Great Show......However I was disappointed that I missed the 1st half of the Show. My wife bought tix online and printed them out on our printer. The ticket showed joe as the 2nd act (Which has historically meant that the 2nd listing is the main attraction and would close the show), so we figured that we'd miss DreamTheater (which we weren't interested in anyway), and catch Joe.

Well Needless to say we missed the first hour. I really hope in future the ticket specifies who goes on first and who is secont.

About the show.....Great to see him up close. Haven't seen him since Roseland Ballroom in NYC in 2000 (3 Hours of Joe). Starry Night- great.....and Mind Storm left an everlasting impression in my mind of Joe getting down with that piece. MY entire hour and ten-minutes was great none-the-less.

I hope he returns to the NYC/NJ area this year.....we lost out on some serious music and am going thru premature withdrawl....:-) Can't wait till next time....I'll be early

I too, would like to thank Joe and his band & crew for coming to the Art Ctr to play. This is NOT the 1st time I saw Joe, but it is the first time I'm writting a review, so here's goes. Big Fan of King's X. Seen them lots of times in this area. Only disappointment was that they only played for 25 to 30 minutes. Still, they had there sound together and Ty's playing was smooth as ever. And they pulled off some great vocals. "It's Love" was a great example with it's Beatle-esque mid-sec. Just GREAT!

Joe just ROCKS every time I see him! It was dark by the time he came on and that helped with the light-show. Big surprise for me was to hear "Crushing Day" on the setlist!! I love that tune and I always wondered how Joe pulls it off. Another fav on the set was "Potato-Head Groove Thing". Sonically, it's brutal. And visually, Joe just makes it look SO easy! The 7-string maghoney Ibanez that he used on the new tune, I think it was "Mind Storm", sounded muddy. You noticed it more when Joe went back to his white JS gtr, and even MORE when he used the chorme JS. Even though the chorme JS that Joe had stolen from him was MIA, THIS chorme JS sounded awesome. Only Joe would know where it sounded different. "Crush Of Love" is simply beautiful. Love the melody, and I liked the way Joe added the riff from "Memories" at the end. Joe LOVES to PLAY!!! And he was on fire the this show. How does he keep his glasses from falling off????!!!! I was surprised to see lots of kids in the crowd, as well as lots of girls & women. By the time Joe went into "SummerSong", the place was on thier feet!! The place went just CRAZY. For an encore, Joe and the band went into "Friends" and it just put a cap on the "feel-good" vibe that went across the night. Plus, Joe used that Ibanez "Snake" JS that was custom painted. WOW!! I've seen photos of that guitar but I never thought I'd see it. I should say something about his band. Jeff and Matt are a super solid team. Matt always seemed to me as a soilid bass plyr but showed that he has some chops as well. Great sounds from his frettless too. Jeff's awesome. Great drum sound andgreat grooves he set-up. I just could not get the 2nd gtr plyr's name down, but he was right on with all the fills he did and added gtr sounds. I wanted more. It seemed to me that Joe and the band just got started then they were bowing at the end. Too short, even thought they played for about and hour or so.

Dream Theater are a bunch of MONSTER players. These guys are SO tight it scrary! Even though they had a bigger production than Joe, I felt that their sound suffered, esp on the bassist and keys. John Petrucci and Mike the drummer sounded like CD quality. To me, the drummer was the highlight of DT's set. His character comes across even from behind the drum-kit. But, even with these few short-comings, Dream Theater put on a super-solid show, and the crowd loved them.

What a great early birthday present my wife gave me by buying me this ticket. I loved it.

Boze.

First time I saw Joe, King's X, or Dream Theater live. Had listened to a number of his songs before, knew he was amazing on guitar, but had never seen the magic up close.

It blew my MIND. Absolutely incredible. Best concert I have ever been to. Great tunes, great playing, great lineup. Went out and bought Strange Beautiful Music the next day.

After the show I put on some of the music that I had in my car, and it just paled in comparison.

I just want to thank Joe for comming here and playing an awesome show. Joe played an amazing set list.

The show was GREAT. It was my first time seeing both Joe and DT... Dream Theatre is a very talented group of musicians but I think they need to consider a new singer. I can't wait until the next time Joe comes around. I really recommend you check out this tour before it's too late.

The ONLY reasons I didn't rate the show a 10 are because it wasn't nearly long enough and the sound system was a bit blurry so some of the details of Joe's masterful playing got missed. As for Joe's performance, though...absolutely stellar! He was energetic and looking like there was nowhere on earth he's rather be! Crushing day was awesome...thanks Joe! And really notably, he did just a smashing job with Starry Night (and it was a gorgeous starry night!) and an awesome jam after friends! Midnight was a welcome twist to the show.

I tried to give Dream theatre a chance but after Joe, they just didn't compare. There's NO doubt that they are talented musicians, but the lead vocals left a lot to be desired in my opinion. Also, I'm not a metal fan, and their sound is very heavy metal and dark. Not for me!

AWESOME SATCH PERFORMANCE-I was out of my seat after almost every song, and I would have stood for the whole thing to show my support if not for my concern for other fans! Please come back, Joe!