Campbell seemed to look to his daughter Ashley, on keys and banjo, for most of the show for assurance, and the revolving stage proved to be a novelty for him, walking against it to get closer to the crowd.

An aside like ""Grow your own kids. You don't have to pay them much," brought the biggest laughter of the night. Campbell continuing to tour as his condition gets further entrenched may make some people cry exploitation, but asides like that proved that he's not checked out yet, and some would say he's being forced up there for financial gain, but I think that if his heart is still in the mix, than he should play as long as he wants.

He joked himself about that saying at one point "They just work me to death," he didn't seem to be in any distress, and I believe that even Campbell himself has a sense of humor about his condition, fighting the seriousness of the matter with levity. You either do that or you let pity and anger swallow you up, doing your loved ones a disservice in the process.

At the end of the day, I'm still trying to critique a live show from a man with Alzheimer's and it feels uncomfortable to try to be clinical about it. Yes, he stumbled through songs at times and his guitar playing was sporadic, but when he hit solos, he still shined, as if the condition hadn't hit that part of his brain yet. Muscle memory, and the fog lifting as fingers touched strings and frets.

The proceedings reminded me of driving to Winnie to see Chuck Berry about a year ago at Nutty Jerry's. Berry didn't hit every note correctly, but I was still seeing Berry onstage, recording a memory that will one day be passed down to my children.

The material from last year's wave goodbye Ghost On The Canvas didn't hit me nearly as hard in the heart as did his take on Jimmy Webb's "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress". The Canvas stuff live, like the title track and "It's Your Amazing Grace", and set closer "A Better Place" are self-written epitaphs that I am still not ready to take in I guess, not with the man standing feet away from me at least.

Living funerals aren't fun, even if they are for the living and the deceased to commune one last time. I only hope that this round of touring soothes Campbell, his family, and gives his legions of fans closure to a long and prosperous career.