Tonight, I saw Boston and Kansas in concert at the local state fair.
I can appreciate a good show, even if I'm not a huge fan of the band...
but Kansas... should probably retire.
At first, I thought - maybe this isn't the original lead singer. Then the guitarist introduced him as the man who has been singing Dust in the Wind for 39 years. Then I felt old, as I am 39. He just seemed like a senior citizen trying too hard - they all did.
Boston... was harder. Without Brad Delp, it was not the same. The new guy was OK, but I wanted to tie his hands behind his back. He just looked like he could have been the lead character in Rock Star... in that he was fronting his dream band. It just didn't seem natural. He doesn't have Delp's range.
Tom Scholz was still amazing. I've heard stories about how neurotic, and what a perfectionist he was... and well, that's how I've heard Jon Bon Jovi is as well... maybe that works for me.
But I do know this... too many rockers are dying too young. And it's just not OK. I wish there was something that I could do to help the ones that struggle too hard with depression and addictions, and being what we all like to call a 'has been.'
May I never know what it feels like to be a has been.
