Geezer Concert

Last night the wife unit and I went over to the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ to see Cheap Trick, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Heart. Our seats were in the 19th row, to the left when facing the stage.

Cheap Trick went on first. They were good but so loud their sound was very distorted. If they'd turned it down a bit they would have been great.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts went on next. I saw them open for The Who last year so I was expecting a great performance. I was not disappointed.

Heart was the headliner. Nancy Wilson is an excellent guitarist. Her intros to Straight On For You, Crazy on You, and Barracuda stood out. Anne Wilson can still blow most people young enough to be her grand daughter off the stage with her vocals. Amazing pipes.

Cheap Trick:

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts:

Heart:

Heart's encore was a Led Zeppelin tribute consisting of Immigrant Song and Stairway to Heaven. Few bands should cover Zep. Heart is one of them.

Link to more pictures.

Happy Dance Time

Just got tickets to see Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood in Philadelphia on June 12th.  {Insert happy dance here.}

I'm looking forward to hearing some Blind Faith tunes live.  This will be the fourth time I've seen Clapton live.  He's one of the rare musicians who is better on stage than in the studio, IMO.

Modern Times

One of the first albums I bought was Modern Times, by Jefferson Starship.  I got it shortly after it came out and wore out the record well before I got out of high school (this was several years before CDs came out).  It's probably been 20 years since I last listened to it, but for some reason it came to mind a couple of weeks ago.  So, I wound up ordering it on CD from Amazon.

Modern Times rocks.  Before Jefferson Starship morphed into Starship and put out crap like "We Build This City," they were a hard rocking band.  Modern Times contains two songs which were hits in '81 - '82: Find Your Way Back and Stranger.  The videos for both songs saw heavy rotation in the early days of MTV, back when they actually played music.

Check it out if you like late '70s/early '80s rock from before the age of hair metal.