Posted by Mark on 7/2/2008, 3:47 pm, in reply to "Try it now."
Tom,
Love the pix! Cool hat, too! Thank you for protecting the freedoms we hold so dear in this country. I'm very thankful for my own independence or freedom!
Mark
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: I think I got the pics fixed.
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: Tom L.
: Class of '84
:
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: First, I was not able to see the pictures,
: but...
:
: I saw REO Speedwagon probably 11-12 years
: ago in Raleigh, along with Foreigner and
: Peter Frampton. I think REO closed the
: show.
:
: Anyway, I would put that show in my top 5 of
: all time. In no particular order (except
: the first one):
:
: 1. Rick Springfield
: 2. Weird Al Yankovic
: 3. Don Henley
: 4. REO Speedwagon
: 5. Foreigner (the first time I saw them -
: with REO)
:
: Man, I'd love to see them again. I'm
: jealous that you got to meet Kevin Cronin.
: I'm wondering what you had him sign.
:
: Speaking of Rick Springfield (you knew I
: would, didn't you???) it was exactly 10
: years ago tomorrow (July 3rd, 1998) that I
: saw Rick in Orlando, Florida. That was the
: second time I'd actually paid to see Rick --
: the first was July 1985. I saw him once in
: August 1981 (at the height of Jessie's Girl
: popularity) but I didn't pay to see him --
: it was over the fence at the Carowinds
: amusement park. We certainly heard him,
: though.
:
: I'll be seeing Rick again in just over 2
: weeks at Busch Gardens amusement park in
: Williamsburg, VA. That will be about 2
: years since I saw him with you, Tom.
:
: Mark
:
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: 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.
:
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:
: Great concert!
:
: Tom L.
: Class of ‘84
:
: P.S. You may have to reload this page a few
: times to get all nine pics.
: freeimagehosting.net is a little gimpy.
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