Do any specific song memories stand out?
Well, one thing that comes to mind… Charlie Giordano is an amazing player and a great bandmate. He knows how to be in a band. For a while Bruce tried to stay true to 60 or 70 rotating (songs) out of respect to Charlie, who got thrown into this at the last minute and was completely overwhelmed but managed to totally do the job. But one night after Charlie had been playing a few weeks, you could tell Bruce was like, “Okay, Charlie’s got this down” and stopped worrying about it. So it wasn’t like he was trying to throw Charlie or anything, but one night he called “My Hometown.” We hadn’t played it yet (on the tour), and it wasn’t on the list for Charlie to learn, and Bruce is counting it off and Charlie’s looking at me ’cause I’m standing in front of him. So I got, “Yeah, we’re in A,” and he goes, “I’ve heard the song. What’s that bridge?” And I realized I don’t have to play the acoustic (guitar) rhythm ’til the second verse, so I rushed over and yelled at my tech to throw me a sharpie.
