August 8, 2009

For Father's Day, I had given Mark 2 tickets to go see Chickenfoot (new band with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony Van Halen, and Chad Smith (from Chili Peppers)). The show was today in Detroit, so we made it into a little 13th wedding anniversary get-away, also. We drove up and parked outside Tiger Stadium, ate dinner at HockeyTown - a restaurant devoted to the Red Wings, and met up with some neighbors to see the show.

We were probably just 6 feet from the stage with a couple rows of people (standing) in front of us. We were super-close. Mark is a big Satriani fan, so we made sure we were on his side. At times, it seemed we could reach out and touch him. Sammy Hagar would jump right in front of us (see video link below) and we could see Michael Anthony's wrinkles! These guys are no spring chickens, but it was a GREAT show. The drummer, Chad Smith, is from Detroit and his 84 yr. old mother was there. At the end, Smith made like he was going to jump right on top of us and scared me half to death! It was a great experience to be so close.....although, at times, I was stuck behind two 6'5" guys....but that's the deal when you're short!

Here's some video from the concert....(click here)....we were 2 people back down on the floor right in front of Sammy Hagar when he hops up on a platform about 25-30 seconds into the video clip. You don't have to watch the whole thing, but it gives you a little perspective. :)

Thanks, Mom & Dad P, for taking the kids for the night!