Post your reviews....

I won't see the guys until Sunday! Bonnie, Mary and Bob - I know you'll have a good time.... I'll tell Ben you said "hi",I'm sure he'll be in NY....

I'll be at the IMAC show in New York.

The Blair Mansion Inn:

Time was when I felt lucky to be able to get my live AA fix once a year like clockwork every fall. Feeling positively spoiled now because this is the third time in the last 10 months that The Lads have come to the DC area!

The Blair Mansion is a big old, well....mansion, built around 1900! We walked in - and just around the corner, the Ruthless One was siting at a table of AA and Grainger CDs, happy to chat about the place and this somewhat unusual booking for AA.
We were led into the main room and were taken by its small size! It looked more like a dinning room (with small tables of 4 to 8 people) than a concert venue. (I don't think there were much more than 100 people). Mr. C mentioned during the show that he was genuinely surprised at how "intimate" the setting was. We were also delighted to discover that we were seated with two VIPs (!)from SmoothViews (see the Links page @ this site).

Decided to do some exploring before the show, was greeted by a very friendly Gary G. walking up the stairs, and ran into one Mr. Gilderdale in the men's room (apparently, they're real people - just like us!!)

As for the show - what can I say? The Lads never fail to delight with their talent, energy, humor, and genuine appreciation for the fans. Several tunes from This Way, a few from The Beautiful Game, and a smattering of the classics for the folks like us who've been with them for the last 20 years.

Afterwards, the Guys were just hanging around in the Grand Foyer, happy to mingle and chat with everyone, which was much more personal than the typical meet-n-greet line, and typically AA in the way they make themselves available to us regular folks.

Stewart said that they probably wouldn't be back until the Spring (WHAT? - I have to wait almost a year?? - Outrageous!), so this one will have to hold us for a while.

Great to sit with Mary and Bonnie again (did I say VIPs??) - and, as usual, a terrific night!

Bob

The show at the Towne Crier last night was great!

I have really good pics, but you're going to have to hang on until Tuesday night.... and I hope to get some more good pics at BB King's tonight.

Wish I could have been at Blair Mansion with you guys. Maybe 2008 at the Birchmere will bring us together again.

Friday in Boston! Can't wait

Thanks to everyone who has sent pics - from BB Kings and from Scullers. I'll take some tonight at the IMAC.....

Last nights shows were great - Boston did not want to let them leave the stage!

And I'll try my best to take pictures. It'll probably be harder since I won't be in the front. Either way, I'm excited for tonight. I'll see you there, Kat.

Excellent show tonight! Unfortunately, I don't remember the full set list; just bits and pieces. What was it? In the meantime, I've put up as much as I could remember in the recap post on my blog. I also have a picture of me with the band afterward. I won't link to the post yet because it's incomplete, but click on the link in my signature and it's the first thing you'll see.

The post has been completed:
http://mikechimeriblog.com/2008/06/22/acoustic-alchemy-concert-recap/

Hey Bob, The Blair Mansion Inn is a really cool place. As a matter of fact, the Mansion's a twenty min. walk from where I used to live(My dad's still there!). I remember doin' receptions there back in the late 80's. It's a small, but intimate place. that's one of the spots I plan on checkin' out when I go back home in September now that the G-Men are runnin' it.