Soft rock?? And selfies...

On the way to the concert, Steph and I engaged in a conversation about music.  She marvels at the fact that she knows the lyrics to the songs of my era... a fact that she has been exposed to it, starting from in the womb.  However (don'tcha hate "however"s?), she lumped a lot of the music I like as... "soft rock."  Like, Little River Band, the band we are going to see tonight.

The Doobie Brothers? - soft rock
Chicago? - soft rock
Bon Jovi? - kinda pop, but, yeah, soft rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd? - southern rock, kinda soft
Seriously???  Freebird???  I came close to making her get out of the car.

We agreed to disagree, even though she was wrong.  ;-)  It was about an hour drive to Ft. McDowell, where the concert is, at an Indian casino.  We were there plenty early...

We decided to dine at the buffet.  Like most casino buffets, this one was kinda institutional, but tonight was "Crab Fest."  Oh, goody... so meat entrees (for those like Steph and me, who are not big seafood eaters) were scarce.  I made up for it with desserts.  People were going by with snow crab piled high on their plates.  Joan and Dan both took some, Steph and I tried some of theirs.

There was some gambling.  At one point, the four of us (and one crabby guy) were at a blackjack table.  The dealer was having better luck than we were.  Still fun, though.

When we went to the concert venue (about 50 minutes early), I was surprised to see the place was about 3/4 full already.  No reserved seating.  A large ballroom that I estimated seating between 2,500 and 3,000.  It was very apparent that the place was going to be packed by showtime.

We entertained ourselves by taking some selfies...

Joan hadn't done this before, but was willing to give it a try.  First a shot of the three of us...

Steph saw on Hoda and Kathy Lee that "if you have your mouth open in a photo, you look like you are having more fun."  Or, you look like you just have your mouth hanging open... a condition often associated with insulting someone's musical tastes.

On to the selfies...

May need to work on the cropping a bit...

On with the show...

It was a great concert!  The bass-player/lead singer has been with the band since 1980, so he was around when they were still making hits.  The rest of the band was more recent, including the lead guitar player, who was outstanding.  The harmonies were as good as the original hits.  Speaking of which, they played most of their big hits and some new songs... with the crowd singing along on the oldies.

They kicked some serious rock 'n roll butt.  Steph had to admit that the playing wasn't "soft," but she was influenced by the fact they have such great harmonies (and not the screaming that passes as hard rock).  It was a fun evening of... Reminiscing.  (Get it?)

On the way out, I heard a woman commenting, "Even though it is none of the original members, the music sounded as good as ever!"

Yes, they have had a lot of people revolve through the band.  As one leaves and another comes in, there are changes.  Tonight, the Little River Band sounded like the Little River Band... and not "the world's best Little River Band cover band." ;-)