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Concert review of Ambrosia's concert at The Ventura Theatre

in Ventura, CA  on October 2, 1998/by Glen Fleetwood

Glen Fleetwood is a great Ambrosia Fan from California! An L.A. attorney, He has seen Ambrosia & David Pack many times! Glen is a true fan of David Pack, & AMBROSIA!

I have often believed that there is a constant struggle between the forces
of darkness, and man. I also believe man's biggest breakthrough in this
battle was the use of computers. Such was the war waged last night.

Ambrosia hit the stage at 10:30 p.m., to an enthusiastic three-fourths
filled house. The cavernous Ventura Theater immediately swallowed the
beautiful notes coming from the stage, and "Nice, Nice" was nothing but a
noise. And yes, Joe still did the "Aloha" rap.

The second number, "Hopes and Dreams" was plagued by Dave's guitar being
dead-on silent, and a guitar tech running around the stage looking as though
he was going to shoot himself. Nonetheless, "Hopes and Dreams" featured
great
harmonies by Joe and Dave, (Bulletin! Bulletin!) and Joe was in especially
good voice. Still the
forces of darkness attempted to sabotage the beautiful music, aided by those
twins of music mayhem, "Feedback" and "Hum".

But the blues, greens, and grays of the cathode ray screen churned; and as
the sound mixer played Tetris with the instrument mix, it gradually
improved. Technology was winning.

"Biggest Part of Me"  was note for note the same as always; the performance
excellent with Dave's falsetto in perfect shape (despite some reports of
throat problems).   Dave did the extended intro to "You're the Only Woman"
and it also sounded absolutely great, Chris never losing his passion for his
solo.

"Living on My Own" perfect as always; Tollack doing the middle "Royce Jones
solo" part.

"Angola" with a sing along and "Please Please Me"   inserted. Shem was back
with the band and played his great solo. Great performance but still much of
it lost in the murkiness of the hall.

"How Much I Feel" sounded perfect, with harmonies tight as a drum.

"Holding on to Yesterday" still sounded great with Tollack doing his
harmonica intro; wasn't that formerly done by Shem?

"Time Waits For No One" just cooked. Dave's guitar playing has gotten so
good, it was the highlight of the evening. The techs made up for their
earlier gaffs by providing a clean and loud sound to Dave's acoustic guitar.
Later, when Dave switched to stratocaster on "Momma Frog" he burned. All us
wannabe musicians were listening to see if he could play all the notes on
his fast runs, or would he half-time it and bend the notes, like lessers do.
Dave played each note, clean and fast. Where he gets time to learn and\or
practice is beyond me, but he has truly grown to be a terrific guitar
player.  Dave KILLED on "I Wanna Know".

For those wondering, all three of the new CD tunes were absent. So was
"Natalie's Song" which I had heard in the Ventura in 94(?). What a loss.

Their closer was from Road Island, but as my turntable is in the closet, you
will have to wait for the name. Meanwhile, if I can gather the momentum to
drive the 75 miles, I will catch the show in San Juan Capistrano in eight
hours.

Yes, they were that good.

Glen S. Fleetwood

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