Rick Springfield - Schaumburg, IL

09/05/2004
Rick Springfield
Septemberfest
Schaumburg, IL

Opening Band - None

Dave Matthews Band - East Troy, WI

8/07/2004
Dave Matthews Band
Alpine Valley
East Troy, WI

Opening Band - Guster

In March 2007, this show was released as Live Trax 8.

Description from the DMB website: 08.07.2004 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI was the first night in a two night stand at one of DMB’s most-traveled-to summer tour stops. The Alpine Valley show was a near perfect setlist from the show opener greeting, Hello Again to the encore featuring Typical Situation followed by Warehouse. New song Sugar Will was played as a long jam and another song making its debut that summer, Joyride, was also featured on the setlist. A special highlight of the Alpine night one Live Trax recording is Crazy Easy, never before released live!

Set List:
Hello Again
Granny
#41
The Stone
Crazy Easy
So Much To Say
Super Freak
Too Much
Bartender
When the World Ends
Help Myself
I’ll Back You Up
Joy Ride
Grey Street
Sugar Will
Ants Marching
Everyday

Encore:
Typical Situation
Warehouse

The Dead - East Troy, WI

07/24/2004
The Dead
Alpine Valley
East Troy, WI

Opening Band - ???

My second “Dead” show. What a trip...especially the crowd watching in the parking lot before the show! Bryon won an autographed Bob Weir guitar from WXRT, which is now displayed in the living room under a picture of Jerry. And now he can’t make fun of me anymore for my Rick guitar!!

Kevin Chalfant & The Storm - Morris, IL

07/03/2004
Kevin Chalfant & The Storm
Grundy County Fair
Morris, IL

Usually they have country bumpkins play at the fair, so it was a refreshing change to have the Storm play. They did 2 sets over the span of about two hours. A lot off of “Running With the Wind” and the Storm albums, as well as several Journey songs (three of the original Storm members were from Journey, and Kevin was at one time in the running for the lead spot in Journey when Steve Perry left the band). The show ended with a patriotic medley leading into the fireworks…”I’m Proud to be an American”, “Born in the USA”, “R-O-C-K in the USA”, and “You Can Still Rock in America” (which was even better than Night Ranger (shhhhhhh!!!)

Cathy Richardson - Naperville, IL

07/01/2004
Cathy Richardson Band
Ribfest
Naperville, IL

We made a trip up just to see Cathy. She is absolutely incredible...just got done with a stint on Broadway playing Janis Joplin. We had seen her perform at the World Stage shows over the past several years, but had never seen her do a solo gig. An absolutely fabulous show!

Ides of March - Downer's Grove, IL

06/26/2004
Ides of March
Heritage Festival
Downer’s Grove, IL

OK...here’s the story! We were stood up yet again (this time by Prince). We got all of the way up to Allstate Arena in plenty of time, and all of the sudden they started closing off the parking lot. Turns out that the wee purple one had a sore throat and postponed the show. Bummer, because we had 10th row tickets...and we couldn’t go to the rescheduled show because it was on a Tuesday. Anyway, we were all dressed up with nowhere to go, and remembered that the Ides were playing in Downer’s Grove. We decided to stop by, and it was well worth it!

Buddy Guy - Joliet, IL

03/12/2004
Buddy Guy
Rialto Square Theatre
Joliet, IL

Buddy was in rare form.

Jim Peterik & World Stage - Palos Park, IL

01/24/2004
Jim Peterik and World Stage
Moraine Valley College
Palos Park, IL

Opening Band: None

Dave Matthews & Friends - Rosemont, IL

12/22/2003
Dave Matthews and Friends
Allstate Arena
Rosemont, IL

Dave appeared with Tim Reynolds, Emmylou Harris, and Trey Anastasio.

Set List:

Bartender *
Crush
Grace Is Gone
The Stone
Cry Freedom
Dancing Nancies
Intro
Trouble
Stay Or Leave
Dodo
Up And Away
Solsbury Hill
So Damn Lucky
Save Me
Gravedigger
Grey Blue Eyes
Oh, Sister
Some Devil
Up On Cripple Creek
American Tune
Oh
Too High
Hey Bulldog
Spanish Moon
Sweet Up and Down

Encore:
Waste
Three Little Birds
Everyday
Bathtub Gin
Thank you

Jonny Lang - Joliet, IL

12/04/2003
Jonny Lang
Rialto Square Theatre
Joliet, IL