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Post by akfan on Dec 7, 2005 7:44:53 GMT -5
I'm having major AKUS withdrawals-don't know if they'll return to Syracuse in '06...
Talk to you later on!
Nancy
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Post by sosabowski on Dec 7, 2005 12:39:43 GMT -5
To SOSA--- did Alison play Caroll County ? It's a short fiddle tune , over before you know it, but boy does she shine. I would love to hear her fiddle more, but of course I'd just like to hear more period YES !!!! It was truly awesome !!! Man, can that woman play!! |
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Post by akusgal41790 on Dec 7, 2005 21:04:50 GMT -5
Wow, when I first saw them do Carol County in concert.. I'm sure I had the jaw drop, drool look goin on.  It was sooo incredible to see her do that!! I seriously thought that girl was gonna pop her arm out of socket or something. haha. Has anyone heard her play 'Sally Goodin'?? She does an amazing job on that as well. Oh, and I was glad to send it to ya sosa. |
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debra
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Post by debra on Dec 7, 2005 23:58:59 GMT -5
Akfan, Your from Syracuse? I've lived in Syracuse for the past 6 years and jusr recently moved back to my hometown in Ohio. I was going to go to the Syracuse show but something happend last minute so i couldnt go.
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Post by akfan on Dec 8, 2005 6:54:45 GMT -5
Debra,
I was born and raised there-talk to you later on!
Nancy
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Post by debra on Dec 9, 2005 12:08:50 GMT -5
That's so awesome! Syracuse is definitely an interesting place to live
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Post by houseghost on Dec 9, 2005 13:24:36 GMT -5
AKUS is playing to sold out venues each nite, except for an odd ticket here or there. I just checked Myrtle Beach ( jan 15) and there are a few seats left, and this is a month away. Ricky Skaggs plays there next week , and 3/4 of the theater is still open. I feel bad for Ricky if people arenot going to turn out for him, but it shows how AKUS is hotter than a firecracker. GOOD ON AKUS
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Post by Doug on Dec 10, 2005 1:03:15 GMT -5
Greenville Concert musically was the usual AKUS unbelievable performance. Pretty much a sellout except some seats way up high. This was their last concert of the year and I thought that it would mean perhaps a tired and lack luster performance, but nothing like that at all. It was almost like the last day of work before Christmas-like an Office Party. For everyone interested, Alison was dressed like described in the Charleston and Jacksonville reviews. The songs were what we expect on the tour, except no "Pastures of Plenty" or "My Poor Old Heart" - disappointing to me.
Anyway, Alison went crazy with the comedy and jokes. They did the deal with the candy cane and then cheap looking Christmas tree 2 feet high almost falling down. Then after a couple more songs the stage hands came out and hung stockings on everyone's microphone stand. They sang a couple more songs and the stage hands came out and threw confetti at the band. Alison just kept up her funny stories making crazy remarks about what was going on. A few more songs and the stagehands come out while Alison is telling one of her regular stories and they bring a vacuum cleaner and start vacuuming up the confetti. Later in the show the stage hands bring out a 12 ft blow-up snowman behind Barry. It looked ridiculously tacky with all the cheap decorations, but the crowd loved it and Alison and the guys all played into it. Alison introduces "Larry the drummer guy" and he suddenly has a string of purple lights come on around his drums. The crowd laughed and laughed. Nearing the end of the concert Alison sings "Oh Atlanta" and the Big Snowman starts dancing and as Alison gets close to the end of the song and starts to really belt it out, the Snowman starts jumping wildly up and down and all around and basically went crazy. The crowd was laughing and it almost got to Alison as she had a short break in her words to catch her composure. So Alison ends "Oh Atlanta" and it starts dropping fake snow on the band. It appeared that was a complete surprise to them as they looked up in amazement like "where did this come from?" and they couldn't stop laughing. Finally they turned on a sparking ball that reflects bits of light into the crowd and of course that fascinates Alison and she points to it as the crowd is still giving them their ovation. They come back for the encore and just as Alison is about to start "Down to the River to Pray" someone yells out Merry Christmas. Alison responds back "Happy Holidays" doing an amazing midwestern accent. Then instead of going on with the song she talks for about two minutes in the Mid-West accent making fun of the way they pronounce macaroni salad among other things.
They finally sang the encore and said goodbye. It was a wonderfully entertaining evening as you can tell.
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Post by eyesoflove on Dec 10, 2005 12:05:01 GMT -5
That sounds awesome, Doug. I'm sorry I missed that show as it seems to have been very spontaneous and laid back...and of course, full of shenanigans. It's too bad they didn't do My Poor Old Heart...that's definitely one of my favorites. Interesting one to cut considering they performed it at the CMA's. Thanks for the review so us unlucky ones can live vicariously through y'all lol.
Stacy
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Post by akusgal41790 on Dec 10, 2005 19:09:00 GMT -5
That is so funny, Doug! Woo, it sounds pretty crazy too! I bet all of em had a ball with that one. It would be soo awesome to see! Thanks for sharing. And I'm with you, Stacy... poor us!  lol. |
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Post by houseghost on Dec 10, 2005 19:28:10 GMT -5
IS EVERYONE READY?? WE SEE HER TONITE. 8pmon CMT then at 9pm with RICKY SKAGGS on CMT. VCR's are at the ready. I even have a few people backing me up , in case I foul this up somehow. Talk later!!!
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Post by eyesoflove on Dec 11, 2005 0:30:19 GMT -5
Awwww man....my VCR went psycho on me a couple of months ago when I tried to record their...what is the request show concert thingit??? I'm out of my gord tonight....either way, I was trying to record a CMT concert and my VCR spontaneously kicked the bucket with no warning...it had been perfectly healthy one minute and walking toward the light the next . It all happened very suddenly. So I just have to catch reruns when I can. Stacy |
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akfan
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Post by akfan on Dec 11, 2005 7:36:17 GMT -5
I hope that you get a new(reliable) one @ Christmas... Talk to you later on!
Nancy
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Post by eyesoflove on Dec 11, 2005 12:07:50 GMT -5
That would be great. I can't even watch my home movies right now and haven't been able to see my son's first birthday party that happened in September  . You know, you *used* to be able to just go get a VCR for like $30, no big deal. I looked for one when mine broke and couldn't fine one under $50. What is UP with that? It was difficult to find just a VCR and not a VCR/DVD combo for one thing so that is naturally going to be more expensive, but I don't *need* a DVD player, just a VCR. But the two VCR's that I did find were like $50 and $70. Since when does technology INCREASE its price when it's behind the times? Stacy |
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akfan
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Post by akfan on Dec 12, 2005 7:05:53 GMT -5
I've got a VCR/DVD combo(actually it's my brother's)-it's not too expen$ive... Talk
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Nancy
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It was sooo incredible to see her do that!! I seriously thought that girl was gonna pop her arm out of socket or something. haha. Has anyone heard her play 'Sally Goodin'?? She does an amazing job on that as well. Oh, and I was glad to send it to ya sosa.
lol.
. You know, you *used* to be able to just go get a VCR for like $30, no big deal. I looked for one when mine broke and couldn't fine one under $50. What is UP with that? It was difficult to find just a VCR and not a VCR/DVD combo for one thing so that is naturally going to be more expensive, but I don't *need* a DVD player, just a VCR. But the two VCR's that I did find were like $50 and $70. Since when does technology INCREASE its price when it's behind the times?