I don't really feel like going into too much depth on this (mostly because I got something in my eye and can't really see out of the left side at the moment).
The Opening act Mick Mondo was strange, but quite good. To look at him all I would say is maybe he looks a bit like Marc Bolan from T-Rex if he had lived long enough to be in his early to mid-fourties, but also was still somehow stuck in the seventies at the same time.
Attitude wise the best way I can describe him is, you know that way that Johnny Depp portrays Captian Jack Sparrow in a way that's once removed from how Keith Richards actually acts in real life? Well if you were to create a rock star based on the Jack Sparrow character it would be about once removed from that (so twice removed from Keith Richards? I don't really know how it would work but that's the best way to explain it). He had the accent that was a bit of David Bowie and the swagger of Mick Jagger and all the talking about whiskey and alcohol and well it was pretty amusing. Steve and I looked at each other at first like, "Is this a joke?", but let me assure you, yes the look and persona are probably very much a joke, but the music was not.
He kind of did songs in sets of themes, I can't remember all of the songs he did ( I never do unless I write it down... damn goldfish memory) but I specifically remember he did the Doors "Alabama Song" (aka Whiskey Bar) and the Kinks "Celluloid Hero". All in all quite good, and I would consider seeing him again, even if he were the only act.
Slip Kid was also good, much better than I was expecting for a cover band. Gary essentially played the role of "Roger" while Mark played the role of "Pete" both instrumentally and vocally. Some bits were filled in by the keyboardist, since there were only five members (when the Who tour, usually Simon Townshend backs up on second [rhythm?] guitar, so those parts as well as Fench Horn and Violin parts had to be filled in electronically). The most noticible difference is I didn't actually lose my hearing for three days afterwards, but they made the most of it, especially with Gary coming out for the first sets in Daltrey's trakemark sahdes and mod-style suit jacket. Again quite good and I would see them again, though I was surprised to find that there were groupies?! I didn't know cover bands could have groupies? I mean there was a group that was really going nuts and getting into it, I was almost as entertained by them as much as I was by the band. Steve actually recognized a couple of them from High School, and to tell you the truth looking at them they haven't bothered to change much, thier clothing and hairstyles both screamed "I am stuck in 1984" but hey whatever floats your boat (read as "get a life").