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Manhattan Transfer

June 20th, 1999 | Posted in » Concerts, Entertainment

Manhattan Transfer
Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE
20 June 1999

Route 66, Sing Moten’s Swing, A-Tisket A-Tasket, Java Jive, ?, Stomp of King Porter, It’s Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special), Dreamsville (Boy from Epanema tease), Clouds, Duke of Dubuque, Bass Solo –> That’s Killer Joe, Ray’s Rockhouse, Daddy (Tim w/ piano)*, Gloria, So You Say, Trickle Trickle, Operator

encore 1: Only God Knows (acapella), Birdland
encore 2: Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
* - first time performed (a request from Al for Father’s Day . . . about a boy who wants things)

Well, I had been living alone in South Jersey for a number of years now and realized I hadn’t been seeing many shows in recent years. I caught the bug going into the summer and decided I was going to get back into concerts. Being a little older now I knew stadium shows were a thing of the past. But so were arenas, at least if I couldn’t guarantee most of the crowd was behind me. This is how I entered the summer of 1999.

First up was this show in Wilmington. It was a cold damp June day when I drove over. The Opera House is beautiful and the perfect setting for TMT. I had become a Janis fan and tonight she was picture perfect. Just a wonderful voice.