BRENTrocks
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I'm a HUGE Alice In Chains fan! When I heard the Jerry Cantrell was coming to Detroit to support is latest solo record "Brighten", I was stoked!!! The show was originally slated for St Andrews Hall, downtown Detroit. Because of some structural issues the show was mover to The Majestic Theatre in downtown Detroit. I had never been there before and had no idea what to expect.
They told us to be there at 3pm for the soundcheck/meet n greet. I couldn't believe it...this place was small! No balcony, no mezzanine...just floor!! They said their capacity was 1100. A very intimate venue.
There was about 50 of us...we went in and got to see the last 3 or 4 songs of the soundcheck and then Jerry came down to visit with us sign personal items and do pitcures.
After the meet n greet I had some time to kill. There was a bar/bowling alley attached to the theatre, owned by the same people. Had a drink, some pizza...there were concert posters all over the bar area...and i saw one for The Darkness...they were playing at the same place THE NEXT NIGHT. Call a friend who also liked them and he really wanted to go too.
So I got to the Jerry Cantrell show...it was great!! He did a lot of AIC stuff and mixed in a lot of his solo stuff, new and old. Jerry's guitar playing did not disappoint, he had couple sweet custom Gibsons I had never seen before and of course his G&Ls. His band was great!
Drive home, get home at 2 am...get up, go to work and do it all over again the next day.
The Darkness put on a great show as well. Justin Hawkins voice was still as good as it was back in 2003. The band was very tight and sounded great!!
JERRY8 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
JERRY7 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
JERRY6 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
JERRY3 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
JERRY9 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
JERRY1 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_1623 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
DARKNESS2 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
DARKNESS3 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
DARKNESS5 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
DARKNESS6 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
DARKNESS7 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
DARKNESS1 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
They told us to be there at 3pm for the soundcheck/meet n greet. I couldn't believe it...this place was small! No balcony, no mezzanine...just floor!! They said their capacity was 1100. A very intimate venue.
There was about 50 of us...we went in and got to see the last 3 or 4 songs of the soundcheck and then Jerry came down to visit with us sign personal items and do pitcures.
After the meet n greet I had some time to kill. There was a bar/bowling alley attached to the theatre, owned by the same people. Had a drink, some pizza...there were concert posters all over the bar area...and i saw one for The Darkness...they were playing at the same place THE NEXT NIGHT. Call a friend who also liked them and he really wanted to go too.
So I got to the Jerry Cantrell show...it was great!! He did a lot of AIC stuff and mixed in a lot of his solo stuff, new and old. Jerry's guitar playing did not disappoint, he had couple sweet custom Gibsons I had never seen before and of course his G&Ls. His band was great!
Drive home, get home at 2 am...get up, go to work and do it all over again the next day.
The Darkness put on a great show as well. Justin Hawkins voice was still as good as it was back in 2003. The band was very tight and sounded great!!
JERRY8 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrJERRY7 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrJERRY6 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrJERRY3 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrJERRY9 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrJERRY1 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_1623 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrDARKNESS2 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrDARKNESS3 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrDARKNESS5 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrDARKNESS6 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrDARKNESS7 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrDARKNESS1 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
