I'm still basking in the glow of how great the performances all were. I arrived a few minutes into Carl Palmer's set due to bad traffic on the NJ turnpike.
Carl was a lot of fun. Someone near me said he was "all technicality but no musicality". I think that is unfair. Their arrangement of Pictures was very musical, excellent actually.
Annie/Renaissance were also on the top of their game. Annie was in tune throughout and dazzled with her operatic chops. New songs very good.
Musical Box was what it was. A well executed theater show. Demonstrated how good the Foxtrot LP was. Haven't spun that one in a long time. Will need to revisit.
And Yes were just stellar. I'm not going to say they were as great as the 2003-2004 shows by the classic line-up, but you know it was close to that good. They were so nice to play all three albums even though all the concert promo said they would only play two. No one would have gone home disappointed had they only played tYA and CttE. And I'm sure it had been a long day for them, so playing G4t1 was an amazing bonus for the fans. Awaken was the highlight of the whole evening.
The event was quite well attended too. The covered area of the pavilion looked about 80% full. Maybe 5000 people?
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