yesterday evening i went to see AUDIOSLAVE at the Shiner Bocktoberfest (not Rocktoberfest). o man…. my ears are still ringing… hehe. it was a blaaaaaaaaaaaast!!!
there were several bands/artists there but for several reasons we only got there in time to see Good Charolette & AUDIOSLAVE. Seether played before GC and I had hoped we’d make it in time to check them out, but it didn’t happen. that was ok, because all i really came for was AUDIOSLAVE. and guess what… i was not let down 😀 Audioslave was … was… was… ;kajbgoe;lkav GOOD.
when they came out it was full blown riot for several songs. then they busted out some Soundgarden… Spoonman and they crowd loved it, not my fave but the energy was good. later Cornell said they had something special to play for us… then the soft intro to I Am the Highway was brutally busted open with a Rage Against the Machine Medley…. O MY GOODNESS… the pit that i was on the edge of became about twice as big… placing me pretty much in the middle… 😀 which was fine for a while… because i was too busy jumping around (in my own world) before i realized i was in another world… one of elbows and a$$holes haha… so i eventually made my way back to the edge (with the help of a few others) just in time for Rage’s Killing in the Name Of…. holy smokes!! ok so eventually things cooled down as Cornell was left on stage alone with an acoustic guitar…. the lights go dark… us and the stars and a campfire rendition of Black Hole Sun…. VERY NICE! now what?? i’ll tell u what… Cornell started telling us how he wrote a song for Johnny Cash (btw, cash recorded Rusty Cage) but Cash told him that he felt like it had too many chords, so Cornell said he felt like that was OK because he thinks Audioslave got it right. and boy did they. in fact i was happy to learn that the song he was talking about is my favorite Audioslave song: I am the Highway. so there he went playing and singing (with a lot of help from the crowd) then halfway through the band comes out of the darkness to plug back in and finish it up… very cool. after that i’m thinking… ok now what?? and well… they left us with a sweat… as they played a couple more burners and left as the fireworks show (which was weak… but hey… better than nothing) wrapped it up.
then i got a shirt and left.
hehe… ok there was some more interesting stuff that happened later… but i’ll leave u with my recolllections of Audioslave.
anybody else want to comment on all the other goodness at Bocktoberfest feel free!!