Posted by Tom L. on 7/2/2008, 12:04 pm
Message modified by board administrator 7/2/2008, 1:17 pm
Yep. You guessed it. REO Speedwagon was playing Ashburn, Virginia this past Saturday and man did that show rock! Those guys can still bring it to the stage, engage the audience and still keep going for more!
They opened with Don't Let Him Go and then went into Keep Pushin' followed by Tough Guys. They did a couple of their new songs and one from when they were a bar band: Son Of A Poor Man.
The weather was threatening to break on us all night. There were thunderstorms going throught the area and the wind was gusting. At one point, there were roadies crawling all over the stage trying to tie things down but REO kept right on playing through.
They did have to stop the show for about five minutes while the hanging speakers were secured but other than that, the rocking continued.
Somewhere in the middle of the show, it did rain hard … for about two minutes. Some people began to leave. Kevin Cronin got on the microphone and yelled, “Hey! Where is everyone going! We’re the band that wrote ‘Riding The Storm Out!’”
Rather than do an encore, they just played the entire set straight through. Their last song was Riding The Storm Out. It started with the drummer banging on the gong and then an air-raid siren wailed. It was awesome. It was like being 15 years old again.
After the show, Kevin Cronin stayed on stage to sign autographs. People were giving him all sorts of stuff to sign. Scrap sheets of paper, hand-held paper fans, etc. I gave him something more interesting to sign. That picture is below.
Great concert!
Tom L.
Class of ‘84
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