Thanks to Kevin Jeffers who sent along the following review, set list, photos and video clip from the Toronto show!"Kris music has been part of my life since for the last 25 years. Whether I was sending Kris songs to a girlfriend in highschool or 5 years ago when To The Bone got me thruogh those nights away from my son after I had separated from my wife. I showed up at the event 7 hours early and hung around outside hoping I could just say thanks to Kris for being a huge part of my life even if he didn't know. Unfortunately I chose the wrong entrance to stand at and missed him altogether.
"The place was sold out and every person was there to see Kris. He came out alone and solo and began the evening with Anthem 84. Two songs in I could tell Kris was comfortable and in fine form. His guitar playing was surprisingly good and his voice was strong. It was amazing seeing him up there intimate and comfortable. It was like we were in his living room and he was just jamming a bit for us. His buddy Ronny Hawkins was there and gave him plenty shout outs. At one point after singing 'you're loaded again' from Chase The Feeling he shouted 'I ain't talkin' about you Ronny !!'. He was in a terrific mood and he was funny as hell. He said 'I notice a lot of clapping your hands keeping time, well if you find you're off beat.. it ain't your fault". Or my personal favorite story about the song The Silver Tongued Devil. He told how he was playing it for his 5 year old boy years ago and his 5 year old boy told Kris that this was a bad song. Kris asked why and his boy said 'because you're blaming everything on someone else' which got a laugh then Kris added 'He's older now and he's come to realize that the silver tongued devil and I are pretty tight'
"There was a lot of shout outs from the audience including one guy who kept asking for him to come over for a drink. It was bit annoying but Kris didn't seem to mind. He was appreciative of the audience asking us if we all wanted to come to the Pittsburgh show. Someone had a baby there that got kinda fussy during the latter part of ths show. It wasn't too bad, kinda lent to that living room atmosphere and Kris said during one song 'I know how he feels'. After the show he shook hands with some of us in the first row, I just kept saying thanks Kris. It was like seeing your best friend up there and being really proud of him. Of course I don't know the man just the music but he sure seemed like a good friend last night. All in all it was an amazing night for me with the highlights for me being Lovin' Her Was Easier, Nobody Wins and Moment Of Forever.
"My friend and I waited outside with a handful of other people. The door opened and we saw him in there so I was excited that I was finally going to meet him. His wife came out and asked that we didn't ask for autogrpahs because his hands were cramped. I wasn't going to I was just going to do what I had intended to do 9 hours earlier. Just say thanks. Anyway he never came out and we waited until it was clear there was no one left. I wish she had let him, I didn't need an autogrpah. I imagine it will be a long time before Kris comes this way again if ever."
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