Tom Ball (Undercover Mailing List 20-Aug-01): “I got down to the Park 90 minutes before the opening act was to come on. I did not have a ticket yet & ran into a guy who had 2 tickets he wanted to unload so he did not have to be in the rain at this concert.

Once inside the venue the rain would stop sometimes & then start again. At this time the crowd was sparse & everything was wet. Many had lawn chairs. Another group of people I met up with there gave me an umbrella to use for the first while when I was there. I went over & talked to the Tour Manager for a few moments & asked him if he thought Bill would sign my 2 items I wanted singed later or if I would be wasting my time trying & he said he thought he would sign both because he has a good sense of humor.

The crowd still sparse the warm up girl comes on Rita Shiralli. She was very good & played a country blues type music. At this time tame crowd sitting in there lawn chairs. No one even 15 feet close to the stage or even thinking about it. As the opening act came to a close many more people started to show up. Then Bills bus shows up & they go to announce him I turn to the guy beside me & explain to him to get ready to go to the stage fast as soon as I make a move everyone will. Boom I take one step towards the stage & the crowd follows right behind me. I am now with my head at the top of the stage looking right in the center.

Bill Wyman 6 feet in front of me Mike Sanchez to the left of me & to the right Gary Brooker & beside Bill Martin Taylor Albert Lee. Now it hits me I now looking right at Bill Wyman & that Stones fever is there. The talent on this stage is amazing. I must say that us Canadians are so lucky to have had the chance to see Mike Sanchez as this guy is good. It started to rain again & he worked it right into his song getting down on his knees in front of the crowd & crawling on the ground singing & getting right into the music.

Bill Wyman was having a blast the first part of the show he did not smile to much but the last part he smiled all the time I don`t think he could stop. He does keep watching the guys playing on stage while he is up there. I think he has people in the band that he just likes to watch himself night after night. I think to many people at this venue though it was packed I would say close to 4000. It was a good turnout. While I was back up at the stage I asked the one roady for the set list which he gave me. It has blurred rain drops on it.

There was no big sign there to ask for. I had one more beer ticket left as I never left the stage once Bill came on or I never would have got back & these guys were far to good to ever leave the stage. I am not sure what they played as an encore as I left shortly after it started to get an autograph that I never got. He did start off with Satisfaction & break into something. The setlist I got says I`m Ready - Hole In The Wall - Whiter Shade. I think he only played one song though unless it was a real short medley since he was saying they had water on the electric stuff & was afraid of getting fried.”