he use his role as backstage fixer to sort out something special for us. I’m sure you will agree he did!
Can I ask all of us with Myspace pages drop by his page to say hello and thanks.
www.myspace.com/electricdave2
“Wolfy!” Out comes Glenn and he was his usual friendly and down to earth self and happy to chat to each of us individually and sign pictures etc. We even discussed The Wolves!
What a birthday treat for my new Philly mate John. If only Shirl had a friend who could have got Glenn to sign an exclusive, unpublished, behind the scenes picture of Glenn taken at the NDA event then she would have had something for her birthday too!
Then out came Jeff – “Wolfy! How you doing?”
Thanks for signing those pics mate and I’ll be emailing you again with some more stuff!
Once we had all been seen we headed back out in to the bar area and Glenn came out with Gabi and Electric Dave to sit in a booth and meet the rest of the fans for pics and autographs. Us GHPG folk continued to chat with each other and with Mike Moore, Jeff, Ed, and Steve. What a great bunch of guys they are socially too. I told Steve he was now famous and would be seen on the internet within hours! He seemed genuinely pleased and surprised by the strength, warmth and all round friendliness of Glenn’s fans.
Plenty of chat and pics with the guys later it was time to leave as there was no-one left but us in BBs.
We headed off to our hotels only to find The Philly Guys car had been locked overnight in to their car park
Glad to know you guys got home in one piece
Left the hotel at noon Tuesday for my bus trip back to JFK, then on to Atlanta, and finally landing in Manchester on Wednesday at 10.15am. Then another 1.5 hours drive on the motorway home! Knackered!!
Was it worth it? OF COURSE!!!
I would definitely fly to another show in NYC as that is cheap and easy to get to and always deals available from here. Just give me some advance notice Glenn!
Hopefully for you guys in the USA there will be more shows soon. Glenn needs to take the bull by the horns and book some shows elsewhere. The people WILL come Glenn, especially in the old Trapeze stomping grounds of the South from where there are messages everyday on the Trapeze page asking for you to come back.
Glenn and all his band are fantastic people AND so are all his fans.
I was a real pleasure to meet you all and if Glenn gives you enough notice of UK dates maybe we will see some of you over here next time
BB King's, New York Pix & Report
But we're situated now and thought we'd take a couple of pix, since we're close by to BB Kings 
It's.....ALL.....Glenn's fault
There's always one in the bunch.......
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