Well I went to my very first buckethead show on 2/17 and the worst part of the show was that he showed up 4 hours late. My wife and I got to the venue promptly at 7pm when the doors were supposed to open. But all of us standing in line were freezing are asses off cause they even stalled opening the doors until about 7:30. So we get inside and there is nothing on stage, no drums, no amps, no motor cars not a single luxury!
And nobody really thought anything of it cause there was supposed to be an opening act. So about an hour and ahalf goes by and out comes this chick dressed in a skunk outfit and her
acoustic guitar (local seattle talent)
and lets just say she sucked and was heckled by a very impatient crowd. So she made us suffer for a good hour and then when she left there was another stall before the actual opening guy. His name was Marcus Eaton and actually he was very good he played acoustic and sang but used a whah pedal, digital delay and an loop effects pedal to play some backing rhythms. And I felt sorry for the position the guy was put in cause he was getting heckled too and he really would have gotten a better reception if buckethead was on time. So around 11:30pm Buckethead and his gear finally arrive and small roadie crew bring in the gear thru the side entrance and setup and have a very quick sound check. I mean my fucking feet and back were killing me from standing for 5 hours. Surprisingly the placed was still packed and outcomes Buckethead with a quicker step then usual and man once he the band kicked in it was awesome! He played some awesome stuff like - Unrestrained growth, Want some slaw, welcome to buckethead land and even thru in a hendrix tune, etc,etc.. I'm sure there had to be some people that left before he came on. But they missed one hell of a show. He supposedly was late due to a car accident way way south of seattle, it just surprises me that he wasn't in Seattle a day before I would like to know the real story but who knows. But even after all the waiting I would definatly go again, I guess I'm either retarded or a very patient person. The pictures are from the show and I even have some video from the show that turned out fairly decent for a small digital camera.
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