17 Oct. 2003
Masquerade Club, Tampa Florida

Tha eimai sinoptikos...
Jekinisan oi "Streets" mia tribute mpanta stous Savatage oi opoioi htan kaloi alla eixa xalia hxo.
Sth synexeia anevikan sth skhnh oi "Circle II Circle" tou Zak Stevens oi opoioi epaijan olokliro to disko tous. Poly kalo hxo kai ektos apo ton Zak traviske thn prosoxh o Matt La Porte , o kitharistas tous o opoios apodixtike pws einai poly kaliteros apo oti fantazomoun.
O Jon Oliva anevainei sth skhnh kai mazi me ton drummers, kitharista kai pliktra twn CIIC kai enan agnwsto mpasista paizei gia prwth fora live 6 kommatia apo ton prosopiko tou disko( allo post allh fora gia to CD ayto...). O hxos htan telios kai hrthe kai h stigmh gia merikes diaskeyes. H prwth to "Hey Bulldog" twn BEATLES opou kaliterh den tha mporouse na ginei... kai sth synexeia "Wishing Well" twn FREE to opoio vrisketai kai sto Fight For The Rock. To set kleinei me to "In The Dream" sto opoio o Matt epaije apisteyta ta solo tou Criss (pisteyw kalitera apo oti tha ta epaize o Chris Caffery) kai o Jon mas fernei dekaeties pisw otan arxise na tsirizei to telos tou kommatiou opws akrivws kai sto disko... Kai ayto vevaia htan mono arxh.
Hrthe h wra twn SAVATAGE oi opoioi gia to live ayto tha htan oi Jon Oliva , Chris Caffery , Steve "Doc Killdrums" Wacholz, John Zahner , Jonhy Lee Middleton kai Zak Stevens(gia ta kommatia tou Edge...) dhl. mono mousikoi oi opoioi eixan paijei me ton Criss.
Apo kouventes pou akouga trigirw katalava pws stous perissoterous eixe dimiourgithei h entipwsh pws tha htan mia sinaylia gemath me Sava-mpalantes mias kai htan memorial show... Vgenontas oi Savatage sth skhnh diepseysan oso mporousan aytes tis enypwseis. "Twisten Little Sister" kai sta kapakia "Sirens" gia arxh gia na tinajoun ta miala apo thn arxh!! O Jon ,alithia den jerw pws..., tragoudouse san efivos kai xamogelouse sinexws me ena eirwniko yfos otan evlepe pws eixe afise olo to koino me to stoma anoixto otan tsirize opws eixe na tsirijei pollaaaa xronia. Sinexeia me mia ekdosh tou Jesus Saves h opoia pextike gia prwth fora live (vrisketai sto From the Gutter...) kai o Jon epaize akoustikh kithara. Epomena kommatia "NYC Don't Mean Nothing" kai "Can You Hear Me Now" , tragoudia ta opoia exoun paixtei elaxistes fores live kai mas jesikwsan gia ta kala(me ton Jon pali sthn akoustikh kithara). O Jon prologizei enan kalo tou filo ton Zachary Stevens kai jekinaei to "Lights Out" me ton Zak se tromerh forma! Akolouthoun "Miles Away" , "Follow Me"(sto opoio jefeygoun kapoia faltsa ston Zak alla kai pali ta diorthose kapws...) kai kleinoun me "Edge Of Thorns". O Zak apoxorei kai o Caffery jekinaei to "Temptation Revelation" kai sinexeia me "Gutter Ballet". H ektelesh tou Gutter htan pragmatika apisteyth me ton Jon na ta dinei ola stis teleytaies korones kai ton Killdrums pragmatika na klevei thn parastash... Apo tous pio gamatous drummers pou exw dei live. Tromerh texnikh, idies figoures me aytes pou ekane 10 xronia prin kai hxos teleios. Vevaia perimena na exei kapoio apo ta terastia drum set tou kai emfanistike me ena poly mikro to opoio sth synexia mas ejhghse oti to dialeje giati einai apo ta kalitera kai panakrivo(xeiropoihto tou 1960 mas eipe alla den jerw apo drums gia na grapsw perissotera). Meta to Gutter akolouthoun kommatia apo to "Streets" opws ta "Tonight He Grins Again" , "If I go Away" , "Somewhere In Time" kai "Believe". Oi perisoteroi koitazan sigkinimenoi , alloi eklegan kai h atmosfaira htan pragmatika fortismenh. Meta to "Believe" o Jon thelei na allajei to klima kai jekinaei ena apo ta agapimena mou Sava-riffs... "Power Of The Night" kai astamatito kopanima. Oti akrivws leei to kommati ....Thrashing , screaming, twisting, banging, heads upon the platform!!!... Kleisime ths sinaylias me "Hall Of The Mountain King" kai enan Jon Oliva ajeperasto!
Sigoura h Synaylia den tha mporouse na einai kaliterh. Gia arketh wra meta hmastan ektos topou kai xronou kai opws paradextikan osoi exoun dei ton Jon se polles palies periodies alla kai o idios o Mountain King htan apla... h kaliterh sinaulia pou exei dwsei pote sthn 25xronh kariera tou!!
Sorry gia ta lathi alla den exw xrono gia na to janadiavasw.