Rod Stewart at the Phone Booth
Jacqui and I went with the Pages to see Rod Stewart at MCI last night. Rod was in excellent shape but had a bit of a chest cold. Still, he played two 75 minute sets that covered everything anyone would want to hear from his fine catalog of music.
The first set featured a large rock bank with 3 outstanding backup singers. Rod played a series of songs from his greatest hits album and the crowd was appreciative.
The crowd, by the way, was composed of about 80% women who were screaming at Rod much the way that women screamed at Paul, John, George and Ringo 40 years ago. A procession of female fans paraded up to the stage during the show giving Rod stuffed animals, flowers and yes, underwear.
After a 20 minute intermission, the stage was reset and Rod and the band were dressed in tux and tails with about 8 more string players adding to the mix. Rod moved through about five standards off of his last two "songbook" cds, then closed with 7 more hits backed by a full orchestra.
Overall, a much better show than any of us had imagined. And one we would all go see in heartbeat again.
Snapped on 03.05.04 || More Live Music Photos || Comments
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