Concert Reviews
Clearwater, FL
October 13, 2001
By: Suzanne
A comedian from the Florida area opened for David. I can't remember his name. He was very funny!! He did a lot of wife & kid jokes. Probably because the audience was 98% women!! LOL A very rude woman right behind me yelled at him to "hurry up & get off the stage". Very rude!! He told her that David was busy getting ready for us and it takes some time!! Don't rush him!! LOL He told a few more jokes & said "the air was getting moist..... it was time for David"!! :)
As you have seen in my pics, he came out with his black & silver shirt & black pants. He said "the air did feel moist" and thanked the comedian for priming us!!
He sang I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT, SUMMER DAYS & MEET YOU HALFWAY. He said he has been walking around with a heavy heart for the last month and thanked us for being there. He spoke about being so proud to be an American and "for the next few moments I'd like to celebrate with you." He then sang AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. VERY NICE!!! "GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!" Next was ECHO VALLEY 2-6809. He talked about At the Copa & sang TENDERNESS & RIVER DEEP w/Candace. IMO he just has to record Tenderness.... too awesome!!!! If you have never seen him sing it, you are in for a treat!!
He left to change & Candace sang RESCUE ME. David returned wearing his light blue shirt. He made a few comments about being very tired... only 2 1/2 hours of sleep and he was brain dead!! LOL David says, "Now I'm gonna take you back to 1957.... hmmmmm........ well maybe your parents can tell you about 1957! Yeah.... I heard about it too!!"
He then went into his little snap routine from the Copa & sang MACK THE KNIFE. Very nice! A guy yelled to David that his wife wants to rub your head! He paused for a moment & said "which one?" Hilarious!! He cracked up! I was very happy that he sang CRY next. sigh.......... As he was getting his guitar ready for LYIN' TO MYSELF a woman asked to rub his butt...he backed up right to her and then jumped away, she missed!! Too Bad! Very funny! ROCK ME BABY, CHERISH & I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING were next. David made a comment about the Palm Beach concert. He said some woman held up a cell phone in front of him during the concert. "What's up with that.... your friend didn't want to get a ticket to come see me?" LOL
He introduced the band with his witty C'MON GET HAPPY routine. I really like that. The Dirty All Nite Boys....... now doesn't that sound familiar?! LOL He told the story about how he had to learn C'Mon Get Happy again since he only sang it once..... 30 years ago. And had never heard it again until 9 months ago. Of course he ended with I THINK I LOVE YOU. The encore was HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS.
David thanked everyone for spending the evening with him and that he would see us all again real soon! I had a wonderful time and spent the weekend in Tampa with some new DC friends.
Gosh, I forgot to mention that I did get to meet Nadine & Gina. And I waved at Teresa!! I was also in that Meet & Greet line. The friend I was with was a Gold Circle member of Ruth Eckerd Hall. We were added in with some company. Which really sucked because it didn't work out with so many people & David being tired. Oh well, I'll always have my David experience from New Orleans when I met him last month. With only a few others backstage, it was more personal than a Meet & Greet of 100. I see they are planning Meet & Greets for the Rio. I hope it works out this time.
Peace, Love & David Cassidy!
Photos by Suzanne. Thank you to Suzanne and Erik (David Cassidy Fan Site of Norway)
