Wednesday (23rd) I attended the Cheap Trick/Heart/Journey concert at the Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City. I won't go too much into detail about how poorly the event staff/promotor operated the venue (100 degrees outside and the line to get in was a 1 1/2 hour wait because there were only 4 entrance lanes, very limited medical staff and people were passing out in the line that went on forever)... But.. even with all the bad, the show was EXCELLENT!!!!!! I could go on and on about the sound, the music, the vocals, but c'mon.. We're drummers, let's talk drumming!!
Deen Castronovo is a WILD man... The dude rocks! I'm not a newb as it relates to Journey...I've seen them several times in the past few years and have seen Deen play before, but I gotta tell ya, he's ELEVATED his game..
First of all, I didn't think anyone could replace Steve Smith... Steve brought a very soulful, sexy rhythm to Journey... But Deen brings a whole new dimension of ROCK to Journey.. I thought I was watching Shannon Larkin from Godsmack playing... I know Deen has a metal background, but the last few times I saw Journey, he didn't play with such a kick... AND, he was having a blast!!!
My ONLY complaint about the music was that Journey was so loud the vocals were distorted..... Heart was just as good as Journey and the vocals (Ann Wilson is incredible) were fantastic and very clear...
Reminds me of two years ago when I saw Journey/Def Leppard and Journey sounded great and DL sounded terrible due to the soundboard/system...
In any event... I took my 14 year-old and he was in awe.. Now he's begging me for a new (better) guitar...
Deen Castronovo is a WILD man... The dude rocks! I'm not a newb as it relates to Journey...I've seen them several times in the past few years and have seen Deen play before, but I gotta tell ya, he's ELEVATED his game..
First of all, I didn't think anyone could replace Steve Smith... Steve brought a very soulful, sexy rhythm to Journey... But Deen brings a whole new dimension of ROCK to Journey.. I thought I was watching Shannon Larkin from Godsmack playing... I know Deen has a metal background, but the last few times I saw Journey, he didn't play with such a kick... AND, he was having a blast!!!
My ONLY complaint about the music was that Journey was so loud the vocals were distorted..... Heart was just as good as Journey and the vocals (Ann Wilson is incredible) were fantastic and very clear...
Reminds me of two years ago when I saw Journey/Def Leppard and Journey sounded great and DL sounded terrible due to the soundboard/system...
In any event... I took my 14 year-old and he was in awe.. Now he's begging me for a new (better) guitar...

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