Confident Soulful Sonically Strong

Crisp and right

Not Flashy, Just Exactly Perfect Though

I like the pace! Jerry sings it well. In command. The little repetitive stops at the end of the penultimate line of each verse are cool - at times Brent sounds a bit kitschy. Kind of funny. But hey this has a nice groove and a lot of soul. I wasn't there but I think the audience likes this song. I love it.

Deeply soulful, sung and played flawlessly, guitar crying

The best. Something about the way the song travels so lightly. Band in synch, not wasting time, but finding all the music along the way.

A chunky emphatic Scarlet with Jerry finding the space between the beats early, then he swings into form without losing any power. Phil does the early pyrotechnics -sets the song on its up and down journey of the soul, then Jerry's solo - powerful, soaring, searing, he carves the meaning of the words in the sky, with all of the loss - "let her pass by"- transformed into joy - "strangers stopping strangers..." - in the 3rd chorus, with the ecstatic celebration of the last verse beautifully introduced - he opened the door as we just entered an altered world. The crowd heard it, too - they love it. And the transition is similarly perfect, gently insistent and perfectly laid down. I used to play this for my 5 year old girl on the way to school. She's 17 now and she has developed astonishingly good musical taste! Sometimes you get shown the light indeed.

Jerrry's solo before last verse of SB - the part I always listen most closely to - is one of the best ever. Not sure it measures up to the solo of 5/21/77 - that one has a peak that floods me with dopamine every time - but for all 4 choruses, he is right on it with some nice low piano work from Keith, and hits some very sweet high notes - especially the 2nd/3rd. Generally, I like the transitions where Donna does a lot a lower volume - here her wordless singing is so faraway, sweet and wistful - like the girl with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, into the blues. Jerry echoes her nicely. And then it builds....a great journey.