Has anyone seen him in concert recently?
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phils_phan — 19 years ago(August 14, 2006 10:32 AM)
OK, we saw him Friday night in Allentown at Lehigh University (Zoellner Arts Center). It was pretty expensive, $45 a pop. But, as others have said on this posting, he played for an hour and 20 minutes, no more, no less. Started at 8:10. I have to say that I was suprised at his voice. He has a very deep, pretty voice. He played the Partridge Family songs, including the TV show theme song. He claimed to be a friend of John Lennon's and played a few Beatles songs. His encore was dedicated to his dad (I forget what song it was!). Since he was in the Pennsylvania area, he gave a nod to the area and mentioned that he used to come with his dad to summerstock productions in Lambertville, NJ. So that was nice. For his last song, he said it was the greatest pop tune around, and that he'd always be rerecording it, and that the writer of the song was now dead (Tony Romeo). And with that, he launched into I Think I Love You. Which, at that point, the crowd finally got into the show and stood up and clapped and cheered. Most of the audience were 50 and over. I can check this off my list, now, and did enjoy it, but I doubt I'd go again.
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spoiledmango — 18 years ago(May 25, 2007 02:31 PM)
I saw him April 29 in Mentor OH. The show was a little different (Thank goodness). I liked the fact that it's not the same everytime. The crowd was much bigger this time and more enthusiastic (I guess casino people get free passes so the last show's crowd wasn't so thrilled). He was great with the audience. What really struck me was the comaraderie among the fans. Everyone was happy and excited and had a great time. And once again, he actually sang versus lip synced. I could go on, but to sum it all up, totally worth the time and money. It's obvious he thoroughly enjoys performing.
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peterquincy — 19 years ago(April 12, 2006 11:11 AM)
Just this night I saw him at Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. He did a lot of covers (Beatles and Cream that I recognized) and the Partridge Family songs I could barely decipher. He couldn't remember his guitarist's name and did a pretty bad job of handling the guitar he was supposedly "playing". On the bright side, he was still pretty good looking and had quite a few women fans swooning. His singing isn't the best, but then was it ever? Have to give the man credit that he's still out there, if only at a free show in a casino.
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patsylilly-1 — 18 years ago(February 11, 2008 01:54 AM)
He must have had a bad night. He probably had a senior moment forgetting the guitarist's name. I have been seeing him in concert since 2000 and his shows have always been good to excellent (his concert at Red Bank, NJ in Feb 2007 was fantastic!). I was almost going to go to this concert, but did'nt because it's too tiring to stand on line and I don't like the 3 hour drive. I prefer to see him in Atlantic City.
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splainintodo — 18 years ago(February 11, 2008 04:08 PM)
David always has trouble with his guitar. I have no clue why, but he does. The guitarist you saw was filling in for his usual5b4 guitarist. His regular guy was not there, so he did not forget the name of "his" guitar player. As for his voice, I think it is stronger and better than ever.
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cdon — 17 years ago(December 04, 2008 09:38 AM)
I saw him a couple of years ago, and it was very interesting. The stage he was on moved around, but it stopped about half way through. He spent the second part of the show moving around so that everybody could see him (though he didnt do it all that often so I spent most of the second act looking at his backside) There also were some groupies and David was not to happy when one tried to come on stage. He seemed really nice though and told some stories about the Partridge Family days. One story I remember him telling was about the theme song. They only recorded one version and it only took 5 min and forgot about it so he said that when the first couple times people sang it to him he did not realize it was the song from the show.
