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| Friday, July 26, 2002 Red Cracker Festival South Wayne, WI |
Sound: Sound Reinforcement Systems Operated by Brian Ingwell and Bernie Millage Lights: Interstellar & SRS Operated by Geoff Reinke and Kelly Davis Assisted by Jason Hartwich, Rich Reinke & Bradon Brinkman |
| SET 1: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi Rock of Ages - Def Leppard Lay It Down - Ratt Runaway - Bon Jovi Everybody Wants You - B. Squier Heaven - Warrant Working for the Weekend - Loverboy Round and Round - Ratt In My Dreams - Dokken Still of the Night - Whitesnake Love Song - Tesla Little Suzi - Tesla Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Down Boys - Warrant Tom Sawyer - Rush Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue Panama - Van Halen Smokin' - Boston Pour Some Sugar' - Def Leppard |
SET 2: Lay Your Hands on Me - Bon Jovi Separate Ways - Journey Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi Don't Treat Me Bad - Firehouse Nothing But a Good Time - Poison Lick It Up - Kiss Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Photograph - Def Leppard All She Wrote - Firehouse The Search Is Over - Survivor Wild Side - Motley Crue Smokin' in the Boys Room - BS/MC I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister ---------- Turn Up the Radio - Autograph Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Wait - White Lion Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant Unskinny Bop - Poison |
| A Word from Josh: We played this same festival last year so, in a lot of ways, we had a good idea of what to expect. We could expect a great stage, a top-notch sound system and really good food served in generous portions. Added this year was an air-conditioned dressing room behind the stage. Yes, we were kept quite happy. While we were setting up - another band, Ottoman Empire, was playing on the other end of the tent. Although obviously quite young and with some rough edges, this band did feature a very impressive lead guitarist named Brian who I spoke with briefly. Their setlist included quite a few songs from the Cherry Pie repertoire and Brian stuck around for our show and really seemed to get into it. Of course, he wasn't the only one. The crowd was noticeably bigger than last year's and their enthusiasm really made for a good night. The weather was excellent (a little warm perhaps, but not too bad). We thought it was funny when, in the middle of a song, I noticed a huge bug (looked kinda like a cockroach, but I'm not sure) making itself at home on one of my keyboards. Video camera operator Brandon came up and got a good shot of it, projecting on our big screen. "If any of you are missing any small pets," John told the crowd, "I think I know what happened to them." During one of the encores we found the stage infested by something else... dancing women, which was pretty darn nice. Later, a group of friends camped out overnight in a tent behind the stage so after the show we hung out with them in lawn chairs telling campfire stories (AKA dirty jokes) and munching on snacks for quite a while. It was an appropriately folksy end to a pleasant Summer day. - Josh |
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