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The Voice of Rock: Glenn Hughes Concert Review
- Date of Concert: September 16, 2018
- Location of Concert: House Of Blues Cleveland in Cleveland, OH
A HUGE bucket list concert for me happened Sunday night in Cleveland at House Of Blues.The Voice Of Rock Mr. Glenn Hughes!!!I’ve been a fan of this man and his work for 19 or 20 years now.Unfortunately, he has not toured the US much within that time frame.But now he’s coming around more which is wonderful.On this tour, he is playing Deep Purple songs that he was involved with (he was a member from 73-76 and co-sings/plays bass on 3 incredible DP albums Burn, Stormbringer, and Come Taste The Band), has sang on so many other albums of his own, as well as albums with Trapeze, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Gary Moore, Hughes/Thrall (Pat Thrall of Pat Travers), even Motley Crue and Quiet Riot, and more recently California Breed and Black Country Communion, and many more.This man is one of the best singers you will ever hear in your life.He can sing anything and has. Rock, Metal, Blues, Funk, Soul, Christmas Music, you name it.Look up his discography.And he’s still as great or better now than he’s ever been.A phenomenal bassist too, but his voice is off the charts.And most importantly, he’s just a great person and very fan friendly.He emailed me back one time and has liked several tweets I’ve sent him and has replied to me on some of them (yes it is him).I never thought I would see this man in concert but I FINALLY did.I’m glad it happened.I’ll always be a fan of this guy.Two more concerts to go this year, as well as two other non concert events.As Glenn says all the time “Music Is The Healer”.It certainly is to me.Set List:
- Stormbringer
- Might Just Take Your Life
- Sail Away
- Keyboard/Drum Solo
- You Fool No One
- Guitar Solo/Blues Jam/High Ball Shooter/You Fool No One (Reprise)
- You Keep On Moving
- Gettin’ Tighter
- Mistreated
- Smoke On The Water/Georgia On My Mind
- Encore: Highway Star
- Burn
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I Met Chewy: My Cincinnati Comic Expo 2018 Experience
- Date of Event: September 15, 2018
- Location of Event: Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, OH
I went to the Cincinnati Comic Expo today.A lot of fun.I met Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca of the Star Wars movies-Awesome!!), saw some other celebrities and cool items, and had some cool Star Wars pictures taken of me.There was a lot going on there and I didn’t experience everything by any means, but it was a very fun day.I’m a geek and proud of it.Photo Gallery (click on thumbnail to view larger image)
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National Treasure: Buddy Guy Concert Review
- Date of Concert: September 9, 2018
- Location of Concert: The Clay Center in Charleston, WV
I saw a national treasure tonight: Buddy Guy!!!One of THE Blues icons.82 years old and still going strong.He played music and told stories for almost 2 hours.His new album, The Blues Is Alive And Well, is AWESOME!!!!He even went into the audience for several minutes and played.He played guitar with his butt, a towel, a drumstick, and the typical way.This man is a Master.I’m glad I finally saw him.Next Sunday, I’m off to Cleveland to see another master: Glenn Hughes!!!Love and Peace always.Photo Gallery (click on thumbnail to view larger image)
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Not a Great Night: Dee Snider (Missed His Set)/Dokken/Warrant Concert Review
- Date of Concert: August 25, 2018
- Location of Concert: The Rose Music Center at The Heights in Huber Heights, OH
I was sooooo looking forward to this show.
Dee Snider of Twisted Sister recently released a PHENOMENAL solo album called For The Love Of Metal, which may be my album of the year, and I found out he, Dokken and Warrant (two bands I had yet to see) were playing a show together.
Well I had to go.
My best friend went with me and we met another friend of ours there.
The show started out fine.
Warrant played first, and I must say, even without singer Jani Lane (R.I.P.), they are still awesome.
Singer Robert Mason sings these songs very well and the rest of the band (all original members, guitarists Erik Turner and Joey Allen, bassist Jerry Dixon and drummer Steven Sweet) is tight and rocking.
They’re still putting out great new albums too.
Great set.
Then Dokken took the stage and they were really good too.
They are one of my favorites, and being able to see classic members, singer Don Dokken and drummer “Wild” Mick Brown, was quite a treat.
Their guitarist Jon Levin plays George Lynch’s guitar parts perfectly, and bassist Chris McCarvill is solid as a rock.
Now, after Dokken’s set, this is when the night basically ends for us.
My best friend unfortunately had a health crisis (I’m not going into detail) and so we had to take him to the hospital.
All ended up being OK thank goodness (again I’m not giving any details because it’s not my place to say it), but we ended up missing Dee’s set.
I’ll just say this: If you’re going to drink, drink responsibly. And if you can’t, DON’T!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dokken Set List:
- Kiss Of Death
- The Hunter
- Into The Fire
- Dream Warriors
- Breaking The Chains
- Alone Again
- In My Dreams
- Tooth And Nail
Warrant Set List:
- Sure Feels Good To Me
- Down Boys
- D.R.F.S.R.
- Louder Harder Faster
- Heaven
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Cherry Pie
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Hard Rock and Metal Legends: Deep Purple/Judas Priest Concert Review
- Date of Concert: August 21, 2018
- Location of Concert: Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH
I saw the first night of the Deep Purple/Judas Priest American tour.I’ve seen both of these bands before but never on the same night.As usual, both were great.The crowd was more into Priest and actually many left after they finished, but many still stayed for Purple.I certainly stayed for all and had a blast.Priest came on and just crushed it like always.Sadly, classic guitarist/leader Glenn Tipton was not there, but they had him up on the screens during their classic song Painkiller.The reason he is not always with them now is because he has Parkinson’s.But having said that, he is still in the band, is on their new album Firepower, which they played three songs from, and plays with them when he can.But the show must go on and it certainly is.Rob Halford, one of my biggest heroes and people in life, is still The Metal God and always will be.He’ll be 67 Saturday and his voice is still phenomenal.The band, guitarists Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap (also one of the best music producers ever), bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis is beyond solid and the songs are classic.They did play a few deep tracks, too, including Sinner and Bloodstone.I can’t say enough about Judas Priest. One of my favorite bands.This was my 6th time seeing them and I don’t think my last.Now to Deep Purple. Again, I get why some may think “man Priest need to close the show”.I don’t disagree, but I’m okay with it.Why? Because Purple are one of my favorite bands as well.Also, because Purple have been around longer. They already had several albums and were big before Priest had one album.So even though at this show the crowd was pro Priest, there were still a lot of people who stayed forPurple and had a great time.They’re both classic, but both very different.But I love the lineup. Two of my favorite bands in one night?! I can’t resist.Purple played several classics.The band are still just so proficient and it’s always great for me seeing them.Their drummer, Ian Paice, who has been there since day one, is a beast.Singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover, who have been there forever, are just awesome.Their guitarist for almost 25 years, Steve Morse, is quite the shredder.And keyboardist Don Airey?! Genius. Look at his discography. Enough said.Ok another fun concert.I have more to come.If my life could just be one continuous concert, I would have it made.Love and Peace always.Deep Purple Set List:
- Highway Star
- Pictures Of Home
- Bloodsucker
- Strange Kind Of Woman
- Lazy
- Uncommon Man
- Knocking At Your Back Door
- Keyboard Solo
- Perfect Strangers
- Space Truckin’
- Smoke On The Water
- Encore: Hush
Judas Priest Set List:
- Firepower
- Grinder
- Sinner
- Lightning Strike
- Bloodstone
- Turbo Lover
- Rising From Ruins
- Freewheel Burning
- You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
- Hell Bent For Leather
- Painkiller
- Encore: Metal Gods
- Breaking The Law
- Living After Midnight
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Classic Rock w/a Capital C: Paul Rodgers/Jeff Beck/Ann Wilson/Deborah Bonham Concert Review
- Date of Concert: August 8, 2018
- Location of Concert: Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH
I saw Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson, and Deborah Bonham (John’s sister) in Cincinnati yesterday.Great show!!!!Deborah started off with a couple of songs, which was cool, then Ann (still flawless singer) came out and did one Heart song, a new song, and a bunch of cool covers. Most of these songs will be on her new album, Immortal, out next month.Jeff Beck, one of the greatest guitarists ever, then came out with his PHENOMENAL band and tore it up!!!His band is as great as he is, and that’s saying something. Holy cow!!!!!!And then one of the best singers ever, Paul Rodgers, came out and did a set of half Free, and half Bad Company songs. Two of his bands.Great show all around.Paul Rodgers Set List:
- Little Bit Of Love
- Can’t Get Enough
- Wishing Well
- My Brother Jake
- Feel Like Makin’ Love
- Ready For Love
- Movin’ On
- Mr. Big
- Woman
- Fire And Water
- Shooting Star
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy
- Encore: Walk In My Shadow
- All Right Now
Jeff Beck Set List:
- Pull It
- Stratus
- You Know, You Know
- Morning Dew
- I Have To Laugh
- Lonnie On The Move
- Mn’a na hE’ireann
- Just For Fun
- Little Wing
- Big Block
- Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
- Brush With The Blues
- Superstition
- A Day In The Life
- Encore: Corpus Christi Carol
- Going Down
Ann Wilson Set List:
- The Real Me
- Barracuda
- Fool No More
- Back To Black
- I Am The Highway
- You Don’t Own Me
- Life In The Fast Lane
- Won’t Get Fooled Again
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Sir Rod & Cyndi: Rod Stewart/Cyndi Lauper Concert Review
- Date of Concert: July 29, 2018
- Location of Concert: KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY
I spent the night before my birthday in Louisville, Kentucky for a concert.I saw for the first time Sir Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper.Now, if you would’ve asked me a few years ago if I would’ve been interested in this, I probably would’ve said no.It’s not that I’ve ever hated them, but my head was in a different space, concert wise. Mostly metal shows.The last few years I’ve been expanding my concert adventures on more classic artists.People I’ve been fans of, but I was so busy going to metal shows that I just didn’t get around to them.Well, to make a long story short, I finally saw these two legends.Cyndi Lauper opened the show.She still sings and looks great. I got chills a few times. Her band is solid, as was her set (listed below).Also, she’s quite fan friendly, too, because she went out into the audience 3 times during 3 different songs.Pretty awesome.A lot of highlights in the show, but just a few was when she sang All Through The Night, Shine, and The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (footage from the video with wrestlers unfortunately gone like Rowdy Roddy Piper, Classy Freddie Blassie, Nikolai Volkoff, and Captain Lou Albano. Two wrestlers in the video, Wendi Richter and The Iron Sheik, are still alive).She mentioned all of them with kind words.Really the whole set was great.She sang for about an hour.Anyway, she is awesome.15 minutes later, Sir Rod Stewart came on!!First his band started, then he started.He sang a lot of hits, but nowhere near all of them.Like Cyndi, his voice is still strong and still looks like a rock star.He jokingly asked at one point if there is a good hair stylist in town because he wanted to get a hair cut this week.He also had a funny story about the Tom Waits song Downtrain Train, which Rod covers.He said Tom called him at the time Rod’s version was a hit and thanked him because it paid for a new roof over Tom’s house, as well as a swimming pool for his kids. Rod said “that’s the power of music”. Great stuff.During Stay With Me, Rod kicked/handed several soccer balls into the crowd.So, several fans went home with soccer balls kicked/handed to them by Sir Rod Stewart.Awesome!!!Early in the set, Rod invited Cyndi back on stage to do a duet (set listed below). Pretty cool.His band is awesome, especially his saxophone player.He has two drummers, a percussionist, a phenomenal bassist, and several beautiful female singers/classical musicians.My only complaint was his mic volume was low a couple of times and I just wanted to hear more songs.But he did play for 95-100 minutes, so it was a full set.But those complaints are minor.He was/is great, as is Cyndi.Another fun concert in Lucas Hannon’s concert history book.Seven more concerts to see this year, and a comic convention.Love and Peace always.Cyndi Lauper Set List:
- I Drove All Night
- She Bop
- All Through The Night
- Hope
- The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough
- Money Changes Everything
- Shine
- Time After Time
- Girls Just Want To Have Fun
- True Colors
Rod Stewart Set List:
- Soul Finger (band only)
- Infatuation
- Having A Party
- Young Turks
- Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (w/Cyndi Lauper)
- Forever Young (with Drum Solo)
- Rhythm Of My Heart
- Maggie May
- Hole In My Heart
- Downtown Train
- Acoustic: 1. The First Cut Is The Deepest, 2. You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim), 3. Grace, 4. Have I Told You Lately
- Nutbush City Limits (band only)
- Stay With Me
- Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Encore: Sailing
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3 Favorites: Foreigner/Whitesnake/Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Concert Review
- Date of Concert: June 26, 2018
- Location of Concert: Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH
I saw another great show in Cincinnati.Foreigner/Whitesnake/Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin EveningThe show started with JBLZE.They played a set of Zeppelin classics.I want a Zeppelin reunion soooo bad (it won’t happen), but Jason is amazing and has a great group.The singer, James Dylan (no relation to Bob) sounds a lot like Robert Plant.This was my third time seeing this group, and fourth time seeing Jason.Great stuff.Then Whitesnake tore it up!!They played almost all of their monster 1987 album, plus a few songs from their 84 album Slide It In.My fourth time seeing WS.David Coverdale is the man!! I wish I was as confident as he is.Then Foreigner closed the night with a great set.My second time seeing them, and they did not disappoint.Big crowd, great show.My last until July 29.Foreigner Set List:
- Long Long Way From Home
- Double Vision
- Head Games
- Cold As Ice
- Waiting For A Girl Like You
- Dirty White Boy
- Feels Like The First Time
- Urgent
- Starrider
- Juke Box Hero
- Encore: I Want To Know What Love Is (featuring a local high school choir)
- Hot Blooded
Whitesnake Set List:
- Bad Boys
- Give Me All Your Love Tonight
- Love Ain’t No Stranger
- Slow And Easy
- Guitar Solos
- Crying In The Rain (w/Drum Solo)
- Is This Love
- Slide It In
- Here I Go Again
- Still Of The Night
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening Set List:
- Immigrant Song
- Good Times Bad Times
- The Ocean
- Over The Hills And Far Away
- Whole Lotta Love
- Rock And Roll
- Stairway To Heaven
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Happy Birthday Mom and Dad!! Alison Krauss and ZZ Top/John Fogerty Concert Reviews
- Dates of Concerts: June 12, 2018 (Alison Krauss), June 14, 2018 (ZZ Top/John Fogerty)
- Locations of Concerts: Charleston Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, WV (Alison), Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH (ZZ Top/Fogerty)
This week I was able to do something not only for myself, but most importantly, for my parents.On Tuesday, June 12, I took my Mom to see Alison Krauss in concert in Charleston, WV.And on Thursday, June 14, I took my Dad to see John Fogerty and ZZ Top in concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.These were early birthday presents to them from me.I’m not always the best son (usually Moody actually), but I really wanted to give them something special.I think I did.Both of them enjoyed their present, and I had a good time, too.Alison was amazing!She sang several songs and her band is incredible.John Fogerty was great. His band is KILLER, especially his drummer and saxophone player.He played several of his Creedence Clearwater Revival hits, as well as solo hits, covers, and a new song.My Dad and I thought Fogerty was better than ZZ because he played more songs and had more of a show.However, ZZ Top were great as usual. Played a lot of hits and brought the amps in your face.But most importantly, as fun as all of this was, I gave something fun to my parents.I may not act like it a lot, but I do love them and appreciate them.I have posted set lists from Fogerty and ZZ Top below.ZZ Top Set List:
- Got Me Under Pressure
- I Thank You
- Waitin’ For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin’
- Pearl Necklace
- I’m Bad I’m Nationwide
- I Gotsta Get Paid
- Sixteen Tons
- Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
- Just Got Paid
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Legs
- Encore: La Grange’
- Tush
- Encore 2: Jailhouse Rock
John Fogerty Set List:
- Travelin’ Band
- Hey Tonight
- Rock And Roll Girls
- Who’ll Stop The Rain
- Good Golly Miss Molly
- Up Around The Bend
- Holy Grail
- Green River
- Love And War
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Long As I Can See The Light
- Keep On Chooglin’
- Born On The Bayou
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
- New Orleans
- Down On The Corner
- Centerfield
- The Old Man Down The Road
- Fortunate Son
- Encore: Bad Moon Rising
- Proud Mary
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Not Runnin’ On Empty: Jackson Browne Concert Review
- Date of Concert: June 5, 2018
- Location of Concert: PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH
Jackson Browne in concert in Cincinnati.I almost didn’t go to this, but I’m glad I did.He played two sets, has a great band, was very loud (love it!!), and the songs. Oh my!!He still has the voice.I don’t have time for a lot in my life, but I make time to see great artists like him.Set Lists:
Set 1:
- Some Bridges
- You Love The Thunder
- The Long Way Around
- The Dreamer
- Lives In The Balance
- Sky Blue And Black
- Doctor My Eyes
- These Days
- For A Dancer
- For Everyman
Set 2:
- Looking East
- Your Bright Baby Blues
- For Taking The Trouble
- Somebody’s Baby
- Red Neck Friend
- Never Stop
- Lawyers, Guns, & Money (Warren Zevon cover)
- In The Shape Of A Heart
- The Pretender
- Running On Empty
- Encore: Take It Easy
- Our Lady Of The Well
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