Dan's concert was awesome! I've been traveling outside of Arizona now for 2 years to see him, Ca. and now Nv. and it is truly worth every mile! I'm still not over the fact that he did "The Reach" and with a cut over his right eye to boot! I've been a fan since 1975 and it's clearly justifiable to say he just keeps aging like a fine wine! If he can't get to Az. to perform then I guess next tour I hope to get to Co. where I'm sure he'll shine ever so brightly and continue to amaze me with his unique talent and ability to touch me so deeply, like so many others who appreciate his craftsmanship!! Thank you Dan for continuing to satisfy my belief in what GREAT music can do to my soul !!! Sincerely ~ Cathy (Prescott,Az)

I saw Dan's performance at the Aladdin Theater last Saturday, 6/29/02, and he
was excellent! What a professional he is, as he continued to perform after hitting his eye with his guitar, bleeding and in obvious pain! Hope he comes back to Las Vegas soon! Thank you! ~ Janet

The Las Vegas Black and Blues... I like to consider myself a loyal Dan fan, so rarely able to find anything negative to say concerning Dan. I've been called names by those that would consider only those that apply negative aspects to reviews of Dan, which only belittles them, not this Dan fan. After a long period of fighting with myself over going or not going to the Vegas show, I went ahead and decided to attend the Aladdin show. I left feeling somewhat mixed in my thoughts concerning what I had just witnessed. It wasn't mixed because anything Dan didn't accomplish, just something that amazed me and was a first for me witnessing one of his concerts, horrid sound quality from a single instrument on the stage. The bassist could not play his top/big (that would be his E string to musicians) without drowning out all the other instruments on stage with a horrid distortion that left me feeling like somehow I must have needed to have my ears checked. But when Dan was on stage alone, or playing a solo portion (without the bassist playing) the quality of the music's sound was totally what I am used to when I see Dan play. I don't know what the problem evolved from, but it was just horribly upsetting to not have it solved throughout the whole concert. You would have thought someone would have picked up on it, but I'm harping on this subject a bit too much.

I want to talk about the AMAZING artist who played through beating his head against his guitar while changing from 6 string to 12 string, and came up playing "The Reach" with a knot a bit smaller than a golf ball yet bleeding down his eye, and his cheek. This pro took his job seriously, he didn't stop and restart, he didn't leave the stage and cancel the concert and rush to a doctor, he played "The Reach" as well as I've heard him play it ever, and sang it with the greatness he always does. This just boosted my respect for him as an artist that much more. He felt he owed us a show and he did his best to give it to us. It was a shorter show than I would have liked to have seen after making the journey across the desert of California into the smoldering Las Vegas late afternoon, but it wasn't to be. I believe his eye closing, probably a horrid headache from the eye and nose being hit, and the loudness of the music was pretty hard to take as long as he did, and I felt like he gave what he had to give, and left hoping everyone could take what he offered and feel they saw him give a good show. I will give the sound people credit for the Piano, which was a brilliant sounding as I've ever head a piano he's played live, job well done. But for whoever accidentally hit the volume knob on the amplifier of the bassist should be more careful in the upcoming concerts if they are part of the crew traveling with Dan's tour. If it was the Aladdin's sound tech, they should be fired, because it took so much away from what could have been a wonderfully thought out show. Dan may have turned 50 but he's got the hands of 26 year old on those leads during the last session of the concert, simply wonderful he was! ~ Rick...