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My wife surprised me with tickets to the Bare Bones Tour 2009, Bryan Adam’s solo tour but I think she was more excited than I was. I mean, I like Bryan Adams and can sing (horribly) the words to Summer of ‘69 like most guys that grew up in the ’80s but he wasn’t on my must see list of rock concerts. Right up the concert it was one of those where you feel like all you need is a good excuse and you can bail without feeling guilty but in the end we went in to Washington D.C. for a nice dinner and to see the concert at the Warner Theater. After going, I have to say that I am really glad we made the show. It was a small theater only seating about 2000 people tops and our seats were pretty close to the stage. For the most part he played by himself on stage with his acoustic guitar which was great but for those of you that read my review of the 2009 Nickelback Concert know that I place a lot of value on entertainers that don’t just peddle their wears but really try to connect with the audience and make the concert or show an experience beyond what I could get listening to it on a great stereo system at home. And boy did he deliver. He would sit on his stool on stage and bring up stories between songs about his song writing career, life, and general touring experiences that were really cool, even throwing in some jokes here and there to keep it light and fun. At one point he mentioned the success of his Waking up the Neighbors CD which has the Robin Hood theme song on it and how he was on tour for 4 years after its release around the world and that he was so burnt out and just wanted to go home to relax. He said that on his way home a buddy (co-song writer) of his called him and said he was in Jamaica on holiday from Canada and that Bryan should come hang out with him and relax. So he said he did and that a year later when he left they had already written a bunch of songs for his next album. Holy cow is that cool or what?

He also talked about how he got his start and when he was first asked to do a soundtrack for a movie and that he had his doubts but years later he has had several soundtrack hits including from the movies Robin Hood, Don Juan Demarco, Hope Floats, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. And joked about the naming of his latest album 11 and all the ideas fans sent him on how he came up with that name. At the end of the show he recognized 2 guys in the front row of the audience that he grew up with and hadn’t seen in 20 or 30 years and asked them to come up on stage and hang out backstage with him after wards which was pretty cool.

The things that really impressed me about the show were his genuine ability and desire to interact with the audience, ask and answer questions, but keep the flow going and interesting to everyone there. The other thing was the realization of just how many hit songs Bryan Adams has had over the 25+ years he has been performing. It seemed like a greatest hits concert and almost every song was one that most people would recognize and probably even be able to sing along with. It’s always more fun in my opinion when you go to a show and hear a lot of recognizable songs that you like and that are catchy even if they aren’t ones you have at home in your own music library. So in the end it turned out to be a great concert by a great performer and musician and one of the big rock stars of the ’80s who’s still going strong. If you have the chance to see the acoustic tour it is well worth it. Enjoy!

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