Concert Reviews
David Cassidy LIVE in Laughlin
Report by Joyce
Laughlin, Nevada
Thursday May 24, 2001
I was able to get there before David arrived. Not that it did me much good, because his driver just drove him right into the amphitheatre.
There were a whole 5 of us waiting! My dream is to get a picture of my two favorite Davids (my son David and David Cassidy) together, but I doubt if it will ever happen. We watched a little bit of the sound check through the fence. David was wearing shorts. He said he was cutting out "Sing Me" because the concert was running too long. Silly man, his concerts are never too long!!! When some band members were leaving, they told us that "Sing Me" would probably be in Thursday's show, but it wasn't.
I got to Wednesday's concert early. The audience was very different from the audience there in November. In November it was very crowded and lively and everyone was standing in the aisles talking. This time people were spread all over with a lot of empty seats and people weren't moving or talking.I was in the 14th row and they told me I could move up just before the concert starts if there are empty seats. I moved up to the front row center section to the right along with some friends. Sue and Beau sat behind us. Beau was enthusiastically discussing baseball.
The concert started and about two songs later, a group of people came and wanted those seats so I moved to the left section, front row. In between songs, David talked about the Rio show and the guy behind me said he loved it so David told him to come up and shake his hand which he did.
David said it was 135 degrees. I'm sure it felt like that under those lights. He talked about "I Am a Clown" and said that he thought he was too cool for it and that the song was lame but Tony Romeo said it was HIM. Now David agrees. He sang "I Am a Clone" once but apologized to Tony for messing it up!
A couple went up to the stage and a girl gave him flowers and asked him for his sweaty towel so he gave it to her. He said "Cherish" was the most requested song on his website. He did not change his shiny purple shirt because he couldn't peel it off because he was sweating so much! So he left it untucked during the rest of the show.
The next night I ran into Suzanne Crough with her husband and kids just outside the theater. I spoke to her briefly and she asked how the baby is doing. I was lucky enough to find a lonely single seat in the front row in the center section. It's funny that Suzanne was in the row I was supposed to be in.
When he talked in between songs he said it was 105 the night before and it was the slowest mid week of the year. He said he was driving around Laughlin and he noticed all the trailer parks. He said to his driver that those are mighty big trailer parks. In a wonderful hillbilly accent he said the driver said "You should see them come Saturday, they'll be packed". So David wondered why he was there on a Wednesday night!
He wore a white, cotton dress shirt and said he chose it because his shirt stuck to him the night before. Halfway through he changed to a tight, white short-sleeved shirt. He sang part of "Purple Haze". I worked up my nerve to hand him a towel! He asked if there was a note in it. I said no. I wasn't prepared to say anything. He said "Is that your final answer?" I told him I just thought he could use it. I should have said that I wanted his sweat but didn't say it. He said it was sweet of me and that it comes with a toothpick. I don't know where he got the toothpick but it wasn't there before. He never gave me the towel back (he put in on the stage next to his water) so I asked the stagehand for it after the show. He said it's not his to give. I kept telling him it's mine, but another fan was trying to get him to give it to her instead. He went to talk to somebody and then gave it to me! It was a fantastic concert!
Joyce
Thanks to the fan who contributed the images and to Joyce for sharing her story!
