CC shows - a completely different side of me

On April 27, I'll be attending another Chris Cornell show... at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas.

I have seen CC 7 times: Look, my memory is a little faulty, so pardon possible wrong dates
1. SG - Lollapalooza 1992 - New Orleans (incl. Pearl Jam, Ministry, RHCP, Hole, and many more=awesome show!!)
2. SG - Dallas Live (?) 1995ish (Rev. Horton Heat opened, I believe)
3. SG - Austin 1996 - small venue (got to meet & hug him & get autograph!!)
4. SG - Lollapalooza 1997? - Ferris TX (incl. Metallica, Screaming Trees, Soul Coughing)
5. Euphoria Morning - Dallas (Deep Ellum Live)
6. Audioslave - Lollapalooza 2004 (incl. Korn, Janes Addctn, Disturbed, yay!!)
7. Audioslave - Dallas Nov. 2006 Out of Exile (the band was tight, but his voice was wrong)

SO, now to the point...
EACH and EVERY time I see CC play live... I am a different person than my everyday self (a little freaky, outgoing, friendly, real). With CC, I am something like those girls you'd see in old reels of Beatles shows... holding their hands to their faces, eyes forward only seeing their band -- they were EnGrOsSeD !! That is me. I have only one thing on my mind and in my eyes when I see him perform. It's only gotten worse with the years. ;-)

In the SG days, he was an absolute god - bare-chested, long-haired and bouncing with energy. He would slam his feet on the stage, then leap into the air with abandon, moving the audience along with his pure energy.

Now, he prowls the stage, still performs antics, but everything is much more measured. The thing I noticed these last few shows is his eye contact. He constantly searches the crowd. I'm sure it's got to be quite an eyeful - looking at the faces of your fans in such a venue. He focuses on something/one in the crowd, then lets his eyes rest on the next thing to focus on. It is such a 'familiar' and intimate (gosh I'm crazy) manner to have with an audience. I am totally mesmerized when I see him do this. At the last show, I was two people back from the front barricade in the Pit section, dancing with my eyes closed at one point... only to blink them open to see him looking at me, then quickly looking away. Enchanting. (told you I'm crazy!)