8/11/05 Showplace Theatre –Buffalo, NY

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posted by: needy

Ok, I'll be first. My friend and I who have been stuck at home with kids all summer decided to get out of dodge as early as we could. So we got into Buffalo a little after four thinking we'd find the venue, get our bearings and find a restaurant before the show. When we passed the place we saw Yaketyak standing outside talking to Randy in front of the tour van. So we parked and got out. We ended up meeting Yak, Wendy, Geenine80 (my new old friend from back home ) and Jenny.
So we stuck around. These gals were so gracious and warm to us. Jenny we still owe you a drink and you are the Hammerhead girl scout ( prepared for everything). Thank you so much. Then a bunch of other girls showed up like Yerba and Chifan who I was so happy to see. I met a bunch of others who were just so much fun to chat with.

Well the show was great and I decided not to take any pictures 'cause I just wanted to experience the whole thing. The set list was pretty much the same, except we got treated with Summertime in the City and Sleeper. Marty mentioned that it was their first time in Buffalo and they stopped to see Niagara Falls 'cause Dino made them. They did one encore which was Lets get wasted and Paint It Black. Unfortunately there was no meet & greet but the show was amazing.

I also started talking to an older women on line who was there with her adult son. SHe loved Marty on rockstar and got hooked on the show because of him even though she didn't care for Rock music. SHe didn't know about the Lovehammers because the venue was advertising it as Marty Casey w/ Special Guests. Well I told her she was in for some great rock and roll. So after the show I just had to ask her what she thought and she happily replied "I loved it. It was great".

It was my friends first show and she loved it. She was also so amazed about how sweet the fans were and how cool it was to meet them. She toatlly understood why I love going to these shows and hanging out in our little cyber community here.

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Posted by artzylady

Guess I'm second. My husband, son and I got there when the second band was on stage. There were three bands in all before Lh took the stage. We absolutely loved the place. Since we're from outside Buffalo, we had not been there before. It is an old movie theater done over into a music hall. The floor is on a slope, so even people farthest back from the stage could see really well. They had some scattered movie seats here and there and we found some about half way back from the stage. When the Lh came out as has already been described in other posts, Marty came out last accompanied by a hugh cheer from the crowd, of course. Seeing him in person is so completely different than watching him on TV. He really is larger than life!!! His stage presence is beyond amazing... the way he folds the audience into the act. At one point, he picked out a tall blond who was standing near our seats. She had a 35mm camera with a telephoto lens, who I thought was probably a professional photographer or perhaps a reporter covering the event. Shortly before that, he came down into the audience and ran past us, touching hands along the way, and finally climbing up above everyone. The other band members were amazing as well. My husband and son are both guitarists and were very impressed with Billy as you can imagine. Seeing them perform was awesome to be sure but they were better than even I expected. Absolutely would see them again in a heartbeat (all of us) and can't wait until we get the chance. We attempted to take some pictures but our digital camera had a difficult time and even at full zoom, they're pretty dark. Anyway, we had an amazing time and feel very lucky that we got the change to see them in action.

It's truly a surreal experience. My husband and I can't wait to see them again. We thought we might be some of the older people who were there but we were wrong about that. There were others definitely older than us and I've come to the conclusion that you're never too old to see the Lh!!! We've been going to concerts for years but have not enjoyed one this much... probably ever!