Sunday night we went to a concert

[Jilly_in_VA]

We saw Toto and Journey. Yep, live and with all the lights and everything. It was pretty cool, and one of the interesting aspects was that there were fans of all ages, from us old geezers to tweens and young teens with their parents. As we were driving home (the concert was at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville), spousal unit said, "I think this might be the first concert I was ever at where the opening act was better than the main act." (referring to Toto) After we discussed that for a bit, agreeing that Toto was musically tighter and comparing the individual musicians to one another, he commented that Journey's Neal Schon is one of the finest guitarists there is, but he is prone to wretched excess because he just cannot help himself. I had to agree, because I had found myself thinking, during one of his solos, of something my little brother (doctor and musician) sometimes said--"Just because you can does not mean you should."

I leave you with this, one of my all time favorites, which had the crowd alight:

[Freddie]

1. Agree - always liked Toto more

Never was real fond of the 70s-80s “arena” groups (Journey, Foreigner, Styx, etc). Overplayed to death on the radio at the time.
Never actually seen Toto but Steve Lukather was one of the “All Starrs” in Ringo’s recent tour and he was awesome! Very entertaining show. It was Ringo of course, Steve, Edgar Winter, Colin Hay (Men at Work) and the guy from Average White Band (can’t remember name). I’ve seen many of the All-Starr shows and I think this was the best lineup ever.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I saw Journey in 1980 (when I was 13) at Day On The Green at Oakland Coliseum

Gregg Rolie was still in the band, and it was before they really made it big with the Escape album a year or two later (still, they were headliners of the multi-act show).

That show's highlights were songs like Just the Same Way, Loving Touching Squeezing, Lights, Any Way You Want It, and Feeling That Way/Anytime. There was no Cain/Perry-schmaltz like Open Arms and Don't Stop Believing yet at that time.

Journey pretty much friggin' kicked ass live in 1980.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. I saw John Hyatt open for Robert Cray.

John was 10x a better act than Robert. I could have stayed home and listened to a cd and enjoyed the same music that I got from Mr Cray.
John, on the other hand, was energetic, engaged and a great entertainer.