I mentioned briefly in a recent post, my plans to journey to Dayton, OH to see Night Ranger. When I saw the date pop up on Night Ranger’s Myspace page, I gave it a casual glance, and figured that it was an opening slot. Opening slots, as much as I love Night Ranger, aren’t really […]
Category: Rock and Roll Weekend
Concert Review: Eric Clapton – Blossom Music Center 5/31/08
I saw Eric Clapton this past weekend, hoping to recapture a bit of the “pinch yourself because it’s so unbelievably good” feeling that I got from last year’s Chicago based edition of Crossroads Guitar Festival. Crossroads 2007 will go down unquestionably as one of my favorite concerts that I’ve been lucky enough to attend. Crossroads […]
Find Your Own Way Home
Find Your Own Way Home is the name of the latest CD from veteran Illinois classic rockers REO Speedwagon. And the album is also the unlikely source of inspiration that led me through what would be an important period of personal exploration in 2007. I purchased the CD as part of a “can’t miss” three […]
LIVE: Filter at House of Blues Cleveland 5/24/08
I caught Filter on Saturday night for a show that will easily land on my concert memories highlight reel for the year. It was great. And despite the fact that I’ve still got a review of last weekend’s Rock on the Range show (which also featured Filter) that is pretty close to being ready to […]
Virgin Festival 2008
This isn’t exactly an earth shattering lineup announcement, although the lineup is indeed earth shattering. Instead, this is an announcement of my intentions to once again attend the Virgin Mobile Festival this year in August. I had a phenomenal time last August in Baltimore with the Police, Beastie Boys, Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, Amy […]
Concert Review: The original members of Asia at House of Blues Cleveland
Saturday night I got the chance to catch the reunited original members of Asia at the House of Blues here in Cleveland. My review for Cleveland Scene can be found right here. The review was edited slightly after I submitted it, and I’d like to make note that I actually would have been okay with […]
Rock and Roll Weekend part one: Bruce Springsteen
Part of my absence here lately has been related to a couple of rock and roll road trips that have sucked up my weekend time. And as for during the week? Well, work took care of taking the rest of THAT time. But hey, that’s cool – it’s nice to have a roof over my […]