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" My wife and I drove up from K.C. Friday. Some people thought that's a long drive; I thought it was perfect. We put Dawn Patrol in the player at the beginning of the trip and Neverland finished right before we got to the ballroom. We got right up front when the doors opened at 7:00 and thoroughly enjoyed "Heartbreaker" a local cover band who did great versions of '70's and '80's rockers. They were as excited to be warming up for Night Ranger as we were to be seeing them. 1. Neverland - awesome, in your face rocker to start with. It's only a shame the audience didn't know it. 2. Touch of Madness - as great as ever. 3. Sing me Away - Kelly sounded great, the audience went nuts. 4. Four in the Morning - sounded great (the general comment) 5. Brad solo - the man is one with his guitar, a true whammy artist (we were front row right in front of him. At one point in the show he stood on the restraining wall we were leaning on and soloed.) 6. Rumors - general comment 7. Jeff solo - 8 finger wizard. My only negative of the whole show was that we could barely hear Jeff. I'm not sure if it's where we were standing or if they just didn't have the mix right, but it was a bummer on some of the duel solos to watch Brad then whip around to see Jeff tearing it up the neck and barely hear anything. Whatever the problem was I hope it has since been resolved for future shows. 8. Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight - Killer version of old classic. Acoustic set 8. Sentimental Street - Fitz on keys, Kelly up front on vocals, everybody else clowning it up and singing harmony vocals. 9. Let Him Run - good as ever 0. High Enough - Regardless of your Night Ranger vs. Damn Yankees opinion this is a great song, but it missed out by not having the electric solo (Brad could have gone nuts on that one) 11. Goodbye - sounded great, but again needed the electric solo Back to electric 12. Forever All Over Again - suprisingly Brad played acoustic and Jeff was electric. Audience was unfamiliar, but got good response nevertheless. 13. Night Ranger - great 14. Slap Like Being Born - see 12 15. When You Close Your Eyes - Always a live classic. 16. New York Time - Sounded great see 12 17. Coming of Age - Don't want to piss off any Ted fans (I think he's a great guitarist), but Brad put him to shame. 18. Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Awesome, I only wish I could have heard Jeff better Encore 19. Sister Christian - Jack did an elongated introduction telling how a woman once thought this song was about a Nun who sold dope. He went on to explain it was written about Kelly's younger sister from a small town in Oregon. 20. You Can Still Rock in America - Night Ranger definitely proved you could Friday night. General opinion. Great show, worth every mile. Just wish I could have heard Jeff better. The guys were having a blast on stage mucking it up and clowning around, but the music was tight and as great as ever. It appeared as if they are as happy to be back together as we are to have them together all over again. The only merchandise for sale were two styles of T-shirts. A white one with the Night Ranger logo on front, and Night Ranger still rocking America '97 on back (that's what I got). And a black one with a picture of a city saying Night Ranger still rocking America . After the show we met Becky and she introduced us to Brad (nice guy). Sorry we didn't hook up with you Christian Can't wait 'til the K.C. and St. Louis shows. Who else will be there?" - Alan Hood |