Fantastic show, my first. I wanted to get front row so I got there 2 hours early. Ended up fourth in line and when the doors open I was right up against the stage. There was no space between the crowd and stage. It was bitter sweet . I stood next to the kid Boxenstein and his family. Never met them before. Pretty cool folks from Canada, even his grandma was up front jamming. It was a packed house, from the stage all the way back to the bar. I didn\'t want to drink any beers because if I would of left to take a piss I would of never made it back to my spot. Wolf came out and played about 5 songs. Pretty cool and interesting, although you can tell people were getting anxious for the presence of big B. When Bucket entered onto the stage people went a tad nutty. His playing was brilliant. He was up and down the neck of his guitar with fluidity. I was smiling the whole show. He played non stop until toy time. The way he danced around you could of never tell he was injured before. I bought a Detroit Lions t shirt to give him for toy time. He grabbed it, looked at it and gave me his typical thankyou. He then went into his bag to give me a toy and someone behind me snagged it. It was really no big deal to me. Then he went back into his bag and grabbed another toy and handed it to me. People were trying to grab it, but he wasn\'t letting go until he saw that I had a firm hold on it. How cool is Bucket! The kfc bucket that he put on came from Boxenstein . It was kind of funny when he took it he looked back at him and gave him a gesture like " is this for me". Just as bucket was going to put in on his amp he looked at it again, put it over his bucket and then started to dance with it. Like slunk lord said he then wore it for the rest of the show. One of the coolest things i saw, was that there was this cute little 5-6 year old boy with his Dad there. The kid was just in awe watching Bucket\'s every move throughout the show. It seemed that Bucket went over there a few times so that the kid can see him really close. He ended up given him his chainsaw. One of my many highlights came when he started to play bucketheadland and he came over to let us push his kill switch. His guitar was literally in my face. The kid boxenstein started to push the switch so I decided just to touch the man guitar and let boxenstein hit the button. Then all of a sudden my chest got crushed against the stage ( lucky i have a 48" chest), and all of these arms flung toward Buckets guitar. Bucket then backed away. I though to myself ......wise choice big B. The show ended up being one of my favorite shows of all time. I am not saying that just because I am a fan.............it truly was. Oh yeah forgot to say he also cranked on his base. That was awesome to. I have a few cool picks and a couple of short vid\'s. I will post them soon.
sounds awesome...
Great story, nice that you got a toy in the end. Seems like Bucket\'s really on top form!
Amazing recap. I see Buckethead tomorrow in Chicago (my first time seeing him.) I hope my experience is half as good as yours. :)
QuoteAmazing recap. I see Buckethead tomorrow in Chicago (my first time seeing him.) I hope my experience is half as good as yours. :)
Chicago will be my first time seeing him too. The anticipation is nearly killing me!!! ;D