and so it was.
Would it live up to expectations? With all the hype, the tortured months of anticipation leading up to the most long-awaited show since... 4ever.
Perhaps the question should be: could we have asked for anything more!?! It was as if it were 1994 all over again, the sweaty fans screaming, begging for more. Hit after hit, ringing power cord on top of slashing guitar solo, tenacious drum roll into catchy baseline, gleeful fist pump into outrageous glam rock pose. Two encores including a brilliant Ziggy Stardust cover, which couldn’t have been more fitting (though it was underappreciated by much of the crowd.)
And so they didn’t play “King of ‘79”, or “Can’t Say No”, or “It’s All There”. There is no such thing as perfection. But this was close...
There are some occasions in which there is no choice but to resort to hyperbole… having barely shaken the hangover from the 8 PBR tallboys we consumed we remain all-but speechless. Were it not for the post-show Dicks run, who knows what kind of shape we’d be in right now, the morning after. Now, that magical night seems like a dream... and there isn’t much more to say until we take a deep breath and reflect on the Sweet Water Reunion kick off show that was.
For now, we’ll let the fans speak for us.
Most often heard in the men’s bathroom of the Croc on the night on June 15:“Sweet Water changed my life” – 7 times
“those guys got robbed... if any seattle band was gonna make it in the 90s it should have been Sweet Water” – 5 times
“I remember the first time I saw them at Rock Candy [Off Ramp/OK Hotel/Paramount]. Blew my f**in mind. Best live band ever! – 4 times
“did you see that chick?... she was totally hot. I think she used to date Layne Staley” - 2 times
“I haven’t been this f**ing hammered since high school! PARTY!” – 2 times
“Hey, There’s Credo! On no, that’s just his stunt double-roadie” - 2 times
