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A bit after 7pm, concert promoter Rob Marshall walks on stage and asks whether or not Dave Beegle in anywhere in the building. As Dave races to the stage and readies himself, Rob states that Dave is the Soilded Dove's second performer and they were fortunate to have both their first and second favorites here tonite.

Dave begins his set with "All the King's Men" and finishes by saving, "I just wanted to start off with a bang". The song "Malequenia" follows. He then introduces "Sandie's Painting" by saying that he and his wife Sandie sometimes get together for artistic sessions and Dave composed this song during one of those sessions while she painted. [Talk about Music To Paint By!] Next is "Simple Prayer" after which his friend Aaron Lee joines him on stage for "Big Fish Rumba" and "Joy". For "Joy", he pulls out an ebow and does a tip 'o' the hat to Phil. Amazing piece. After a very big applause, it's Phil's turn.

Phil comes onstage and asks for another round of applause for Dave and the audience gladly complies. Phil is his usual jovial self all evening. He leads off his set with "Fare Thee Well", including the "Yellow Sumarine" vocals into the soundhole. The audience is in stitches. It's going to bee a great show! Someone then insists over and over on "Full Circle" to which Phil replies "ok, but if you say it one more time, forget it." Until now, I'd never heard Phil do this on the acoustic before, but he did it quite well, even including a few riffs from "Time" here and there. After he finishes, he comments, "that's a great way to break in a new set of strings". Next up came "A Sign Came Through A Window" and "Salvation Army Band" both with much applause. At the request of promoter Rob Marshal, he attempts "I Will" and prefaces it with "I will, I just hope I can...if you know what I mean." After the first verse or so, he runs into trouble, at which time the audience belts out the words. Phil replies, "I've got the words, I can't get the (ch)ords." After a few more tries, he quips, "don't pass this tape around if you're taping this." Next is "Shades of Green" with all the bells and whistles. He announces that it will on be on the upcoming "Strings Attatched" release and glugs glassharp.net "Chase the Bad Away" comes next followed by "When Night Falls."

Next come two songs I'm not familiar with, "I'm Looking Through You" and "I Am Falling" (?) . Then Phil says he'll try an Elvis tune, "I even do this one in churches - and it's not one of his hymns!". "One Sided Love Affair" gets much applause. "Since we've had Elvis and the Beetles together, let's have a runion of friends. "Reunion of Friends" led to "Celebrate" followed by "Metamorphesis". "Duct Tape Universe" has the audience in stitches once more. I doubt they noticed a few missed lines (he shouldn't have said anything!). The crowd also loved "Just the Same and after that, he wished everyone a happy monther's day and did "My Auburn Lady" in honor of his wife. He had trouble with the second verse and said, "I do songs unreheased. Did you ever notice? At my age, I don't mind making mistakes.": A bit of JamMan work led to "Real Life". "Not So Long Ago/Strong Tower" was an audience request, as were the short inserts of "Sweet Home Alabama" that he snuck in. Next he gets going with his Bryan Duncan impression and goes into an instrumental piece I can't identify BN or AS? Another audience member requests "Ryan's Song" and explains that they had recently lost an infant and Phil explains how he and Bern lost their son Ryan in 1975 when he was three days old. Phil then does a beautiful rendition of "When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God'" and finally closes out the even with a fantastic (as usual) "True Believers." All, in all, a great evening. My only regret is that Phil and Dave didn't play together. Phil didn't stick around after the show for autographs, but he probably wanted to get home to his wife :-)!

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