Saw the actual "World's Greatest Rock n Roll Band" the night after seeing the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Rock n Roll Band." Have to say both were excellent. The Stones were amaing given their ages and the number of times they have played those songs. There were times (e.g., Midnight Rambler) where it felt like you were in a small blues club.
DBTs were, of course, excellent. I thought the play list was really good. Particularly loved the new arrangement of Plastic Flowers. Missed hearing Let There Be Rock, but there will be another time for that. Birthday Boy was excellent. I remember seeing them at the Variety Playhouse when that came out and Neff was with them and loving his slide work, but Jay's work there was fantastic. People Who Died is, and was, a great way to end the show but would have loved to have gotten Angels and Fuselage as those the next night did. It was interesting there was no encore, but perfectly fine with me - I always thought that was a bit goofy.
Have one somewhat funny anecdote. Between shows (btw, Buffalo Nichols is outstanding!) my friends and I noticed a guy looking at us, and me in particular. After a few minutes he came up and asked me if I was there for the "right reason." I answered that I was there to see the DBTs and went on to tell him about getting into the DBTs when SRO came out and having seen them a number of times. He finally told me that I had passed the test, but he was a bit worried at first due to me wearing a pair of khaki shorts and an Augusta National polo shirt. So, next time I go to a show I will have to remember to dress appropriately!!
