The concert last night was fabulous. A great show and a wonderful time was had by all, especially, it seemed, Phil, Wes and Scott (and Christine).  The set was very industrial looking with lights and scaffolding around.  Right on time Scott and Christine Dente took the stage with the band (Ken Lewis on drums and Wade Jaynes on bass) and did a half hour set.

Nothing's Gonna Keep Me from You
Disappear
Wishes
So We Never Got To Paris
Constant
Not A Chance

They were very tight. The sound was great. Christine's voice (as usual) was right on target. It was my third time seeing them and they were wonderful. Scott used his black Langejans with a MIDI connection to fill out the sound the entire time (the whole night in fact -- the only guy who didn't switch guitars). He really beats on his guitar and his playing is very aggressive. He's a lot of fun to watch since he moves so much.

 As soon as they were done Scott introduced Wes King who came out (with the same band) and did a half hour set.

Remember
I Believe
Universe Next Door
Thought You'd Be Here By Now
Good News
Simplify

He did a great "Nashville" country version of I Believe before he launched into the real thing. Very Nice set. I haven't seen him before. He's a very good guitar player but more subtle and less flashy than Phil and Scott. He immediately introduced Phil who got, by a long shot, the biggest response from the crowd. This was clearly a crowd who was most excited about Phil. Frankly, that surprised me a bit. Phil's albums don't sell that well and, even though he's been at it longer, he doesn't seem to be the bigger star of the three but the crowd (and Wes and Scott) treated him that way.

Phil did 45 minutes without a band (but he had his jamman along).

 Salvation Army Band (very long!)
Nellie's Tune
Wild Heart
Let Everything Else Go
I Feel the Winds of God Today / Del's Bells
Sunday's Child
Little Ones
True Believers

Phil played his Langejans (Del Langejans was there -- one of my students who hangs out at Del's said the three guys were there yesterday afternoon jamming in the store -- and I missed it!!) was very organized and tight with his set list -- more so than I've seen him for a long time. He took Sunday's Child as a request but up until that point he was all business (in a goofy Phil sort of way, of course) but there was less crowd banter and goofing off than the last couple of times I saw him -- there was still quite a bit, though). I heard on the radio this morning that Acoustic Sketches is a "soon to be released" album. OK. He did mention that Nellie's Tune was on Acoustic Sketches so I guess they're pushing it. I was surprised at the number of unreleased tunes he did -- zero!   He did a great job and the set was a lot of fun. He introduced Christine who introduced a short film about world vision before the break (Christine said "Wes and Scott just left" after hearing Phil's set). We saw the film and then took a 20 minute break before the trio came on.

 The band (Ken and Wade) came back with the trio of guys (Wes left, switching between his Langejans and a Strat, Phil center on Parker Fly, Scott right on Langejans) and they did about a 45 minute set.

Isle of Skye (with Scott hitting his guitar with sticks)
Watch My Back
Perspicuity
River of Life (biggest crowd response -- it really cooked)
Budapest Control
That's Where I Live
Angel Treads
Something, Somewhere
(encore) Moors of Bellevue

That's it. Including the break it was 3 hours and 6 minutes. Very very cool show. The guys are obviously having a lot of fun (some of it at Phil's expense). Scott did most (nearly all) of the talking because he's so good at it and got in a couple of jabs at Mr. Keaggy ("He makes us call him Mr. Keaggy.")

-- Bob Keeley

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