Patrick in St. Louis
I am new to Return To Forever. I had just seen the concert advertisement one week ago today, I had never heard of the band, but I recognized Stanley and Chick’s names (blew me a way that they were ever in a band together – who knew?). About 30 seconds into watching Vulcan Worlds on Youtube and I knew I was going to this concert. Our tickets were in the middle of the balcony, just center of the old St. Louis Fox Theater; it’s a treat to see any show at The Fox. Sure I was expecting exceptional, I was vaguely aware of a few of these guys, and by then I had watched every Internet video clip I could find. I was in no way prepared for what I was to witness. In all my years of seeing rock concerts, and I have seen almost ever well know rock band that has performed for the last 27 years, I have never seen the level of musicianship and telepathic unity, combined with insanely beautiful musical rants that left my jaw on the floor of the Fox Theatre. How honored I am to have witnessed a performance, a demonstration, a musical journey into the expanses of what physically must be possible. I mean, my eyes saw their fingers and bodies move, but my brain just kept saying – that’s not possible – you would have seen someone else remotely this uber talented before, right? Guys, all I can say is, that in my imaginary world of musical artists that I have witnessed, they all should bow their heads to you guys. To say you rock, or jam, is such inadequate vocabulary to describe what you do (or perhaps those terms should be used for such are occasions such as this). Really, what planet do you guys come from? Well, anyway - please find a reason to come back and play for us again – it was an event of a lifetime.
PS – Please come back and do a day show, so we can see what you’re playing even better :-)
