The weather has made it hard to make any firm plans but I have been trying to get out and see some of the many big shows that have swung through recently.
Planned on seeing America a couple of weekends ago but after trying to set up during numerous storms a number of times, the band finally had to cancel the show all together.
After a couple of hours of running in and out of the Renaissance Center, everyone was pretty disappointed to say the least.
The annual Stars and Stripes Festival, which moved to Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights this year, was also plagued by the rain, forcing a lot of acts to rearrange their set times.
Critical Bill had to shorten their set that Friday and found a much thinner crowd by the time they finally hit the stage. The band is releasing a new album this Fall and should be announcing a cd release show shortly.
Randy Travis played that night in the actual amphitheater and sounded great. Kind of cool to hear all those songs I used to love as a kid live. Reminded me of spending time with my grandmother listening to the radio.
Ended up being memorable because just a week later Travis was rushed to the hospital with heart problems where he also suffered a stroke. He was released yesterday but there's no telling when or if he will be back out on the road again.
Before the show I ended up talking to a huge fan outside the theater who introduced me to Travis' guitar player, who was super nice and seemed to really be enjoying getting a chance to talk to the fans.
The storms delayed Collective Soul's set but they hung around and waited and managed to make it to the stage and they really rocked the place pulling out everything you can imagine.
Saturday, Detroit's own Kaleido drew a pretty large crowd for such a early set.
Everlast also played the main stage.
And then I finally got to see Halestorm blow the stage up.
Had to miss out on Rockstar Mayhem this year but am in the process of setting up a number of interviews with some of the bands.
Got to do two really amazing interviews last month with the Goo Goo Doll's John Rzeznik and The Cult's Chris Wyse. (http://www.examiner.com/article/goo-goo-dolls-bring-positivity-to-tour-with-matchbox-twenty and http://www.examiner.com/article/the-cult-s-chris-wyse-reflects-on-his-career-and-owl-s-new-album).
Both guys are really knowledgeable and had a lot to say. It's always great when the problem is trying to decide what to use when it is published rather than trying to figure out how to create a article out of nothing.
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