From pop music critic Rashod D. Ollison:

The Rev. Al Green started his set throwing roses out into the crowd.

Women, many past middle age, rushed the stage like teenage girls to get them. Security had to tell them to back it up and please return to their seats.

Though eager, the women were not viciously competitive, as they were when I saw him a few years ago at Constitution Hall in Washington.

The last woman to get a rose tonight also got a kiss on the lips from Green. I ran into her afterward as she was standing in line buying a pretzel and a Heineken.

"I was in competition with another woman for the rose. But I got it," said Sue Takovich of Baltimore, as she dangled the rose. Takovich is a freight agent with Northrop Grumman.

"I love his personality, and his smile is wonderful. I love Al Green."