thank you fisherlady , it made all the pain go away ..
here was my write up to the Promise of the real group , excuse the grammer errors.
Orange county fair NY 7/24/19
Their first show back in the states . Shooter Jennings was the opening set , POTR the headline.
Sadly or gladly depends on how you look at things, there were only about 50 people in attendance at this show . I can say without a doubt, the best $30.00 I've ever spent in my life.
It was GA and we got there early securing a front spot up against the rail. We were about 20 feet from the stage, front and center. Unfortunately the sound was coming from the giant stack speakers along the bottom of the stage which had my audio recorder limited out so I don't think the recording came out good at all, anyway it was great for us.
While we waited we noticed some guys playing catch with a baseball just off to the side ,well it wasn't long before the few people there realized it was Lukas and friends and they started to gather that way. The grounds people reacted and tried to keep people back but eventually told Lukas to play somewhere else besides there.
After a short while a guy came over and asked folks if they wanted to meet Lukas. Well Hell yeah we do so we were brought over to a tent for a meet and greet with a few other lucky folks. It's great that he really wants to meet people, not just people wanting to meet him.
So after that, shooter and his band come out with a pretty rocking set. It's our first time seeing them and they did a great job doing about a 1 hr set. For the last 3 songs Lukas gets on side of stage, sits down and just listening to the music. Thought he might join in but didn't.
A quick set change and out come POTR. No Tato, probably still recovering from his birthday, lol.
Right from the beginning we knew this show was going to be special.. The band was all business and hard rocking with an opening something real that just kicked****!! Right into Die alone !! It seemed the band was going old school hard driving rock and roll. There were no high flying jumps , no banter before songs just straight forward , hard driving POTR. Of course the guitar leads Lukas stepping out to the edge of the stage were incredible. He ( as were all ) were playing their****off, just for us small group.
There were no petty songs and a few covers form Neil and Willie , it was quite clear this was going to be Promise of the Real night. !!
They played a solid 90 plus minutes wasting no time jumping right into the next songs. Set me down on a cloud was incredible, honestly the entire set was and the is not 1 song I would have changed ! Turn off the news was delivered with so much passion it brought tears to my eyes.
While the songs just kept coming, the time seemed to pass by far to fast . Their time was to end at 11pm but when the broke out Cortez after a quick huddle for an encore discussion, we knew this was going to be a killer jam to end the night after curfew. I only took a few pictures because the music and dancing took over my soul. Figured there would be enough others out there as the cell phones were out from a few people.
I can not thank the band enough for bringing Truly REAL music and real love to the fans that come to support them. Also a huge love to Brian for all the hard work he puts in to make everything happen. After the show we hung around while Brian started breaking down and he took the time to gladly give us the set list from Lukas spot on the floor.
We got home at 2am this morning and I had to get up for work at 6am . Going to be a long day at work but it will be filled with the sounds of memories in my head and heart.
Not sure when we will get the chance to see them again even though they are still in the area. When ever we do, it won't be soon enough.
Safe travels
THANK YOU POTR for giving us Something Real !!