From: RCMackay@webtv.net (RonCathy Mackay)
10.16.99
Subject: Roseland Rehearsal

My wife & I went to see the 10/13 show. Not being from NYC we had no
idea that we were supposed to line up down the street & not in front of
the venue. We showed up at three & noticed the door was unlocked so we
walked on in to check the place out. I fully expected to get tossed out
any minute but the people with the band must have thought we were with
the ballroom (& vice versa). Just after three Jimmy's guitar tech set
up
& tuned his guitars. Then at four a couple of the BCs walked on stage.
(we were sitting on the sofas along the side of the ballroom reading
newspapers trying to "blend") My wife looked up & said "check it out,
that guy looks like Jimmy from the back". About two seconds later he
turned around & I quit "blending" & dropped my newspaper. Needless to
say we had our own private show for the next hour. (what I would have
given for a tape recorder right then) They started working on Nobody's
Fault but Mine. Jimmy spent almost forty minutes teaching the BCs all
the finer points of the song. Mainly showing Rich & the other guitarist
how the song was supposed to be played. It looked like they'd learned
it
from a TAB site & Jimmy was showing them the way he wanted it done.
Next
they moved on to Heartbreaker. The main problem with this was that the
drummer was coming in too late after the solo. He also wanted a little
more rhythm from the other two guitars. This song only took about ten
minutes to work out. The last few minutes were spent on a blues number
I
didn't recognize. During this one, after playing it through once, Jimmy
came over to the two guitarists & said "let me show you something
wicked" (& showed them a trickier ending). Sounded pretty funny coming
out of Jimmy. Over all an incredible rehearsal to watch. Rich seemed in
awe of Jimmy & they all seemed to be very relaxed. (joking & laughing)
The bass player began D&C in between practices & got a smile out of
Jimmy. My wife especially liked the fact that Jimmy was relaxed enough
to scratch his butt & after practice, take off his shirt to wipe down
his ALREADY sweaty body! (he has lost some weight, this wasn't as scary
as it would have been last year) To top it off, Jimmy's guitar tech
even
offered us a soda from backstage. BTW, after the practice we sat  &
watched a photo shoot of Jimmy's guitars, amps & effects. It was for
Guitar Player Magazine, so be on the look out for it. Jimmy also had
his
Gibson & Danelectro doublenecks up on stage with his other guitars but
never used them (bummer). Needless to say, we stood directly in front
of
Jimmy (first row against the barricade) at concert time, and it was an
awesome night! We came home with a few good pictures from the show &
one
of Rich's pics. I'll post the pictures to a site soon.

C-YA,
        Ron