June 20th

  

  It was on June 20th, 1995 that I saw Paul Rodgers play the Thunderdome in Edmonton.

April 30th

  

 April 30th, 2010 I saw Paul Rodgers of Free, Bad Company, The Firm fame headline a show at the Shaw Conference Centre here in Edmonton. Paul and his band were excellent. Opening the show was Canadian rockers Loverboy.

18 Years Ago Today...June 20th

It was eighteen years ago today that I saw Paul Rodgers play at the Thunderdome here in Edmonton.

Also on this day two years ago, I saw Steve Earle play at the Jubilee Auditorium here in Edmonton.

In concert news...Steve Earle will be playing in Edmonton on Sunday July 28th closing out the Interstellar Rodeo Festival being held at Hawrelak Park.

3 Years Ago Today...April 30th

It was three years ago today that I saw Paul Rodgers play at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton.



Stats for the month of April...

I have been to shows 29 out of 30 days in the month of April.

And have seen 50 different shows out of them 29 days.

Ticket Stub Of The Day Mar.8th (Paul Rodgers)

Today's ticket stub is from the first time I saw Paul Rodgers in concert, former lead singer of Bad Company, Free and The Firm. This show was in 1995 at the Thunderdome in Edmonton. My boss from the frame shop that I used to work at gave my buddy Buzzard and I free tickets to the show. Shitty venue, great show. Good times!!!

Paul Rodgers In Concert

Wow, what a week. Three concerts in 5 days and all for free, I guess you could say I have had a very lucky week. Last night my buddy Buzzard and I went to the K97 2nd annual Rock Riot featuring local band China White (missed em'),80's Canadian band Loverboy (missed em') never did like them, and headliner Paul Rodgers, he of Free,Bad Company,Firm and short stint as Queen vocalist fame. This was my second time seeing Paul Rodgers in concert (last time being 1995 at The Thunderdome).

While I have never really been a big fan of Bad Company, I have to say that live their songs sound pretty damn good actually. Now Free, that's a different story, I have always liked them. Paul was sounding and looking good last night for a guy that has been doing this for 40 some years. For a guy that is 60 some years old, the man has still got an awesome voice. His back up band was nothing special but then with Paul on vocals it didn't much matter.

The set he did was well mixed with classic Free songs like "All Right Now", have always liked that song, and the Free song "Wishing Well" went over really good. He also belted out classic rock staples like "Feel Like Makin' Love" and "Can't Get Enough", now I have never really liked them songs, I have to admit they sounded good and the crowd of a few thousand ate it up. The Bad Company songs he played that I do like and sounded good as well were "Rock n' Roll Fantasy" and "Shooting Star". I don't believe he played any songs from his 80's band Firm in which Jimmy Page of Zeppelin fame was in, but I could be wrong as the night wore on, I was starting to get a pretty good buzz on. As for Queen, not sure if he did any of them either.

I had a really good time at the show and big thanks to my girlfriend Janis for picking up the tickets for me and a thanks as well to local classic rock station K97.

I would give the Paul Rodgers performance a 7.5 out of 10. Good times!!!