Ann Arbor
Michigan
Friday 16th July 2004
By Deb Rymal
Does this guy only get better or what????????????????
He was awesome!!! VERY strong voice. Looks amazing as always.
He did a lot of joking around and was hilarious. Sang a bit of everything.
Some old...some new.
He had a new guitar player with him. I spoke with him after the show and he
said he's only done a few concerts with Hal and had started just this
spring.
Hal left the crowds only wanting to hear more. He was on stage 2 hours and
it wasn’t enough!!!! He came out and did an encore after the people were
blaring for him to come back. He sang a few more songs and then said his
"good nights" and "thank you" and shook a few hands and left again. The
crowd had other ideas though. They would not let up until he came back out
again. It was really neat. So out he came again and sang more. He sang Trail
of Tears “a cappella”. It was incredible. (Always been one of my favourites)
We hung around after the show with about 10 other people. After the crowd
had left the building Hal came out and talked to us. He was so kind to
everyone. When I asked how he was feeling and he said he feels really good
now. He's getting acupuncture treatments and taking herbs. He also said that
to have someone like Gina at home to help look after him it makes a world of
difference. He said that Sophia is doing great. When she was born she was
very long and lean like her Mom but is now really "chubbing up". It was
cute!!! He said his new album should be out sometime in Sept.
I also met up with my long time Hal friend Rhonnie again this year so that
made it even all that much more exciting.
CLICK HERE to read an article
about Hal which was in the Ann Arbor Post on Thursday.
Does this guy only get better or what????????????????
Hal left the crowds only wanting to hear more. He was on stage 2 hours and
it wasn’t enough!!!! He came out and did an encore after the people were
blaring for him to come back. He sang a few more songs and then said his
"good nights" and "thank you" and shook a few hands and left again. The
crowd had other ideas though. They would not let up until he came back out
again. It was really neat. So out he came again and sang more. He sang Trail
of Tears “a cappella”. It was incredible. (Always been one of my favourites)
We hung around after the show with about 10 other people. After the crowd
had left the building Hal came out and talked to us. He was so kind to
everyone. When I asked how he was feeling and he said he feels really good
now. He's getting acupuncture treatments and taking herbs. He also said that
to have someone like Gina at home to help look after him it makes a world of
difference. He said that Sophia is doing great. When she was born she was
very long and lean like her Mom but is now really "chubbing up". It was
cute!!! He said his new album should be out sometime in Sept.
I also met up with my long time Hal friend Rhonnie again this year so that
made it even all that much more exciting.