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| Saturday, July 20, 2002 Dane County Fair Alliant Energy Center Madison, WI |
Sound: Audio-Trak Operated by Joe Guarino Assisted by Randy Lyttle Lights: Interstellar Operated by Geoff Reinke Assisted by Jason Hartwich, Rich Reinke & Bradon Brinkman Pyrotechics: Thundercat Fireworks Operated by Chad Catlin and Shane Trotter |
| SET 1: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi Lay it Down - Ratt Unskinny Bop - Poison Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue Runaway - Bon Jovi Working for the Weekend - Loverboy Down Boys - Warrant Tom Sawyer - Rush Love Song - Tesla Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Photograph - Def Leppard All She Wrote - Firehouse Faithfully - Journey Turn Me Loose - Loverboy Jump - Van Halen Smokin' - Boston Pour Some Sugar' - Def Leppard |
SET 2: Lay Your Hands on Me - Bon Jovi Separate Ways - Journey Round and Round - Ratt In My Dreams - Dokken Still of the Night - Whitesnake Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison Lick It Up - Kiss Eye of the Tiger - Survivor Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi Wait - White Lion Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant Panama - Van Halen Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Rock of Ages - Def Leppard I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister |
| A Word from Josh: For the record, I would like to say that when I send our bulk Emails to our mailing list I never say anything in them that I don't actually mean. The reason I mention this is because Friday morning I sent out an announcement describing this show. In it I said that the weather was going to be perfect and that we anticipated having "one of our best shows ever." Well, neither point turned out to be exactly true but, in the end, things did turn out pretty well on both counts. After loading in much of our equipment early in the afternoon, the fairgrounds were hit by a vicious rainstorm that seemed to catch the meteorologists by surprise. Fortunately, it blew over completely within a couple of hours and the skies were clear by the time we took the stage. But the rain did push back our schedule a bit (and got a few things wet) so we had to start late. We were a bit disappointed to be playing in one of those "showmobile" stages build into the side of a trailer. This made it very difficult to use our light and video show to full effect. But, once again, our crew guys did a great job of cleverly setting the stuff up to look great. The video screen ended up on the roof of the trailer where I think it looked pretty cool. Added to this show was an expanded pyro and fireworks display provided by Thundercat Fireworks. That proved to be a big crowd pleaser. As for the crowd itself, we were glad to see quite a few regulars who came out specifically to catch our show. During "Faithfully" a young woman dancing by herself started behaving very provocatively, lifting her skirt and flashing various parts of her anatomy. Our live video camera operator Brandon followed his natural instincts and pointed the camera at her thus projecting her image on the big screen for all to see. Normally, this would have been fine, but he was quickly reminded that this was very much a "family show" and there were many children watching, so he promptly returned his aim at the stage. In general, the stage area was not very conducive to "walk-ups" by people who were at the fair for other reasons. The crowd never surpassed about 400 which made it feel like a good Badger Bowl gig taken outside, which is fine. In fact, at John's urging, quite a few people joined us at Badger Bowl (just down the road less than a mile) after we finished playing. There, we relaxed with some drinks and pizza while hanging out with a lot of friends and enjoying the final set of a great band called Lube who seemed to appreciate the influx of rock fans. By the way, a TV crew from Music with Pete was on hand to document our show for possible future broadcast on their program. - Josh |
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