Aja Night At The Gibson

This is the first mini review of 4 Steely Dan Concerts in the LA Area.
Gibson (formally Universal) Amphitheatre.


I wasn't really into the idea of an Aja night. Hubby was, but I wasn't.
OMG! They made me a believer.

It was just spectacular!

The LA crowd was on their feet multiple times. At the start of Aja, at the end of the cut Aja, at the end of the album. After a while of that, Donald said something like "We are now going to do some of our hits. Everyone just sit down and we will do the rest".
The crowd obviously considered Deacon Blues their song and gave it a standing O, too. At one point I was so happy with how this LA crowd was behaving (many wanted to dance but they would be good to their neighbors and sit) come the end, they would be up again showing their love at the break between songs that I shouted something like, "This is LA!" just so Donald and Walter KNEW that we love them here in this town. It was truly a spine tingling evening. The band feeding off the crowd type thing.
At one point Donald said something like he felt like Kermit the Frog tonight. Not sure why. His voice was good, but not perfect. In a concert setting, that is to be expected. I didn't hear any flubbed lines, but sometimes he got low, so that might be where he may have got lost for a second or two. No biggie to me, because I lose track of lyrics all the time. lol

All in all, it was just great. Lighting, sound and band.

They closed with Reelin' 72 which I have never heard performed and it was everything I would have wanted...and more! What a closer!!!!!

Gaucho tonight. :-)





This is what it looked like when they lit the crowd, to let the band see what they had done. I cropped the photo, so it's a bit hard to see, but these people are all standing. :-)







Set List that I wrote down:

Teenie's Blues

Aja (the Album)

Time Out Of Mind
Daddy Don't Live in NYC (Walter Vocals)
Bodhisattva
Babylon Sisters (Definitely an LA song)
Showbiz Kids (Lots of screams and claps for the F bomb)
Parker's Band
Hey 19
Love is Like an Itchin' In My Heart (Band Intros)
Black Friday
Do It Again
Don't Take Me Alive
My Old School
Kid Charlemagne

Encore
Reelin' In The Years (72 Version)

Last Tango Outro