Vasa Park
South Elgin, IL
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Set 1Not For Me
Lazy River Road
Sister Rosie
Out Skirts of Town
Kelly Marie
U.S. Blues
A Long Way to the Bottom >
Circle Seven >
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed >
Drumz
What a Fool I Am
Appalachian Song >
Cinnamon Girl
Johnny B. Goode >
Murderer >
Johnny B. Goode Reprise
Let it Grow
I Shall Be Released
De Clores >
La Dia De Pelo Malo >
Drumz >
Marching Band Drumz
Lazy River Road
Sister Rosie
Out Skirts of Town
Kelly Marie
U.S. Blues
A Long Way to the Bottom >
Circle Seven >
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed >
Drumz
What a Fool I Am
Appalachian Song >
Cinnamon Girl
Johnny B. Goode >
Murderer >
Johnny B. Goode Reprise
Let it Grow
I Shall Be Released
De Clores >
La Dia De Pelo Malo >
Drumz >
Marching Band Drumz
Set 1Feel Like a Stranger >
Death Don't Have No Mercy
A Little Bit of Love
Hell in a Bucket
Over and Back >
You Don't Need Me Now >
Graceland
Time in Texas
Death Don't Have No Mercy
A Little Bit of Love
Hell in a Bucket
Over and Back >
You Don't Need Me Now >
Graceland
Time in Texas
Set 21977 >
The Golden Road (to unlimited devotion)
Got Nothin'
I Don't Wanna Know Your Name
Almost
Rattle My Cage
Mama Grady
We Look So Happy
The Golden Road (to unlimited devotion)
Got Nothin'
I Don't Wanna Know Your Name
Almost
Rattle My Cage
Mama Grady
We Look So Happy
Set 3Rolling Stones - Some Girls Album
Miss You
When the Whip Comes Down
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Some Girls
Lies
Far Away Eyes
Respectable
Before They Make Me Run
Beast of Burden
Shattered
Miss You
When the Whip Comes Down
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Some Girls
Lies
Far Away Eyes
Respectable
Before They Make Me Run
Beast of Burden
Shattered
CommentBlottopia VI
Set 1Cabbage's & Kings >
Already Gone >
Indiana Jones
I Don't Work on Sunday
Almost Anywhere
Appalacian Song
Mama Gotta Radio
Durty Woman Blooze
Got Nothin'
Astral Weeks >
Franklin's Tower
Long Way to the Bottom >
Circle Seven >
Keepin' It Up
Wharf Rat
Encore: Harry Hood
Already Gone >
Indiana Jones
I Don't Work on Sunday
Almost Anywhere
Appalacian Song
Mama Gotta Radio
Durty Woman Blooze
Got Nothin'
Astral Weeks >
Franklin's Tower
Long Way to the Bottom >
Circle Seven >
Keepin' It Up
Wharf Rat
Encore: Harry Hood
CommentBlottopia VII - One Long Set
Set 1Not For Me
Time In Texas
Kelly Marie
I Ain't Workin' For The Man >
Jam >
Bird Song
Kiss Me In The Morning >
Jam>
Negril Song
Time In Texas
Kelly Marie
I Ain't Workin' For The Man >
Jam >
Bird Song
Kiss Me In The Morning >
Jam>
Negril Song
Set 2Clampdown World
That's What I Said
Back On The Train >
People In the Middle
You Rock & You Roll >
1977 >
Rap >
1977 reprise
That's What I Said
Back On The Train >
People In the Middle
You Rock & You Roll >
1977 >
Rap >
1977 reprise
Set 3Grateful Dead
Terrapin Station
Complete Album - *Extras
Estimated Prophet
Dancin’ In The Streets
Passenger
Samson & Delilah >
Drumz* >
Space* >
Sunrise
Terrapin Station, Part 1: Lady With A Fan
Terrapin Station
Terrapin
Terrapin Transit
At A Siding
Terrapin Flyer
Golden Road (to unlimited devotion)*
Refrain
Terrapin Station
Complete Album - *Extras
Estimated Prophet
Dancin’ In The Streets
Passenger
Samson & Delilah >
Drumz* >
Space* >
Sunrise
Terrapin Station, Part 1: Lady With A Fan
Terrapin Station
Terrapin
Terrapin Transit
At A Siding
Terrapin Flyer
Golden Road (to unlimited devotion)*
Refrain
CommentBlottopia VII - 3rd Set - Terrapin Station
Set 1Any Kind Of Lover
On The Tracks
Rattle My Cage
Low Loretta
Shades Of Grey
Back In The Saddle
Eyes Of The World >
Space >
Rap >
Movie Star >
That's What I Said
Encore: When I Paint My Masterpiece
Encore: The Ace Of Spades
On The Tracks
Rattle My Cage
Low Loretta
Shades Of Grey
Back In The Saddle
Eyes Of The World >
Space >
Rap >
Movie Star >
That's What I Said
Encore: When I Paint My Masterpiece
Encore: The Ace Of Spades
CommentBlottopia VIII - One Long Set
Set 1Laugh As The Sun
Back To The Earth
Lost In A Crowd
Crucible Blow
?
Martyr
Cruel Sun
Garbage Man
Superstition >
Cat Turned Blue >
All Along The Watchtower >
Cat Turned Blue >
Superstition
Dance In The Middle
?
Suspicious Minds
Grace
Ecstasy
Driving
Send Me On My Way
Back To The Earth
Lost In A Crowd
Crucible Blow
?
Martyr
Cruel Sun
Garbage Man
Superstition >
Cat Turned Blue >
All Along The Watchtower >
Cat Turned Blue >
Superstition
Dance In The Middle
?
Suspicious Minds
Grace
Ecstasy
Driving
Send Me On My Way
Set 1Wilson's Lament
Sloppy Sunday
The Jinx
Help On The Way >
Slipknot! >
Frankin's Tower
People In The Middle
Sloppy Sunday
The Jinx
Help On The Way >
Slipknot! >
Frankin's Tower
People In The Middle
Set 2Drumz & Space Tuning >
Keepin' It Up
Nebraska
Estimated Prophet >
That's What I Said
Long Way To The Bottom >
Stranglehold
One Puff
Jam
Keepin' It Up
Nebraska
Estimated Prophet >
That's What I Said
Long Way To The Bottom >
Stranglehold
One Puff
Jam
Set 1After It Rains
End Of My Day
Sister Rosie
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Movie Star
Hell In A Bucket
Do It Again
1977
End Of My Day
Sister Rosie
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Movie Star
Hell In A Bucket
Do It Again
1977
Set 2You Rock & You Roll
Almost
Organ Grinder >
Meddle >
Organ Grinder
Bird Song
Kiss Me In The Morning
Aiko Aiko
Here We Are
Almost
Organ Grinder >
Meddle >
Organ Grinder
Bird Song
Kiss Me In The Morning
Aiko Aiko
Here We Are
Set 3The Album Babylon By Bus - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Rastaman Vibration
Punky Reggae Party
Exodus
Stir It Up
Rat Race
Concrete Jungle
Kinky Reggae
Lively Up Yourself
Rebel Music / 3 a.m. Roadblock
War
Is This Love
Heathen
Jammin'
Peter Today
Rastaman Vibration
Punky Reggae Party
Exodus
Stir It Up
Rat Race
Concrete Jungle
Kinky Reggae
Lively Up Yourself
Rebel Music / 3 a.m. Roadblock
War
Is This Love
Heathen
Jammin'
Peter Today
CommentBlottopia IV
Set 1That's What I Said
Almost Anywhere
Deal
Southern Woman
Positive Vibrations
Same Old Blues Again
Peggy-O
Raining In My Room
Triolet
Almost Anywhere
Deal
Southern Woman
Positive Vibrations
Same Old Blues Again
Peggy-O
Raining In My Room
Triolet
Set 2Cabbages & Kings >
All Ready Gone
Solomon's Gold
Shakedown Street >
Sampson & Delilah
Mama Grady
Dirty Woman Blues
Sail Away
Echos
All Ready Gone
Solomon's Gold
Shakedown Street >
Sampson & Delilah
Mama Grady
Dirty Woman Blues
Sail Away
Echos
CommentBlottopia XI - First Night
Set 1Can't Go Back
I Don't Work On Sundays
After The Rain
Keeping It Up
The Mighty Quinn
Clampdown World
The Wedge >
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain >
Rasta Fire
I Don't Work On Sundays
After The Rain
Keeping It Up
The Mighty Quinn
Clampdown World
The Wedge >
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain >
Rasta Fire
Set 2Long Way To The Bottom >
Meddle's Spoken Word
Time In Texas
Sister Rosie
Movie Star
Meddle's Spoken Word
Time In Texas
Sister Rosie
Movie Star
Set 31977 >
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kitel
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning, Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
A Day In The Life
Vitamins, Scotch & Cigarettes
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kitel
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning, Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
A Day In The Life
Vitamins, Scotch & Cigarettes
CommentThe Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Set 1It's Surreal Good Time
Can't Go Back
Kelly Marie
Rebel Music
That's What I Say
Appalacian Song
Sister Rosie
Terrapin Station
Can't Go Back
Kelly Marie
Rebel Music
That's What I Say
Appalacian Song
Sister Rosie
Terrapin Station
Set 2Floating Bridges
Clampdown World
Organ Grinder
Hi-V
Marrakesh Express
Were So Happy
Peaches en Regalia
Joe's Garage
Clampdown World
Organ Grinder
Hi-V
Marrakesh Express
Were So Happy
Peaches en Regalia
Joe's Garage
CommentBlottopia XII - First Night
Set 1Here We Are
Cotton Fields
People In The Middle
She's A Woman
Rattle My Cage
Negril Song
1977
Cotton Fields
People In The Middle
She's A Woman
Rattle My Cage
Negril Song
1977
Set 2One Bye Night, Two Bye Day
Getting It On
Triolet
Nebraska
Electric Feel
Working For The Man
Getting It On
Triolet
Nebraska
Electric Feel
Working For The Man
Set 3Toys In The Attic
Uncle Salty
Adam's Apple
Walk This Way
Big Ten Inch
Sweet Emotion
No More No More
Round And Round
See Me Crying
One Puff
Uncle Salty
Adam's Apple
Walk This Way
Big Ten Inch
Sweet Emotion
No More No More
Round And Round
See Me Crying
One Puff
CommentBlottopia XII - Second Night
Set 1Whitesnake’s Set List
Burn
Slide It In
Love Ain’t No Stranger
Gypsy
Gve Me All Your Love
You Keep On Movin’
Forevermore
Mistreated
You Fool No More
Is This Love
Bad Boys
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night
Burn
Slide It In
Love Ain’t No Stranger
Gypsy
Gve Me All Your Love
You Keep On Movin’
Forevermore
Mistreated
You Fool No More
Is This Love
Bad Boys
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night
CommentWhitesnake concert moved to Vasa Park in South Elgin
Concert originally proposed for Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva
SOUTH ELGIN – The Whitesnake concert originally planned for Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva has been moved to Vasa Park near South Elgin after a Kane County Forest Preserve Commission committee turned down
Onesti Entertainment Corporation’s request to use the park for the concert.
It was the hottest and most humid night of the entire summer and I was standing along the Fox River in South Elgin, Illinois on July 17 at a place called Vasa Park. Normally Vasa Park’s 25 acre wooded property is home to small festivals, however, this night was different. This night I had my two cameras in my hand, a ticket to the greatest classic rock music event this location has ever seen, with the greatest anticipation I have ever felt.
This epic music event was the Whitesnake “The Purple Tour” concert, featuring David Coverdale on vocals and my favorite guitarist, Joel Hoekstra, who joined the band last year. Opening for Whitesnake was Foghat. Unfortunately, The Answer, who was to kick off the evening, were unable to attend.
This was NOT my first time seeing both bands and they did not disappoint. Before Foghat took the stage, I went to the photo pit and was looking forward to seeing the band whose songs have followed me my entire life. Foghat’s founding drummer, Roger Earl, rocked his kit with Craig MacGregor on bass. Bryan Bassett was on guitar and bringing words to their excellent musicianship was vocalist and guitarist, Charlie Huhn. The band didn’t miss a beat even though the weather was so miserably wet. They began the night with “Fool For The City” and ended with “Slow Ride.”
After a thirty-minute intermission, I entered the photo pit again, but this time for Whitesnake. Whitesnake’s music has been such an influential aspect of my life and I crank up the radio when their tunes come on.
In August 2014, I was thrilled to learn that my favorite guitarist, Joel Hoekstra, had joined Whitesnake as one of their guitarists. I have followed Hoekstra’s musical career for almost a decade. I saw him first with Night Ranger in Great Lakes, Illinois, then saw him kick ass in Rock Of Ages on Broadway and have witnessed his skills several times with Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Nonetheless, every single time I see him, he blows me away. He has the greatest energy I’ve ever seen come out of any musician. No matter if he’s having a terrible day, when he’s out on stage, he genuinely appears to be having the best time of his life.
As I was anxiously waiting in the photo pit for Whitesnake to begin, the house lights dimmed and I got my cameras ready to shoot. The band entered the stage and the crowd roared. They began their set with “Burn” and vocalist David Coverdale didn’t waste any time rockin’ and rolling all over the stage. He was also very vocal in letting the crowd know how humid and hot the weather was. I found it apropos that Whitesnake was playing on a very swampy night as snakes are found in the swamp (haha).
Guitarist Reb Beach played some slick licks and made his guitar playing seem effortless. He and Hoekstra would often meet at center stage to jam together to get the audience even more excited for their performances. Gracing the bass was Michael Devin who was cool and collected and has a head full of long hair for killer head banging to accompany his impeccable skills. Sitting high on his drum riser was Tommy Aldridge who is an animal. I have a huge respect for drummers as they are the time keepers for bands. Aldridge never slowed down. After drumming in the disgusting weather, his energy is insurmountable. He also nailed his drum solo with ease. On stage left was Whitesnake’s touring keyboardist, Michele Luppi, all the way from Italy. Luppi tickled those ivories to add extra intensity into Whitesnake’s already solid tunes.
Whitesnake definitely whipped up a great show and you made my music freak-self incredibly happy.
Concert originally proposed for Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva
SOUTH ELGIN – The Whitesnake concert originally planned for Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva has been moved to Vasa Park near South Elgin after a Kane County Forest Preserve Commission committee turned down
Onesti Entertainment Corporation’s request to use the park for the concert.
It was the hottest and most humid night of the entire summer and I was standing along the Fox River in South Elgin, Illinois on July 17 at a place called Vasa Park. Normally Vasa Park’s 25 acre wooded property is home to small festivals, however, this night was different. This night I had my two cameras in my hand, a ticket to the greatest classic rock music event this location has ever seen, with the greatest anticipation I have ever felt.
This epic music event was the Whitesnake “The Purple Tour” concert, featuring David Coverdale on vocals and my favorite guitarist, Joel Hoekstra, who joined the band last year. Opening for Whitesnake was Foghat. Unfortunately, The Answer, who was to kick off the evening, were unable to attend.
This was NOT my first time seeing both bands and they did not disappoint. Before Foghat took the stage, I went to the photo pit and was looking forward to seeing the band whose songs have followed me my entire life. Foghat’s founding drummer, Roger Earl, rocked his kit with Craig MacGregor on bass. Bryan Bassett was on guitar and bringing words to their excellent musicianship was vocalist and guitarist, Charlie Huhn. The band didn’t miss a beat even though the weather was so miserably wet. They began the night with “Fool For The City” and ended with “Slow Ride.”
After a thirty-minute intermission, I entered the photo pit again, but this time for Whitesnake. Whitesnake’s music has been such an influential aspect of my life and I crank up the radio when their tunes come on.
In August 2014, I was thrilled to learn that my favorite guitarist, Joel Hoekstra, had joined Whitesnake as one of their guitarists. I have followed Hoekstra’s musical career for almost a decade. I saw him first with Night Ranger in Great Lakes, Illinois, then saw him kick ass in Rock Of Ages on Broadway and have witnessed his skills several times with Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Nonetheless, every single time I see him, he blows me away. He has the greatest energy I’ve ever seen come out of any musician. No matter if he’s having a terrible day, when he’s out on stage, he genuinely appears to be having the best time of his life.
As I was anxiously waiting in the photo pit for Whitesnake to begin, the house lights dimmed and I got my cameras ready to shoot. The band entered the stage and the crowd roared. They began their set with “Burn” and vocalist David Coverdale didn’t waste any time rockin’ and rolling all over the stage. He was also very vocal in letting the crowd know how humid and hot the weather was. I found it apropos that Whitesnake was playing on a very swampy night as snakes are found in the swamp (haha).
Guitarist Reb Beach played some slick licks and made his guitar playing seem effortless. He and Hoekstra would often meet at center stage to jam together to get the audience even more excited for their performances. Gracing the bass was Michael Devin who was cool and collected and has a head full of long hair for killer head banging to accompany his impeccable skills. Sitting high on his drum riser was Tommy Aldridge who is an animal. I have a huge respect for drummers as they are the time keepers for bands. Aldridge never slowed down. After drumming in the disgusting weather, his energy is insurmountable. He also nailed his drum solo with ease. On stage left was Whitesnake’s touring keyboardist, Michele Luppi, all the way from Italy. Luppi tickled those ivories to add extra intensity into Whitesnake’s already solid tunes.
Whitesnake definitely whipped up a great show and you made my music freak-self incredibly happy.
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