Looking Back . . . . . . .

The Gadfly, in a moment of New Year's Eve rocking downtime, was momentarily reminiscing about all of the great concerts he has attended in his young 50+ year career of raising hell on this earth.  Just off the top of his head, here is a partial list of acts that The Gadfly has had the pleasure of seeing play live (note - it's fairly diverse):

AC/DC (multiple)
KISS (multiple)
Blackfoot
Triumph
Donnie Iris
Iron Maiden (multiple)
Willie Nelson (multiple)
War
Hall & Oates
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Journey (multiple)
Slayer
Ronnie James Dio
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks
Jackson Browne
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Styx
Prince
REO Speedwagon (multiple)
Steppenwolf
Pat Benatar
Survivor
John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band
Edgar Winter Group
Boston
Judas Priest
Ozzy Osbourne
Ted Nugent (prick)
Night Ranger
.38 Special
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Foreigner
Grand Funk Railroad
Heart
The Black Crowes
Smashmouth
Sugar Ray
Gin Blossoms
Fastball
Heaven & Hell
Warrant
Quiet Riot

That's probably about half -- the half that just popped in to The Gadfly's slightly inebriated head as he was writing this post . . .


Fun times . . . .


Feel free to share your own list.


----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

Come on feel the noise
Girls rock your boys
We'll get wild, wild, wild!
Wild, wild, wild!

So you think I got an evil mind, 
I'll tell you honey

I don't know why
I don't know why


What more you need to know? . . . . . .






----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

Feeling just a little bit anarchistic this New Year's Eve? . . . yeah - The Gadfly is feeling your vibe . . . . . so let's go --- KICK 'em OUT!! . . . .







----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

The Gadfly has never once doubted the size of Bon Scott's balls . . . .  not once . . . . and The Gadfly can only daydream as to what it would have been like to have been at a New Year's Eve party with this crazy bastard . . . .







----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

Let's dial the knob back to  . . oh say . .  9 . . .

God, how The Gadfly misses his late 70's high school, Steve Perry hair-do . . . .  sigh . . . .






----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

Well - if you wish to partake in The Gadfly's special New Year's stash of God's Nectar . . . . The Gadfly strongly recommends that you stay . . . . .





----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

70's teen angst, beer kegger parties out in the woods, Detroit muscle cars, and babes . . . . ahh the memories . . .  how could you go wrong with this song for New Year's Eve? . . .






----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

What's New Year's Eve without them? (no not Motley Crue -- the subject of this song -- lol) . . . .






----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

Yeah!  Crank that volume knob up to 11 . . . . .





----TFG

New Year's Rockin' Eve (to be cont.) . . . . .

The Gadfly is going to grant mercy to you dear readers and avoid posting all of the hoary old New Year's themed rock/pop songs (you know which ones The Gadfly is referring to), so let's just get right down to brass tacks and get the old Sherwood stereo receiver warmed up and the Acoustic Research speakers a thumpin' and get this freaking party rolling. . . .shall we? . . . .






----TFG