Hetfield is exclusive to ESP. But when I saw them in March, he played a newer Gibson explorer for a couple of songs. So who knows.

Yeah. Really liking the rotation of songs. Even with the limited set time.

Yeah. It's almost three hours drive to STL for me, so I'm glad AB is going first. Will probably catch half of Skillet and head home. Have to work the next day.

Yeah. It will be easier to wait on it in my mailbox next Thursday or Friday. Think I'm going to forego any streams, and take the record on our first drive.

I'm going to see AB on Monday. Show #8 for me. Have been a fan since release day 2004, but only started going to the shows near the end of the ABIII run.

Well, bad news. I forgot I had a doctor's appointment (one hour the opposite direction) on the St Louis show day. So I won't be able to do the guitar clinic (again). But I still have time to make the show. So at least I have that.

Can't wait for that one. I think it and Native Son are going to be sleepers.

Listened to these songs chronologically for the first time (on repeat) while jogging this AM. They definitely pass the jogging test.

Yeah. Time won't be kind to them, I feel.

I like it MUCH better than TSoF.

My favorite so far. The first chorus I was all "I'm not sure about that." But by the time it comes around again, you're singing along. Great solos. And I love that bridge riff at 2:55. You have this wall of music that drops out, and then it's just one guitar holding on (kind of like a dyin...

They might as well release what they want. As much as it pains me to say it, they don't get all that much airplay anyway.

The Hammerstein?

I'll be sure and post a review of both the St Louis show, and the guitar clinic. Sounds like I'm doing both

Yes. My favorite part of the tune.

I'm another WOTW fan. Top three from the last album for me. I could see them doing it too as Come To Life and Broken Wings are also in drop B.

I think SMAL days in the set are over. Mark publicly stated that he didn't care much for playing seven string. The tuning was always weird on My Champion. I think if they ever bring a song from that record back, it will be Crows. They seem to enjoy it.

That's a good thing

Wow! No Watch Over You. Don't get me wrong, I love the set, and ILM is great as the acoustic number. But these are the first two things I noticed...

No TLH tunes
No Watch Over You

Very interesting.

Yeah. It's a great show. I saw them in KC back in March. Biggest metal family atmosphere I've ever been a part of.