We had *no* idea

First off, check Jackie Greene out. He opened for Susan Tedeschi tonight. He's insane.

Secondly, holy sh*t. We had no idea just how good Susan is live.

She easily made the top five list of all-time shows we've seen. Topaz in a small club in Philly playing for seven people back in 2002 was awesome. DMB and Ben Harper and Ozomatli at Giants Stadium in 2000. Robert Randolph at Irving in '01. The Allmans in Camden in '95.

Counting Crows and the Actual Tigers at Muhlenberg in Oct. 2001 still might be our favorite concert, but man, ol' man, Tedeschi in Morristown tonight, from the blues riffs to the dancing keys to the Dylan covers to Angel from Montgomery, which the Ol' Man learned how to play while watching her strum chords and ooze soul -- wow.

We can't decide which show it bumps off the list, but, well, wow.

Mr. Greene opened looking like a stand-in for Dylan in No Direction Home. Surrounded by water bottles, he definitely had the blues. The bassist and rhythm guitarist had the chills -- at least it looked like they did because inbetween songs they would rub their hands together over the imaginary fire.

But back to Greene. Money was on from start to finish. He played electric like Robbie Robertson and keys like Gregg Allman. He was worth the price of admission alone. Short white dude from Sacramento covered Muddy Waters and when we closed our eyes, we saw him.

But then Susan.

She's unreal. Her voice is Janis-meets-Aretha-meets-Joss who?-meets her own. Her guitar playing is untouchable. From start to finish, she had middle-aged white men churning butter in the aisle while their wives and girlfriends did the Snoopy dance.

All we really wanted to hear was Don't Think Twice, and she didn't disappoint. But when she ended with an acoustic cover of Angels, with Sugaree thrown in, well, wow.

She's a muse. And we're forever a fan.