Entertainment For Lively Minds
Rob Thomas
Posted by Andrew2 on 8 August 2010 - 9:00pm.
When:
6 August 2010
Where:
Pechanga Casino, Temecula, California
Comments:
Effectively a "unplugged" set up in an almost intimate (1000 seat venue)- the ex lead singer of Matchbox 20 -reinvents his back catalogue. Aided by a couple of guitarists and jumping between guitar and piano himself the stripped down arrangements allowed the songs to shine through. His solo work seems mainly to consist of poinant tales of love, loss, forgivenss and redemption - this might explain the 80% female audience. The Matchbox 20 pop turns into thoughtful moments (the woman next to me cried at one point) when delivered in this scenario
The Audience:
80% Soccermoms
Food & Drink:
Pechanga Casino offers a "variety of dining options" - the BBQ chicken pizza and pale ale in the sports bar was particularly good. The Jamesons on ice in the auditorium seemed almost decadent
It Made Me Think...:
I was lucky enough to have aback stage pass - as I told Mr Thomas himself - the reinvented songs in this relaxed almost intimate atmosphere worked really well. Oh - and he annouced the return of Matchbox 20 in the fall.








