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So I was checking on Dime for some new shows (Seeing if Ac/Dc in Edm was posted yet) and came across this...

Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx
Leach Amphitheater
Oshkosh, WI
USA
27 Aug 2009

Dennis DeYoung - vocals & keyboards
Tommy Dziallo - guitar
Jeff Watson - guitar
Hank Horton - bass & vocals
John Blasucci - keyboards
Tom Sharpe - drums
Kate Milan - vocals
Suzanne DeYoung - vocals

Taped & Transferred by BKyle

CSB > R-09(24/48) > USB > CEP > CD Wave Editor > FLAC Frontend > FLAC(16/44)

Total Playing Time (100:46)

Disc 1

01) Intro
02) Opening
03) The Grand Illusion
04) Lady
05) Lorelei
06) Don't Let It End
07) CW Intro
08) Castle Walls
09) Light Up
10) Mr. Roboto
11) One Hundred Years From Now
12) Band Introductions

Disc 2

13) Desert Moon
14) Rocking The Paradise
15) Prelude 12
16) Suite Madame Blue
17) Babe
18) The Best Of Times
19) Come Sail Away
20) Outro

Notes:

Jeff Watson makes his debut with the DDY Band.

Dennis' wife, Suzanne, was not on stage during the Band Introductions


Interesting.. so I take it Jimmy Leahey got the ax? What about Kyle Woodring? I thought he'd been DDY's drummer for ages.. what happened there?

Dennis has a few players who rotate in and out, depending on what other work they may have. Tom Sharpe has played a number of dates with Dennis, and has even conducted the orchestra on some of those dates, when Kyle began working on a different project.

Jimmy Leahey plays with other musicians and is with John Waite on tour now, I believe.

All of Dennis' musicians, including Tommy Dziallo and Hank Horton, perform in other groups or on other projects when they are not working with Dennis.


Bugsy

Wow I'd love to see Dennis with Tommy and Jeff Watson manning the guitars... damn.

On track 17 how many years has he been married now ?

Thanks for the updates..

At least he won't be able to make the stupid tommy/james joke when jimmy's not there. I quess that's something to be happy about.

I know I'm prolly the only one to feel this way, or at least to own up to it, but I wouldn't mind seeing a song or two from Hunchback.. and what's with just one song off the new album? It seems like he's almost going the Styx route as far as the phoning it in set. I just always felt like you got a richer experience from a DDY show; he even through in one from "10 On Broadway" when I saw him in '02.

BlackWall wrote:I know I'm prolly the only one to feel this way, or at least to own up to it, but I wouldn't mind seeing a song or two from Hunchback.. and what's with just one song off the new album? It seems like he's almost going the Styx route as far as the phoning it in set. I just always felt like you got a richer experience from a DDY show; he even through in one from "10 On Broadway" when I saw him in '02.

I agree. Especially about songs from his new album, which sound really great in concert. For some reason or other no effort was made to push this album or its songs here in the US, so he performs the only "hit" from it, the title track.

I was pleased to see Castle Walls in the set as that is wonderful live.

He may still do one or two songs from Hunchback at the orchestra shows, but I think those are even scaled back.

He is basically performing the nostalgia act. Not unlike what his former band is doing.


Bugsy

Here's a few pictures from the Oshkosh show of Dennis & Jeff....

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Here's a few pictures from the Oshkosh show of Dennis & Jeff....

Nice pix,but don't show them to froy.He won't like that guy's hair.
He definately needs a haircut.Mon dieu.

Anyways,,does anyone know, how many of 100 years has sold then?

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:I was at that concert in Oshkosh (still posting pictures on Facebook). Dennis is a HUGE draw up there. 2 years ago no one left during the show in the pouring rain!

Anyhoo, Kyle has been on tour with Jersey Boys and is also working on his own projects. Tom Sharpe has been with Dennis for 2 years now. You can check out both of their websites, MySpaces & Facebook for their updates.

Jeff was at the NYC acoustic show, which was GREAT by the way. The Oshkosh show was his first with the full band. From what I understand Jimmy had a previous engagement and Jeff filled in for him. Jimmy will be on tour again with John Waite and he also has a variety of projects going on too. Check out his MySpace for more information


I had to giggle when a couple people (okay, a lot more than a couple) thought Jeff Watson was Tommy Shaw, they were in the back - LOL

Dennis will be back here, in my area next Friday

Jeff is one of the nicest musicians I've ever met. He extremely easy-going ....

gr8dane wrote:Nice pix, but don't show them to froy. He won't like that guy's hair.
He definately needs a haircut. Mon dieu.

Anyways,,does anyone know, how many of 100 years has sold then?

Dziallo needs a haircut too.

I think Horton's okay for hair though.

Jeez.. anyone else think Jeff and Zakk Wylde look like Brothers?

I wonder if Jeff's talked Dennis's ear off yet about conspiracy theories lol

MtlLady wrote:
I think Horton's okay for hair though.

, Amanda!

Love Jeff's Lady shirt!


Bugsy

MtlLady wrote:

gr8dane wrote:Nice pix, but don't show them to froy. He won't like that guy's hair.
He definately needs a haircut. Mon dieu.

Anyways,,does anyone know, how many of 100 years has sold then?

Dziallo needs a haircut too.

I think Horton's okay for hair though.

sacrilege!



Robin

Jodes wrote:So I was checking on Dime for some new shows (Seeing if Ac/Dc in Edm was posted yet) and came across this...

Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx
Leach Amphitheater
Oshkosh, WI
USA
27 Aug 2009

Dennis DeYoung - vocals & keyboards
Tommy Dziallo - guitar
Jeff Watson - guitar
Hank Horton - bass & vocals
John Blasucci - keyboards
Tom Sharpe - drums
Kate Milan - vocals
Suzanne DeYoung - vocals

Taped & Transferred by BKyle

CSB > R-09(24/48) > USB > CEP > CD Wave Editor > FLAC Frontend > FLAC(16/44)

Total Playing Time (100:46)

Disc 1

01) Intro
02) Opening
03) The Grand Illusion
04) Lady
05) Lorelei
06) Don't Let It End
07) CW Intro
08) Castle Walls
09) Light Up
10) Mr. Roboto
11) One Hundred Years From Now
12) Band Introductions

Disc 2

13) Desert Moon
14) Rocking The Paradise
15) Prelude 12
16) Suite Madame Blue
17) Babe
18) The Best Of Times
19) Come Sail Away
20) Outro

Notes:

Jeff Watson makes his debut with the DDY Band.

Dennis' wife, Suzanne, was not on stage during the Band Introductions


Interesting.. so I take it Jimmy Leahey got the ax? What about Kyle Woodring? I thought he'd been DDY's drummer for ages.. what happened there?

Why is he dropping Show Me The Way from his set list? Light Up, a B Side, is in there and Show Me The Way, a top 3 single and Gulf War anthem, isn't? Not sure what he is thinking on that one...

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Does any one know, ahem, Amanda, wasn't Jimmy's first Dennis concert in Oshkosh too? I just remember looking for him and no one knew who he was. "Where's Jimmy?" LOL

God no, that rainy concert we went to two years ago in Oshkosh (does it ALWAYS rain in Wisconsin??) couldn't have been Jimmy's first Dennis concert. The Roadies just didn't know where he was or didn't want to tell us, LOL!

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

MtlLady wrote:Dziallo needs a haircut too.

sacrilege!

Robin

Sorry Robin!!! The truth hurts sometimes .... It's not interfering with his playing though!!!

Someone posted a clip of Dennis' Detroit show with Jeff playing 12 string Prelude 12 (+SMB): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9OGQrNc3k

MtlLady wrote:

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Does any one know, ahem, Amanda, wasn't Jimmy's first Dennis concert in Oshkosh too? I just remember looking for him and no one knew who he was. "Where's Jimmy?" LOL

God no, that rainy concert we went to two years ago in Oshkosh (does it ALWAYS rain in Wisconsin??) couldn't have been Jimmy's first Dennis concert. The Roadies just didn't know where he was or didn't want to tell us, LOL!

Do you know when Jimmy's first Dennis concert was?

This summer has been so dry & hot compared to most Wisconsin summers

I know when Glen's first Dennis concerts were, I was there

blt man wrote:Someone posted a clip of Dennis' Detroit show with Jeff playing 12 string Prelude 12 (+SMB): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9OGQrNc3k

Thanks for that - I love that song, especially with an orchestra ....

MtlLady wrote:

blt man wrote:Someone posted a clip of Dennis' Detroit show with Jeff playing 12 string Prelude 12 (+SMB): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9OGQrNc3k

Thanks for that - I love that song, especially with an orchestra ....

Enjoyed the video. Prelude 12/SMB were always among my favorites. Watson is a good showman as well. I enjoyed DDY solo, but would like to see the new line up. It seems they put the orchestra so far back in the mix you can hardly tell they are there.

Was DDY slammin' Steve Walsh of Kansas' singing during his attempt at humor with Dust in the Wind? Couldn't tell. Kind of like his own self-depreciating Jerry Lewis "Lady" schtick I guess.

It was probably the lighting, but DDY looked kind of like a sixty somethin' year old grand...oh...never mind.

hoagiepete wrote:It was probably the lighting, but DDY looked kind of like a sixty somethin' year old grand...oh...never mind.

Not to point out the obvious, but he IS sixty-something.

Zan wrote:

hoagiepete wrote:It was probably the lighting, but DDY looked kind of like a sixty somethin' year old grand...oh...never mind.

Not to point out the obvious, but he IS sixty-something.

Sorry. As usual, my humor...or attempts at it are lost on most people.