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At last night's concert in N. Myrtle Beach, Marty suffered a sudden onset migraine . . . on the very first song, Block. Somehow, they finished the song and it went fairly well.

I've had a couple of sudden onset migraines myself, and I can vouch for the fact that when they hit, it's like being hit by lightning between the eyes from the back of the eyeballs. When they hit me, the only thing which kept me from screaming was the fear that if I opened my mouth, I'd puke from the pain.

Anyhow, Peter, Tim, and Steve (with the help of a female roadie (someone's daughter?) on the second song.) "Buffalo," if my memory isn't deceiving me.

Peter put forth an absolutely stellar performance, switching between guitar, keyboards, and mandolin. He was incredible. And he was so cool about the whole thing. It was a terrible situation, but he didn't appear to be upset about it at all.

Tim made some an adjustment to his drum kit, and for a good deal of the show, Steve played Marty's guitar . . . Tim's drumming was strong enough to considerably lesson the loss of the bass, but it was Peter who, IMO, saved the day with his versitality. Steve, of course deserves a lot of credit too for being tenacious enough to keep going.

There were a few pauses between songs as they confered on what to do next, but face it, most bands would have just packed it in and said, "to hell with it."

Some goofball kept calling out for "Reptile," and Tim got a bit irrate, asking the guy, something along the lines of "Now really, how can we do the song with only one guitar?" and made a few coments about someone humming the ever-repeating riff Marty usually plays.
(I've learned that song and keeping the rhythm of where you are in the almost constant loop isn't nearly as easy as it seems.)

After a moment, Steve, said something like, "Save the jokes for later," and went on to introduce the Frank Sinatra version of the song. And by all the gods ever invented by humans (and probably insects too), the DID do a priceless version of the song with Peter playing keyboards and Steve playing the bass. It was a good rendition of the song.

It was a short short show, but it was quite impressive.
I'd always appreciated Peter's talents, but the show last night really boosted it.