12 person band!

I was ready to give up and just take the cab to the hotel as it was getting late but, thankfully, Parker insisted we try to get to the show and make the best of it. We got to the (gorgeous old) concert hall around 10:00ish I think and checked our luggage with the puzzled coat check people and told them what had happened, we got ushered to our seats in time for 'She's Hot to Go' and the last hour of the show. Lyle was stunning, 12 piece band plus 12 person choir and a soloist and Lyle... pretty much every song was a goosebump raiser. Was sooo very very cool to be able to take Parker there and show her why I think Lyle is the best live show I've ever seen. Francine wasn't there but soloist Jason Meias was, he was there at the Seattle show I saw as well and is truely stunning. Even with the horn section and backup singers ( Arnold McCuller, Sir Harry Bowens, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Willie Greene, Jr. All of them legends) from the Large Band missing it may have been the best Lyle show I've seen, though that may just have been Parker's influence.