Well we saw Al Green about 36 Hours ago! He was FANTASTIC, All I thought he would be, he was, He was Brilliant!
Firstly, I will talk about Michael Mcdonald, he was Great, He had a 6 Piece Band, including a Female Drummer / Singer, called Yvette “Baby Girl” Preyer she was Excellent! He also has a Great Saxophonist, Vince Denham.
Time passed so Quickly, but I think they performed for about 80 Minutes, He sung all his well known Hits, including “Yah Mo Be There” “On my Own” with Jaki Graham Duetting, this was Great, He also performed several Doobie Brothers Hits, including “What A Fool Believes” this was Excellent!
Michael Mcdonald also Sung a Song/Tribute written by Ray Charles, “You Dont Know Me”
His last Song was the Doobie Brothers Classic “Takin’ it to the Streets” He was assisted on this Track by Female Backing Singer ” Drea Rhenee”
So this was a Great Evening’s Entertainment so far, but we were here to see “AL GREEN” and we had about a 20/30 minutes wait for that!
Before the Concert & during the Break, I brought myself a couple of “Al Green” T-shirts, see Photo’s!
I would also like to say a couple of thing’s about the Venue, The O2 Arena, it is a Great Place! in fact the whole Place is Massive, Shops, Cafes, Eating Places etc etc, we never really got time to see the Whole place!
This was because we were staying in a Hotel about 3/4 miles away, but The O2 is over the other side of The Thames River, so we left the Hotel with about 1 Hour before the Show was due to start, so I put the Postcode in the SatNav, and Nothing, it said “No Search Details!
I went back into the Hotel, they gave us Directions etc, but I’m sure you will Appreciate, coming from a Town in Norfolk UK, & going to London, the O2 could have been 50 Miles away as to being 3/4 miles!
I got the SatNav and tried numerous things to find the O2 on the Map, I eventually found it, it was still called the “Millenium Dome” so perhaps this was the Fault, I dont know, but we eventually got details and were on our way!
By the time we arrived, it was time to get straight to our Seats! and we had Great Seats, about 10 rows back to the Left of the Stage, a Great View, for most of the time, apart from when People were standing up to Dance!
Now I am not moaning about people dancing, but when you are all seated in a certain area and on the same level, when someone gets up, you all have to get up as well, if not you dont see what you have paid for! and people behind you, then Moan about you for standing up!
We had a Woman not too far in front of us, Dancing most of the time, this got a bit annoying, I must say, I think if they had played “The Death March” she still would have been dancing!
The Food & Drink was a bit Pricey, has you would have probably Expected, a Bottle of “Oasis” was £3!
I will finish this Post about “Al Green” a bit later!
I think I will need a Whole Post for that!
Checkout some Michael Mcdonald Tracks & Videos below!