An evening with Styx, Foreigner and Don Felder

So Tuesday night Mark and I went to our first concert at Fiddler's Green.  And it's not going to be our last.  Wow…what a place!

When Mark found this apartment one of the things that attracted him to this area was that it is located less than a half-mile to the Light Rail.  Mark can easily walk to the train station in less than 10 minutes and by taking the train he doesn't have to fight the traffic every morning and every afternoon.  Plus it's a guaranteed 25 minute ride to work regardless of the weather, the traffic or the time of day.

Another pleasant surprise was that we are about a 5 minutes walk from Fiddler's Green as well.  This is one of Colorado's biggest amphitheaters and brings in top entertainment every week.  What's neat about this place is that half of the seats are actual seats and the rest of the place has grassy areas where people can sit on the lawn and enjoy the show.  Mark and I both agree that the actual seats are a lot more comfortable than the ground is any day.  

By the time we realized how close we were to FG most of the concerts that we wanted to go to were already sold out but we managed to get tickets to Tuesday night's performance by Styx, Foreigner and Don Felder.  We also have tickets to see Boston and the Doobie Brothers in a few weeks.  

Don Felder- wrote Hotel California, Victim of Love, Take it to the Limit and One of these Nights for the Eagles

All I can say is that these old rockers really put on a show.  In fact one of the ladies sitting near us commented and said " I wonder how many of those guys are grandpas now" haha!  Regardless, the concert started at 6:30 and it was nonstop music for 4 solid hours.  Why stop at 10:30?  Because the City of Centennial (where we live) has a noise ordinance that says they have to be done by then! Obviously the City Fathers are old and crotchety.

The things that we noticed about this concert:

1.  Most every guy who was in the audience was grey.

2.  Most women were wearing stuff that was not age appropriate. Can you say washed up Groupie?

3.  The beer was waaaaaay overpriced. ($11.00 for 12 oz cup)

4.  There was much,much more pot smoking at this concert than there was when we saw these bands in the 70's.  

Oh yeah.  We even brought light jackets (just in case we needed them) but fortunately we didn't this time!