I went to see Petty at Darien Lake on 9/7, the night after the Bills beat the Bears in the opener.
Before, we were wondering if Petty would mention the Bills, just like Bob Seger did 34 years to the day that we went to the Bills opener when they finally beat the Dolphins, and then the Seger concert that night.
He was so friggin stoned, that I'm sure he didn't know who the Bills were. He definitely didn't know where he was. He didn't mention Buffalo once..............He sounded OK during the songs (if you like them, which 90%, I don't), but between songs, he just mumbled things that barely and sometimes didn't make sense.
He is the polar opposite of Springsteen and Bono of connecting with the crowd and making it a communal experience.
Zero charisma.............He's got a few really good songs, but all those MTV songs from the 90s - they are dirges, that people only like because they've heard them a million times, due to payola I'm sure.