r4man wrote:
The final show for the USA tour was at the Mountain Winery in the town of Saratoga, which is just outside the city of San Jose, about 35 miles south of San Francisco. The Mountain Winery is a beautiful venue with spectacular views of the Bay Area. I've seen TD numerous times since 1977 but this was the first time to experience them in an outdoor setting. Also a first was seeing them perform in full daylight, as the show started at 7:30 PM. The venue has a 10:30 curfew so I expected a shortened version of the show that I saw in LA. The band started playing at exactly 7:30 and their break between sets was only 15 minutes. The band's performance was excellent and it was fun to actually see them in full light though I did miss the background projections. My wife noticed Bianca sitting just a few feet away and commented on how steady her hand was in taking pictures of the proceedings. This was the band's 4th 3 hour show in as many days and I noticed Edgar shaking his arm semi-surreptitiously as the night wore on, apparently to loosen it up.
When the second set ended there wasn't time for the usual walk off, applause, encore. A person who I took to be an employee of the venue gestured the number 7 and Thorston hurriedly indicted to Edgar he wanted to do Crystal Ship and got a crew member to run backstage and retrieve Hoshiko. They played the song with the venue guy looking desperate and giving "wrap it up" signals. When the song was over Edgar calmly took the microphone, introduced the band, and said a few parting words to the audience. He finished at exactly 10:30, and the venue guy triumphantly held up his timer. The house lights came on and the show was over. I noticed that there is a very good YouTube posting of some clips and pictures of the show. Just type in Tangerine Dream and Mountain Winery to the search function of YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7rxgPHfT-M
Unusual to see them in daylight performance.