Brenda and I decided to make a night of it. Since we were down SLC way, we had wanted to try this bbq place down in Grantsville, UT. Grantsville...where the Sam Hill is Grantsville you may ask? And, now that I think of it, who the Sam Hill is Sam Hill? (I just Googled it... interesting). Anyway, I digress... so, we went to Grantsville to eat at Richard's Roundup BBQ. Pretty good food, but I'm still wondering why they didn't put Grantsville a little bit closer?
After quickly eating, we buzzed on over to Usana Amphitheater which is on the other side of the mountain from Grantsville- thought we'd be late to the show for sure since they put Grantsville so far away, but we made it with time to spare. Seats weren't too bad, just a wee bit more off to the side than I liked- oh well, next time. Luckily the couple that was next to us (closer to the middle) moved to the handicap zone as the guy had a bad back... we just slipped over to their seats. It's amazing what 2 more seats to the center will give you for stage viewing.
The show was suppose to start @ 7:30, but it didn't start until about 8, probably on account that the sun was still blazing. Alex had to don some shades, of course Geddy wears his sunglasses at night, and Neil just squinted until the sun went down.
They took a break after playing quite a few songs from their previous albums, cause as Geddy said, they're a million years old (he just had his 60th birthday last week, Alex next month, Neil's already there). They came back and cranked out a bunch from the Clockwork Angels album. Brenda really liked Clockwork Angels and Headlong Flight- why wouldn't you? They were excellent. They had a seven-piece string orchestra that started the second half to cover the new album and many songs after that. I thought it was a pretty cool addition. After playing songs from the new album, they went back to more of their older songs- so awesome. They then bid goodnight which was much too soon. Brenda asked what they could come back and play for an encore- "there are so many"... I said, "Well, they can always come back and play Tom Sawyer and 2112 cause they haven't played them." They must have heard me, cause that's exactly what they played! Then they bid adieu until next time, that was about 11pm.
I wonder if they would retire to Grantsville, UT? Probably not. Too bad they put Grantsville so far away.
Dude, I am so jealous. Why, oh why, did they have to schedule their only Virginia appearance on a Sunday? Just not fair (but who says life is?). Honestly, when I looked at your pic of Geddy playing his keyboard, I could hear the familiar strains of "Subdivisions" playing in my head. Would that it t'were. And that gal you seem to go to all these concerts with, she looks just as ravishing as the first day I met her. Give my saludos.
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