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| Saturday, August 30, 2003 Apparitions Motorcycle Club Party N 6492 Holstein Prairie Rd Monroe, WI Alternating sets with The Johnsons |
Sound: Go Audio Operated by Brian Ingwell Lights: Tracy Roudebush Stage Tech: Dan Olsen |
| SET 1: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi Unskinny Bop - Poison Workin' for the Weekend - Loverboy Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions Sister Christian - Night Ranger Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Can't Get Enuff - Winger Lay It Down - Ratt Love Song - Tesla Wait - White Lion Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row SET 3: Nothin' but a Good Time - Poison Photograph - Def Leppard Round and Round - Ratt We're Not Gonna Take It - T. Sister Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Rock of Ages - Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar' - Def Leppard |
SET 2: Lay Your Hands on Me - Bon Jovi Separate Ways - Journey Cult of Personality - Living Colour Still of the Night - Whitesnake Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue Runaway - Bon Jovi Eye of the Tiger - Survivor Ah Leah - Donny Iris Breaking the Chains - Dokken Alone Again - Docken Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne |
| A Word from Josh: Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. The Apparitions Motorcycle Club holds this annual event where bikers come from all over the state and enjoy a weekend of food, drink, music, commerce and camping in a remote pasture. The music took place in a large tent with stages on either end where two top party bands played alternating sets for 6 straight hours of uninterrupted live music. The problem appeared to be that this year's event landed on the same weekend as the pinnacle of the Harley 100th Anniversary in Milwaukee where thousands of Harley lovers were gathering to enjoy, among other things, live music from the likes of Kansas, Steppenwolf and Poison. This directly resulted in the Apparitions Party drawing only a fraction of the turnout that they would have otherwise expected. Of course, we were determined to make the most of it and the dozens of people on hand certainly seemed to enjoy themselves. They certainly lived up to the biker reputation for hospitality, rocking hard and beautiful women ("Biker Babes" according to the Harley vernacular). The band on the other stage was The Johnsons, a fun 80s dance band. I had known of them for years, but this was my first chance to see them. They were outstanding, effectively capturing the sounds of INXS, Prince, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and many others. Our show came off pretty well also, despite a poorly configured stage. Both stages were flatbed semi trailers which were over 5 feet high, shoved into the ends of a tent where the sloping canopy severly limited what we could do with our lights and restricted our movement, especially for me as the band's tallest member. Shane enjoyed the fact that, for once, my height was giving me a distinct disadvantage. In fact, my keyboards were positioned in such a way that, as I played them, my forehead was pressing into the ceiling of the tent. Not the best thing for big hair. In the end, we were encouraged by the response of the crowd which reaffirmed our belief that we would do very well at more high-profile biker events if given the chance. We've got a show coming up on the afternoon of October 4 at the House of Harley on Layton Avenue in Milwaukee. We'll definitely be looking forward to that. - Josh Were you at this show? Would you like to comment on it? |
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