Port Paradise Cruise 10-25-09

[foxbat0182]

Pretty standard, but great show. Such a great setting for a concert, but I think a sunset performance on the island would have been incredible. How greedy of me. Anyway, I had a great spot in the front row, center stage. Here are all of my pics. I hope you enjoy them.
http://picasaweb.google.com/epwhitman/PortParadiseCruise?feat=directlink

[pathetic]

holy fuck, thats a lot of pics, nice shots.

[LisaH]

nice pics

[carter41dmb]

Cool pics. Looks like dave is using the new GRUX signature Taylor for DDTW

[ZMB]

Very cool pics!! :thumbsup

[420th jimi]

Great pix, thanks for sharing. Question for ya. How many people went and did it seem crowded? Was it hard to get to the front row. Were all the people fans or were some just casual listeners who won and went on the cruise? Congratulations on getting to go, btw. Nicce!

[philipe]

i just got home from the show today and here's my take. first of all, most of the fans were not big dave fans but i was surprised that they indeed did know a lot of material. we were third row and had no trouble getting to the front. we got off the ship at 9am and the show was at 1pm. keep in mind that we were on a tropical island so we didn't go set up shop right in the front row right off the ship. we did set up around noon and it was very open to get to the front. we were surrounded by dmb fans but i would not say anyone was probably ants or warehouse members. for the most part, the people were pretty good to be around, though there were some drunken college age kids that acted like they were on spring break sparying beer and shit while i was trying to take pix. one kid wanted to "kick my ass" after i told him to get off of me in his drunken stuper. anyway, incredible venue and to see the boys get off their boat on a private island in the caribbean, was a very cool memory i will keep w/me. anyway, thanks bud light and thanks dave for signing up for doing this.

[Kevaroo]

Dave needs to lay off the double cheeseburgers while in paradise. He's turning into a heffer. Looks like a great way to spend time on an island though, hope everyone had fun!

[kbabbing]

I just got from my travels this weekend. I loved this experience. I must say that it was a was a set list filled with radio friendly music for the casual fan. There were some great songs thrown in and I have no complaints about any of it. I was surprisingly taken back by the fans and the amount of singing to just about every song, in all fairness I was feet from the stage and also surrounded by some Ants and heavy fans. There were some ass holes spraying beer and mentioned in an earlier post but I can look past the ass holes. I have been to enough shows to let that shit roll off my back. To see the band this close and getting on and off the island by means of a tiny vessel was so sweet. I will carry this event with me for the rest of my life. Thanks to Anheuser-Busch for putting this together and thanks to DMB for coming.

[kbabbing]

1.Don't Drink The Water
2.Funny The Way It Is
3.Seven
4.Satellite
5.So Damn Lucky
6.Why I Am
7.Spaceman
8.Cornbread
9.Shake Me Like a Monkey
10.Burning Down The House (Talking Heads cover)
11.Tripping Billies
12.Crash Into Me
13.Jimi Thing
14.Grey Street
15.You & Me
16.Stay (Wasting Time)
Encore:
17.Everyday
18.Ants Marching

[Jworley98]

Anyone know if his voice was any better? I really hope he can figure out a way to get his voice in better shape.

[kbabbing]

There were a couple spots where it was spotty, but he was belting them out it is seemed fine for the most part.

[newscane]

The beer was being sprayed like mad in the encore break and encore. Same thing happened Saturday night at the party on the boat. I know people will do that all the time with beer... I guess they do it even more so when the beer is free....

[callmemarty]

awesome pics! looks like a great time.

[peteprance]

i was gonna go on that - but i had to work! :(

[Mr McVicker]

Dave needs to lay off the double cheeseburgers while in paradise. He's turning into a heffer. Looks like a great way to spend time on an island though, hope everyone had fun!
:lol

[Village Mayor]

Amazing Show! It was so awesome to get up front SO EASILY! This was probably the closest I'll ever get to see a DMB show. It was cool being at a show while standing in sand with the ocean all around you.

I was able to record Don't Drink the Water before I moved a little closer... here is the link to the Youtube for it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiWrNBymhlg


Enjoy!

[hmich176]

1.Don't Drink The Water
2.Funny The Way It Is
3.Seven
4.Satellite
5.So Damn Lucky
6.Why I Am
7.Spaceman
8.Cornbread
9.Shake Me Like a Monkey
10.Burning Down The House (Talking Heads cover)
11.Tripping Billies
12.Crash Into Me
13.Jimi Thing
14.Grey Street
15.You & Me
16.Stay (Wasting Time)
Encore:
17.Everyday
18.Ants MarchingNot a bad setlist. Nothing exciting though. I might even be a bit unhappy hearing the encore starting with Everyday. Though I can't imagine getting pissed on a cruise. Unless they broke out Stolen Away. Then I'd be pissed.

[nynydmbfan]

Also a few pics from the show. 15+ year fan, top 5 show.