NO SECURITY TOUR -1999
SACRAMENTO 2, CA - February 6, 1999
SACRAMENTO 2, CA - February 6, 1999
Setlist:01. Jumpin' Jack Flash
02. Live With Me
03. Respectable
04. You Got Me Rockin'
05. Honky-Tonk Women
06. Ruby Tuesday
07. Dead Flowers
08. Some Girls
09. Saint Of Me
10. Paint It BlackBand Introductions
11. Before They Make Me Run
12. Thief In The Night
13. Out Of Control (no cage)Small Stage:
14. Route 66
15. Whip Comes Down
16. Midnight RamblerMain Stage:
17. Tumbling Dice
18. It's Only Rock'n'Roll
19. Start Me Up
20. Brown SugarEncore:
21. Sympathy For The Devil
Review by Chelskeith
Wow. Sacto II - Front row. My wife on one side and Rod Banister and a friend of his on other side and Keith and Mick right in front of us all night.
This was my 34th show. All day I couldnt stop thinking of the day I saw my first show in July of 1975. I was 15 years old and living in a suburb of Chicago and was just discovering who I was. At the same time I was discovering who the Rolling Stones were because a friend of mine loved them so much it made me curious. When I found out they were coming I scored 4 tickets and invited a few other friends. In the several weeks leading to the show I became very familiar with their catalog of music to date and I really liked them alot.
The day of the show we took a train to downtown and we used our fake ID's to make believe we were 19 to sit in a bar and drink beer and prepare for the show. My other friend who loved them so much had seats on the main floor and he was going with his older brothers who turned the Stones on to my friend. We took a cab to Chicago Stadium that hot summer night in July and when the Stones came on stage I was blown away. I didnt stop dancing and singing for about two hours and the spectacle with the stage and props made the show all the more unbelievable for a 15 year old. I had just discovered something different than what your parents teach you. Im now 39 and that was and still remains to continue as an education thats difficult to aquire in any school.
For the next 24 years I have seen them on each US tour they did. Ive also gotten married, had two kids including one named Keith Richards as you know, started a few different businesses and fortunately have had some success and I now have had the pleasure to get to know some of the band and their entourage and this makes it all the more incredible. Keith said in today's LA Times article that the cost of the tickets offsets the cost of the tour. He's right, if they are going to continue to perform at this level they need to have the right setup and believe me, these guys are still giving me lessons on how to live. The Stones are not only breaking ground on how to continue to perform on stage, they are also blazing the trails on how to live your life and on how to tour successfully period, right down to the Shepards pie.
The show last night was fantastic as usual, especially from the front row perspective. We also snuck back and watch the B stage from about 10 feet away, Rambler was definitely the highpoint for me. The slowdown bluesy shift to the uptempo boogie is incredible, Mick, Keith and Charlie really mesh together on this one. I really missed You Got the Silver and I was looking forward to the Sweet Virginia/memory Motel back to backer and I think I would have traded it for moonlight Mile and anything else they havent played before. I really would like to see them really shake up the set list so there is no patterns from night to night. Their catalog is so deep and they do such wonderful covers of OPM they could do a whole tour and never repeat the same song, wouldnt that be unique and interesting for the band. Theyre playing pretty tight now and I think alot of people would dig omething like that. In the meantime I got to hear alot of regular songs again, which were great, but not as fun for me as unique ones. Some Girls is really great.
Oakland was the best of the first three shows Ive seen, although Sacto I was close because the set list got shaken up a little more than the 2nd show of the tour usually gets which made it interesting. Meeting Shoiley was a highlight for me as she really is a good representative of what a true Stones fan is all about, and she knows everyone which is equally cool. My wife and I got to meet and spend a few minutes talking with Tommy Hilfiger before the Oakland show and that was very interesting. He said he loves the Stones. He said he employs 5000 employees at the management/executive level worldwide. He was pretty down to earth. He was with his brother Andy and it seems as if he has a family business, just a big one.
So the Stones are gone, but what a great feeling it is to know that they will still be playing more shows through this summer and beyond from what Keith says. Its been a constant factor in my life for 25 years and I hope it continues for many more years to come, I sure have enjoyed the ride. God they play great music.
CHELSKEITH
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