Your first thought might be "Why is Bret Michaels, bona fide rock star with more than 25 million albums sold and the star of "Rock of Love," the No. 1-rated show in VH1 history, playing at this pub-club in Wantagh?"
The better thought is this: "Why didn't I go to Mulcahy's, a relatively small music venue, compared with what Bret Michaels is used to, to see this stop on his 'Rock of Love' tour?"
Michaels sold out the place Thursday night. Inside was jam-packed, even more crammed than the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, the most popular drinking night of the year. And the dude can still turn out a killer performance. Opening with "Talk Dirty to Me" and closing with "Nothing but a Good Time," Michaels was full of energy. The crowd was amped from the start, highlighted by the women's undergarments that made their way through the air and on to the stage before Michaels even started the show.
He went from playing electric guitar to acoustic guitar to some crazy harmonica solo to introduce "Your Mama Don't Dance." You haven't lived until you've seen and heard Bret Michaels perform "Every Rose Has its Thorn" followed by "Fallen Angel."
Poison hits aside, Michaels covered "Sweet Home Alabama," one of the first songs he learned to play, he said, and "Knockin on Heaven's Door." He also played a few cuts off the new album, "Rock My World," in stores June 3.
In a venue such as Mulcahy's, you get a more intimate feel for a concert. This isn't Jones Beach or Nassau Coliseum, which no matter how close your seats are, you still feel the expansiveness of the venue. (By the way, Michaels and the rest of Poison play Jones Beach on July 30, with Dokken and Sebastian Bach on the undercard.) Michaels worked the crowd well and took full advantage of the intimate feel, stopping to address the crowd, having a dude in front of the stage to take close-up pictures with fans' cameras for them and passing a beer to a fan in the crowd.
As for the crowd at Bret Michaels concert, you get three types of people:
1) Poison fans
2) "Rock of Love 3" wannabe contestants
3) Cougars
And there are quite a few that fall into more than one of those categories.
Get your fill of Michaels when you can now because it's being reported that he and Amber are happy together and Richie Sambora is stepping in for "Rock of Love 3."
Below is a video from YouTube
- La Monica
Comments (2)
FYI IM THE GUY THAT WAS THAT WAS TAKIN THE PIC FOR BRET I DO THAT FOR THE FANS I AM KNOW AS TATTOO TONY IM THE OFFICIAL TATTOO ARTIST OF BRET AND THE BMB LATER
TATTOO TONY
that was a great performance. I was there and loved every minute of it. Small venues beat big venues hands down.