Ventured into NYC last night to take in the Mr Big show at BB's. Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a tighter band, considering the flurry of bass and guitar notes that come at you. Sheehan was in rare form - the Attitude bas he was playing had neither the Model One or the Yamaha woofer pickup at the neck - or maybe it was the woofer, but taped over or with a cover. His recent conversion to Hartke was evident, with 4x10 and 1x15 cabs (3 of each), and a trio of Hartke heads. They played most of the good stuff, along with covers of "Smoke On The Water" and "Baba O'Riley" as part of the encores. One might be tempted to do a face palm at that, but they started "Smoke" with Sheehan moving to lead vocals, Eric Martin taking over guitar duties, Pat Torpey picking up the Attitude and Paul Gilbert sitting in on drums. A mid song breakdown had the front three switching roles yet again - Martin moved to bass, Torpey sang and Sheehan turned in a very respectable Blackmore solo. Sounds a little silly, but was quite entertaining.
