What a fun gig!
Joe Bouchard is a great guy. Very humble, friendly and down to earth. No "rock star ego" as one might think coming from arguably one of classic rock's bigger acts.
He did an acoustic set on a 12 string guitar of his solo material then the local band Roktapus came on and backed him for the BOC tribute portion. It ROCKED! Kudos to the Roktapus guys. They are a trio of 20 something guys who just met Joe the day before and basically rehearsed with him once. They all said Joe was one of the nicest guys they've ever met. He was very patient with them. They didn't just play the BOC tunes straight from the albums either, all got live treatments with extended sections and solos. Came across very well. They even did a funny "more cowbell" homage during Fear The Reaper. A bud of the Roktapus guys came up on stage during the tune with this huge cowbell and whacked away on it throughout the entire song. Very fun!
I got to talk to Joe after our set when I ran into him in the dressing room. He was very complimentary about our set and said he loved our Crimson numbers...all our songs actually. He said they grew up loving those KC tunes, "they were the gospel to us back then." He really dug our projected effects show too and asked me how we did them.
The crowd could've been a little bigger, but, eh it was a Thursday night...oh well. Still a fun time had by all. At the end of the night I thanked Joe again and he said "yeah, lets do it again sometime!"
I didn't get to tell him I saw BOC with Foghat at the Toledo Sports Arena back in 1981. Wondered what his memories may have been about that tour. Maybe next time.
We received a lot of great compliments regarding our set. A big thanks to all!
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