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8/31/96
The Last Bread Tour - Chapter 1
Okay! Okay! I know I should've started this journal
alot sooner but I didn't. So whooomph! There it is. But I gotta'
tell ya'! After last night's performance, I figured I'd better
get off my butt and start writing this stuff down. It's really
been pretty overwhelming. No matter how long you rehearse, you
still never know what's going to happen in "battle conditions".
Will everything go as you rehearsed? Will the pacing be right?
How will the audience react? You just can't tell until opening
night. And then if you add in the fact that we haven't toured
together since '78, it was anybody's guess as to what what was
going to happen. After all, the last time we toured you could
still buy records.
Well as it turns out, our opening night at the Tropicana in
Atlantic City couldn't have been better. Obviously, everybody
had some anxieties. You know, pre-show jitters, stage nerves
and that included the audience. But once we got past the opening
song, "Make It With You", it seemed like we went through the
set seamlessly, like one fluid motion. It was amazing, as if
we'd never stopped touring and it was just another show. Our
musical minds and spirits blended together as if we'd never
been apart. The string section was absolutely the cherry on
top of the cake. They played flawlessly. And with their addition
to the show, everything coming off the stage sounded like the
original recordings. It was fabulous!
It was obvious from the moment the curtain came up, that the
audience were all "BREAD HEADS". They couldn't possibly have
been more supportive. It was really quite gratifying to feel
that kind of fan support coming back across the footlights.
I know it's been awhile but believe me, we're definitely back.
The best from Botts!
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