Quinta-feira 9 Ago 2007, 12h:07

Sat 18 Nov – Blue Öyster Cult
Only four actual members of the band were on stage but that didn't stop them making a lot of noise or having a good time. After the first song Eric announced that Allen Lanier was ill, but that was no impediment to new members Jules Radino on drums and local boy Richie Castellano on bass really showing themselves as perfect fits with Eric and Buck and the band's music. Castellano in particular was astounding; playing a 5-string bass he's equally impressive with a pick or fingers. He plays chords, he plays funky pops and slaps, he beats on the body of the guitar, he fingertaps, he plays harmonics (!) and he also sings. Radino drives it all along with a kit of sensible size that he makes sound far bigger than it actually is.
Richie's father opened the proceedings and Eric gave a number of shout-outs for Castellano's House of Music during the show. Part-way through the set Eric introduced a friend of Richie's named Andy Ascolese to do keyboard duties; Eric said this guy had never played with them before so it would be interesting to see how it went but he handled his part very well and was even given a guitar during a couple of songs, so they were able to do a 4-man guitar jam during the encore.

Setlist:
The Red and the Black
OD'd On Life Itself
Burnin' For You (Buck vocal)
This Ain't the Summer of Love
Shooting Shark (Buck vocal; Eric keys)
Harvester of Eyes
Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
Black Blade (Andy keys)
Then Came the Last Days of May (Buck vocal; Andy guitar)
Godzilla (with bass and drum solos)

(Don't Fear) The Reaper (Buck vocal)
Encore:
Hot Rails to Hell (Richie vocal; Andy keys and guitar)