Chicago Concert/State Fair Commentary

Mom, Dave, and I went to Kansas yesterday afternoon to see Chicago play at the Kansas State Fair...WOW, what a time (take that for what you will...). On a S2C scale, I give them a 9.25. The first half of the concert was shaky, but without Jimmy there (he and Walt both had subs playing for them), some of the energy (or maybe the pelvic thrusting that gives the band a pop) was AWOL. After the sun went down, and the sound issues were resolved, they rocked the Grandstands!

The concert venue (aka STATE FAIR) was even more bizarre than I expected. The fair (though it was a state fair) was in a small town and seemed to resemble a county fair more than what one would expect. This man's attire seemed to sum up the event:



The people there seemed to have all their teeth, but seemed to be a little off-kilter (of course I didn't photograph the "normal" ones...there's not a good story there!)...



This car (what do you call this? A car-saic?) was at the entrance to the state fair...notice the skinny markers that run along the indentions in the bumper...










There were only about 2,000 people at the concert, and we sat right in front of the sound booth, so the view was good (except for this...the couple in front of us):



Hmm, maybe their hair attracted them to the other...just bad.


Here are some random band shots that were pretty decent:

Tris Imboden


Bill Champlin


Keith Howland


Jason Scheff


Full stage shot of Free