Oakland concert was awesome

[Shihgirl]

;D omg I had a great time at the show last night, I was determined to meet the guys because I missed them at the metro after flying there from CA.
anyway I did what rockbeast did we were back about
to the middle and no one else was dancing so I told my niece lets go find empty seats up front where inxs fans have not come yet, and we did we got 2nd row in front for most of the lovehammers set, got kicked out about last three songs when the inxs fans came to claim their seats it was so cool being that close to them rocking out and dancing with about maybe 30 other lovehammer fans, some who did the same as us, really recommend this to get up close for lovehammers, anyway I missed the whole inxs set because I went to the lobby to see if I could see the guys, sure enough after the 2nd inxs song there was Marty walking through the lobby a few of us lovehammer fans grabbed him and got pictures, signed shirts, hugs, I even saw one lady kiss him on the mouth, I was jealous about that but I did get a long hug while taking a picture, and talked to him for a while told him about my kids now like to listen to him on the way to school, he liked that, he was so nice to the kids there, I wanted to give him a gift and I did not know or have time to get something meaningful, so I gave him a business card with a free puppy for a Casey family member so he could give a family member a gift worth $700. or $800. of a pure bred Shihtzu puppy which I breed and even plugged him on my nursery page under the puppy I named Marty. check it out. www.pawsitivelyshihtzu.com I hope he uses it and someone gets the free puppy they are great dogs. anyway we got pictures and lots of hugs from all the guys, I don't know how to put them on here so I emailed them to Cindy she will do it soon. after the concert we went outside and got more pictures of them and others around them, they all were very sweet and talked to us about everything, bobby said we are just regular guys that went to college! Dino gave the best hugs and lots of them, he is so hot in person, I think I love him as much as Marty now, he said to me was I suppose to buy you a beer, I said no it must have been someone else, darn! it was cute! Billy was great also and gave me 4 guitar picks with his name on them and the lovehammers name, he is way more cute in person and very sweet and shy. we were the last ones at their bus talking to them and Bobby and he was very nice to talk with, we asked him if Marty really wanted to lead sing for inxs and he made a face and said we were just like what do we have to do! so I think he was saying No it was just for exposure for lovehammers. Then we saw JD over at his bus and Bobby said you better go over there its your only chance, and he wanted to go back in his bus, I saw Marty sitting in his bus smoking, it was kind of funny. My niece got the last picture with JD and he said this is the last one, so I said then I get a hug, and he gave me a big long hug and a Kiss on my cheek and I did not even watch his set, why could I not get the kiss from Marty? So many JD fans would be so jealous of me right now, I was laughing about that all the way home. this is too long so I better go now, if I think of something else I will write later, bye all for now, it was the best experience I have had in a long time!
Andrea from Sacramento

[penny74]

Thanks Andrea! Sounds like you had a fantastic time and I can't wait to see your pictures!

[ChiTownChick]

Andrea, thanks for posting your review. I'm happy that you got to meet the guys and can't wait to see your pictures.

[mishibelle]

andrea, that's so exciting. I know who Dino what talking about,
| Jen|. I wonder if she ever got to talk to him. Still waiting for her review.

[Cindy]

Andrea has some nice photos.... And as soon as I can I will post them on the site. (I am at work now....maybe I can on lunch break)


Ok my mistake....andrea knows who the mom is of the kidlets in the picture....so all is well.


Cindy

[Shihgirl]

Hi again, I forgot something funny Marty said, we told him the security would not let us dance upfront in front of the stage, you had to be at your seat, so that was a drag, He said to us, "What is this, Footloose? You can't dance in San Francisco?" and then his buddy said, "We're in Oakland" and Marty was like, "So you can't dance in Oakland?" he is very funny and sweet! you can sneak your camera in your purse but if you take a picture during the concert and get caught they will take your camera away and I don't know if you can have it back, but in the lobby if your careful you can take a picture but I had to check it after they saw me using it to get back in to see the last two inxs songs, so I did. got it back when inxs ended with a tag to claim it.
Andrea

[penny74]

LMAO at Footloose San Francisco. That Marty. Always ready with the 20 year old movie references!

[rockfan]

Great story Andrea. You were another lucky fan at the right place at the right time. Thanks for sharing.

[greeneyes]

penny74 said:

LMAO at Footloose San Francisco. That Marty. Always ready with the 20 year old movie references!

So now Marty can be linked to the "7 Degrees of Kevin Bacon".

Andrea, your night sounds awesome! Can't wait to see the pictures.

[♥ Jen ♥]

Yeah - Dino still owes me that drink. I told him I would collect it at the Viper Room on Friday.

[forestanswers]

andrea said:

Hi again, I forgot something funny Marty said, we told him the security would not let us dance upfront in front of the stage, you had to be at your seat, so that was a drag, He said
to us is this Footloose San francisco or what! he is very funny and sweet! you can sneak your camera in your purse but if you take a picture during the concert and get caught they will take your camera away and I don't know if you can have it back, but in the lobby if your careful you can take a picture but I had to check it after they saw me using it to get back in to see the last two inxs songs, so I did. got it back when inxs ended with a tag to claim it.
Andrea

You've got to be kidding! In SAN FRANCISCO, of all places, they wouldn't let you dance during LH??? WTF? That is INSANE. I don't think I'm physically capable of sitting still at any concert.

[RayneDove]

Andrea what an awesome report from Oakland. I got to see Lovehammers in Vancouver and I can see their popularity is preseeding them as more and more people surround them for autographs and photos. How refreshing to have such a decent, down to earth celebrity. They really are "spreading the love".
Lovehammers forever

[desinsantarosaca]

Andrea - great post and it was nice to meet you at the Oakland concert. Thanks for your help in taking pictures for me.

Well, here's my try at telling all of you how great it was to see the LH's in concert. First, the Paramount in Oakland is a really cool art deco theater. All the floor seating is great, but we looked at the balcony seating and we were glad we didn't have those seats.

The LH's started right at about 8:02 and played for about 45 minutes. Their set list was similar to others I've seen posted from the earlier shows. They opened with Ultrasound (amazing) and the last three songs were Ring of Fire, Trees and Straight As An Arrow. I was there with my 11 year old daughter and our seats were about 23 rows back. Unfortunately there were LOTS of ushers that kept everyone to their assigned seats and made people sit down who were standing/dancing. I got to stand for about the first four songs, but was told to sit down. What's wrong with the world today! The crowd was obviously mostly older INXS fans because it took until toward the end of the set before all the seats were filled. The LH's sounded awesome and I was amazed to hear Marty's voice was even better and stronger than I had imagined. He is gorgeous in person, almost "pretty" (that's a compliment - really) , and the other band members are very good looking too (more on that later). Billy did a great job singing on parts where there is backup, so much better than I had thought he might be. Marty thanked INXS for giving them the opportunity to go on the road with them and to get the crowd ready for "their phenomenal show" (very gracious!). Later in the set he said they are LOVEHAMMERS, not Marty Casey and the Lovehammers. He really seemed to want to get this across to the crowd. A bit later he told the crowd they were excited about their CD coming out at midnight that night. At one point he went halfway down the middle isle and stood on one of the seats and sang for a bit. I wished I was on that side! All the band is fun to watch, but as I have seen others write it's hard to take your eyes off of Marty. Marty told the crowd he wasn't beyond going out in the crowd and lifting people out of their seats. I wish he had! I'm 42, but by no means am I a party poop like some of the audience was. The last big concert I saw was Prince and everyone was dancing their butts off.

The LH's got everyone standing for Ring of Fire, Trees and Straight As An Arrow. Finally the ushers left us alone! I brought a disposable camera, but wasn't close enough to get very good pics of the show. They didn't check my purse when I came in. I should have brought a digital. The lights went on quickly after their set was over so there wasn't much hope of an encore.

We hung out in the lobby, met a couple of LH fans and waited for the intermission to be over and the INXS show to start so we could watch for the guys in peace for the meet and greet. A couple of songs in the INXS show I think it was Andrea who calmly whispered to me "There he is". Marty was in the middle of the main lobby on his cell phone. We later found out he was waiting for a college friend he hadn't seen in ten years to come in the front entrance. He was amazingly gracious as a few of us went up to talk to him. He offered hugs as he met everyone. Good hugs too! Can you believe it! It just goes to show how special and sincere he is. He liked that I had a black, classic Lovehammers ladies tee on. He signed by MOMM CD too. I told him we tried to get the audience more into the show, and again he was VERY gracious and said "They don't know our songs yet". He also liked that I told him that Casualty was awesome. Everyone was very cool and Marty seemed so pleased that we all liked them so much. I have a great picture of him with my 11 year old daughter. She is very shy and he gave her a big hug, and she tells me he told her she was very pretty (she is). She dosn't really like boys yet, but I thought it was interesting she told me the next day "they even smelled good" (after meeting Dino, Billy and Bobby too). Marty was there by himself with us for quite a while, then Dino came out. I asked him how he's doing and he said he still couldn't hear out of his left ear, but he was getting better. He blamed it on the airplane flights. He's really nice and funny. We met Billy and he was very sweet and talkative. He seemed very genuine. Last, out came Bobby and he was just as easy going and cool as the rest of them. It's an experience I'll never forget. I've never been to see a group, big time or local, who was so cool to their fans. ;D

[natasha]

Aw, awesome reviews! Glad you guys had a good time ;D

[radioclash]

Thanks for the reviews, ladies!

[jodieca]

wow ladies that is just fantastic, thank you so much for your reviews! Looking forward to seeing your pictures, & SOOO glad you got to meet up with the boys!!

[scottmc]

Here's an audio clip from the Oakland concert where Marty explains that it's not "Marty Casey and Lovehammers, it's just Lovehammmers"
It's an ed2k link so you'll need emule or something like it, it's about 45 seconds.
ed2k://|file|It's%20Just%20Lovehammers%20-%20Live%20in%20Oakland%201-23-2006%20-%20Lovehammers.mp3|698368|F4884BE99E8900D342456E8355FDA734|h=QT3OIUS75FZKUQAUF2L6V37PDFVUX55X|/

[ElleBee]

I'll add my two cents that Oakland was totally awesome. The guys did such an unbelievable job--lots of energy and they sounded amazing. I met Marty and Dino out in the lobby too and they were totally gracious and cool to talk to. Marty even asked me if he could have a hug. (Umm...yeah!) And Dino signed my MOMM twice--one his "old way" and once his "new way". (I guess Dino's giving a new sig a little test drive...)

My only disappointment was the audience. There were obviously some totally cool Hammerheads there but there were also a lot of people sitting like they were in front of their @&#% TVs or something. (The guy in front of me even got pissed that I had the nerve to be standing up because he couldn't lean as far back in his seat. Umm...dude, we're at a *rock concert*. Why don't you get off your @$$ and then there won't be an issue. ) Made me feel bad for the guys that they had to look out at all these bumps on logs but from what desinsantarosa said, it sounds like Marty has the right attitude about it. And the lucky Hammerheads that managed to get past the rule-nazi ushers and to the front totally rocked it out for them.

Anyway, obviously another thumbs way up review from Oakland! Lovehammers totally blew down the house!

[madamerubi]

The concert last night was awesome. When Marty came down the center aisle my friends shoved me down the aisle and was just standing there in awe and I touched his jacket and I was in heaven. lol! And then, when he was in the lobby I was litterally shaking. And, ticked off that my camera on my cell phone didn't work, but my friend got an autograph for me, cause I was just standing there and couldn't even talk. lol! But, it was a wonderful evening.

I did learn last night, that I'm not really an INXS fan. I loved the show. But, after LH perfomed and I got to see Marty up close and personal, I was ready to go home. lol! LH blew INXS OUT OF THE WATER! They got a smaller part of the stage, and they didn't need the flashy background and fancy light show to kick a$$.

I love the Lovehammers!!!!!!!!!!

[scottmc]

Full set list from Oakland show:
Ultrasound
Hold On
The Riddle (Yes it do)
Call of Distress
The Tunnel
Rain on the Brain
Eyes Can't See
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)
Trees
Straight as an Arrow