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I'm off to Nashville in August, so naturally I have bought tickets to the Grand Ole Opry! 

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#428

I got a ticket to see Styx tonight - they are headlining the Speed Street concert tonight in downtown Charlotte, NC, linked to the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race tomorrow. Around 3pm I checked to see who was supporting - it was Sugarcreek, a band so obscure that I had forgotten they existed, a band so obscure that they don't even have a Wikipedia entry! In the dim and distant past of a (vaguely) misspent youth I remembered reading about them, that they were somewhat a "cult" band, that made a few decent albums. I couldn't have told you that they were a Charlotte band, and I certainly never expected to get the opportunity to.see them live (OK, mostly because I had forgotten they existed
), especially not 30 years later, in their home town. They weren't bad, in a Journey, Night Ranger kinda way, but there is a reason why they never made tye big time. Still, I am glad to have seen them. 
There was a similar story last week, when, just a few days before Bob Seger's farewell tour hit Charlotte I learned that Grand Funk Railroad were supporting. This was a surprise because I thought they had split in the 70's!
. Anyway, they weren't bad, and surprisingly still had two of three original members! Also surprisingly, they were now a 5 piece, not the power trio that they had started out as, adding a guitar player from Kiss/Meatloaf, a singer from 38 Special, and a keyboard player from nowhere in particular (he had apparently toured with John Secada and with Bob Seger) but was local from Charlotte, NC​​​​​​. I was pleased to have seen GFR, and Bob Seger was OK too, in a Tom Petty and The Eagles kinda way, but at the the softest fringes of my musical interests.


There was a similar story last week, when, just a few days before Bob Seger's farewell tour hit Charlotte I learned that Grand Funk Railroad were supporting. This was a surprise because I thought they had split in the 70's!

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