Godsmack, Shinedown, with guest Red Run Rising kick off Fall in Central Illinois

Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, Illinois March 11th, 2018

Review and Photos by Jeremy Rickman of JKR Photography

The warm Fall temps was nothing compared to the Fire raging in Central Illinois with Godsmack and Shinedown performing full sets at the Peoria Civic Center along with guests Red Sun Rising. Fans from all over the Midwest made their ways to the area to take in an awesome lineup that 105.7 put together for their Fall Frenzy. Kicking off the season right.

Little Feat, Kent Oh 1/9/2013

Little Feat played to a sold out crowd last Thursday at The Kent Stage in Kent Oh. Playing songs from their latest cd "Rooster Rag" as well as their old time favorites. The new songs were Rooster Rag, A chair falling down,Ragtop down and Jamaica will break your Heart. Some of the past hits were Time loves a hero, Dixie Chicken,Willin and Oh Atlanta.

ZZ Top Rebels and Bandolero's Tour at Bangor Waterfront Concerts - May 19, 2011 - Bangor, Maine

Article and  Photographic images created by Conall O'Brien.

ZZ Top is a guitar-heavy Texas Blues type American band. As a huge fan of fellow Texas musicians Janis Joplin (RIP), Stevie Ray Vaughn (RIP), Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter etc. it was almost a dream come true to create images of these  genuine roots musicians, who's slide guitar and driving bass go back to when Billy Gibbons created ZZ Top in 1969 as a blues rock band.  A band who's longevity and band integrity is unsurpassed, ZZ Top is among the most popular touring acts in the United States and by the mid-70's were breaking various concert attendance records. ZZ Top's  Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard comprise the longest running band that still consists of all of it's original members, and who had only one manager from 1970 up until a few years ago. As many listeners have noticed, drummer Frank Beard ironically is the only member without a beard, and I learned it was during a two year break in 1977 that Gibbons and Hill actually grew their signature chest-length beards. 

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ZZ Top plays Bangor, Maine for an estimated 8000 people.

Referred to as " That little ol' band from Texas", ZZ Top and opener Lynyrd Skynyrd ( as part of  Rebels and Bandolero's Tour)  played a  POWERFUL set , the second show of Waterfront Concert's 2011 Summer Schedule in Bangor, ME.

ZZ Tops Dusty Hill on Bass guitar 

Burley Stage hand greets Billy Gibbons

ZZ Top Stage Hand pours Champagne as it was Dusty Hills Birthday.

A toast to Dusty and ZZ Top ! 

 

ZZ Top - Billy Gibbons 

ZZ Top - Class Act who plays a powerful set.

ZZ Top with Hollywood CA Future Farmers of America Jackets 

Billy playing the ZZ Top  hit " Legs". 

"Legs"  

 

Pro shot taken from the audience perspective  

For more ZZ Top info: http://www.zztop.com/

A big thank you to everyone at  Waterfront Concerts in Maine for the good times seeing ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd play on the Bangor Waterfront.

Article and photographs © 2011 Conall O'Brien All Rights Reserved - obiephotography_at_hotmail.com