ROCK FEST 2008 CANCELLED!

What a MAJOR Bummer! They cancelled Mt Rock Fest 2008. (Or at least, they say "postponed").

For the Mt Rock Fest web site, click here.

News Article from the Morning Sun Newspaper, click here.

Read article on Festival Preview Roots blog, click here.

Channel 7&4 News Article, click here.

I'll be watching for any new "news" on the subject and post it here.

Chicago! (July 19th, 2007)

We met Chicago!!!!!

Jim & I got the unique opportunity to meet the band, Chicago!!!

(Photo in the Clare County Cleaver)

We got the meet & greet tickets from a friend of ours at 98.5 FM WUPS!
Thanks Michael J!!!!

It was almost a fluke that we got this opportunity! First of all, we arrived late to the festival on Thursday evening. I think we got there at about 9 pm and the festival staff had to find us a camp site, while Jim went to upgrade our tickets to the VIP seats.

Anyway, Jim ran into Mike who works for WUPS (and we also know him because he also lives in Gladwin) and he told Jim to hurry up and drop our trailer at the site and get over to the WUPS tent. He could get us in to see Chicago in person! AWESOME!

Anyway, we got to the gate to get in an see Chicago and they let us in to see them and wouldn't let WUPS in, even though they had press passes. BUMMER! So the UPS crew wasn't able to get in and see Chicago, but they still let us in. It was GREAT!

Thanks WUPS!

Chicago was AWESOME to see LIVE! The sound in the open stadium was FANTASTIC. It was better seeing them live, than listening to them on the radio. The instruments they played on stage sounded great, live.

These guys can still play as good as they've ever played! What a great band!!! We'd love to see them again in concert!

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REO Speedwagon! (July 20th, 2007)

Another absolutely AWESOME Band to see live.

REO played on the second night of the festival.

These guys still run around the stage, full of energy! They put on a great show! I wish I had some better photos. I hadn't mastered taking pictures after dark, with my camera, at this point. What a bummer!

The photo above, was taken of the large screens they had on each side of the stage. I could get better pictures off of those screens, after dark... at this point. Later on in the weekend, I figure out how to take better photos after dark.

After REO was done, they took the time to walk up to the people closest to the stage and shake hands and touch the people. They were so sincere and happy to be there. They took the time to spend greeting their fans, after the show was over.

They also tossed out guitar picks and drum sticks, to the crowd. They were great!

REO Greeting the crowd!

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Grand Funk Railroad! (July 21st, 2007)

I was impressed!

Grand Funk Railroad played on the third evening, before Deep Purple. They put on a great show. The drum solo was FANTASTIC! Their drummer can really play the heck out of those drums. I'd say that he did one of the best drum solos for the whole festival.

They really got the crowd going!

Great show, Guys!!!


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Deep Purple! (July 21, 2007)

These guys are getting up there in age, but can still ROCK! They played late on the third night of the festival.
They look a lot different than they used to. I expected to see all of them with long hair and heavy metal duds on. The singer looked like an every day guy, but they did a great job.

STYXS! (July 22nd, 2007)

I LOVE STYX!

One of my favorite bands to see live!

These guys ROCK! Here's Tommy Saw and Chuck Panozzo!

The sound quality was excellent! They played a lot of my favorite songs. They looked like they had a lot of fun playing to the crowd! I was they could have played longer. They were on stage just before Def Leppard!

Def Leppard!!! (July 22, 2007)

WOW! Def Leppard in the little town of FARWELL Michigan!

Def Leppard arrived with 11 semi trucks full of equipment for their stage show!

When these guys come to play, they bring the whole deluxe show with them! That's a lot of equipment!

Again, I didn't get the best pictures, but it was hard to take pictures with the light show that was constantly going. The photos above were taken when they we up, away from the back of the stage and near the crowd.

Joe Elliot

The show was excellent! The had a large screen behind the stage that had video and lights, throughout much of the show. The still play loud and strong! We hope to see them back!

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