[Rick and Roll]

The Tony Levin band was excellent. I'd seen Levin with CGT, Upper Extemeties, Gabriel, Crimson, but never fronting his band. He had his brother Pete on keys, and the great Jerry Marotta drumming (and singing on Back in NYC and On The Air). Jesse gress was on guitars, and was an outstanding musician. And Larry Fast was back to help out. The final number was everyone in a circle singing "Don't Give Up". it was a magic moment.

I especially liked Elephant Talk and Phobos. A fine opener.

Hatfield and the North was riveting. They said they'd never played in America! Richard Sinclair still has the smoothest voice. His "goodbye, see you later, thanks for coming out" last song was great (he sings those words + some others like it the whole song).

I'm a much bigger fan of National Health, at least I finally got to see Pip Pyle and Phil Miller, two of my heroes. I'm sure a lot less flashy than in 1974, but I took what I could get.