IT was for me the 1st SSB-show and I've found it really amazing. Bruce created a wonderful charming "country-fair" atmosphere, that takes you on a ride through different ways to feel the spirit of the popular music: from boogie-rocking to gospel, from Irish-tunes to waltz. All you can do is abandon yourself to this magic, sing, move your hands, move your legs and dance.
Greatest moments of the night, I think, "The River" opened by the irish pipes, the incredible "Open All Night" & "Jacobs Ladder" with a soul introduction, and the final encores "This little Light of Mine" & "American Land": during this song, all the people exploded with joy and happiness!
Strange for me was "Atlantic City": I should listen to it again to better understand: the song has surely a great intensity in the final, as the sound keep'on rising as Bruce's voice sing "C'mon and meet me..." but in the beginning he left me surprised.
The palace was full, but there was place enough for dancing: in the rear of the arena, you could find some completely crazy couples dancing together like in a waltz. Fantastic!
Bruce seemed happy to be here; he started, saying in italian that "7 is a lucky number" as he named the 7 italian cities where he will do his shows. He clap his hands to the crowd after our chorus in Old Dan Tucker and for 2 times he asked us with a "ssssssssht" to stop our singing, because he could not start the other song.
You know, we italians wait for Bruce, to find again the real joy and the happiness, to sing together.
Finally, he gave us, one more time, in one only night, the chance to set us free from all the pain and the uglyness of the day-by-day. He's great. He's the greatest.