Rock, that is.
Yesterday a few friends and I went to a concert at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View (over where Google and Linked In headquarters are located) to see Uncle Kracker, ZZ Top and Kid Rock. I was more interested in the last two more than Uncle Kracker. There were plenty of “older” people there that were balding or had gray hair, whom we assumed were mainly there for ZZ Top. It’s disturbing to see someone who reminds me of my mother shaking her tail feathers in the row directly in front of me! With the sponsors being Jim Beam and Harley Davidson, there were ALL KINDS of people attending. Anyways… I have to admire Kid Rock for making this tour more accessible to the masses. He tried to keep ticket prices down, as well as everything else. He had Shriners selling his latest CD for $10, with ALL proceeds going to a certain charity. He had some T-shirts for $20, concession stands had beer for $4, and one of my friends told me that you could get 4 hot dogs, 2 large fries and 2 large sodas for $20!!!! That’s amazing with the normally jacked up prices for concerts, fairs and festivals. What’s even more amazing is that the concert started promptly ON TIME! Not only were we NOT expecting that, but I was in line to buy a T-shirt while my friends were in line for the ladies’ room. (I’ll even confess to consider buying a Kid Rock thong that said Gucci Galore!) Our waiting in lines caused us to miss Uncle Kracker altogether. For as long as ZZ Top has been around, they were in fine form. They played a tight set and all of their songs sounded great. They were no slouches! Of course, Kid Rock put on one hell of a show. That man, with all of his foul language and subject matter, still comes across as very patriotic and has charisma. You can’t take your eyes off of him. I admit to preferring his older music a little more than the newer stuff, but I had no complaints whatsoever. He had everyone pumped up and ready to party.
On that note, take a guess as to who you’ll be listening to on Musical Monday. (You got THAT right!)