Mitch Ryder

Show opened with Mitch Ryder who despite his past with drugs and alcohol was phenomenal. His voice was unwaivering and he had an awsome band. He did all the old favorites plus a few new ones that were great. He also did a Hendrix number that took the house down. Tommy James was also phenomenal. His sound was even better than the early days and his voice as strong. He did all the favorites and the crowd loved him. This was our second time seeing Tommy James in the past year and we would definitely go again. Definitely worth the money!!

I forgot to take some time and review this show. Late August at a quaint old theater in Greenville Texas I saw this year s version of the Happy Together Tour formally called Hippie Fest. It s an oldies tour with Flow and Eddie of the Turtles serving as host and headliners along with several other acts. Each act plays 5 or 6 songs. There is an intermission. The theater is very old, in fact Elvis played there in 50 s. Greenville is small rural town about an hour north east of Dallas. I normally would night this far for a gig and certainly not this gig, but I was lucky enough to receive a free ticket. This year along with the Turtles were Mitch Ryder of the Detroit Wheels, Mark Farner from Grand Fun Railroad and Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night. There was one backing band for each of the acts and these guys could play! The Turtles have a few good songs but they talk a lot and it s some corny humor. It s so lame. I don t see why anyone would find them funny. Mitch Ryder was better than I expected. Mark Farner stole the show. He was energetic , played his guitar and worked the stage. He still sounds good vocally too. Chuck Negron was passable but statuesque his entire set. All the acts jammed a brief medley at the end of the show. Last time I saw this tour Jack Bruce was the headliner and that was very cool, but this linup was better top to bottom. For the 50-75 bucks tickets were running it would have been underwhelming but for free it was pretty good. Mitch Ryder Set list: Little latin lupe lu Jenny take a ride Sock it to me, baby Too many fish in the sea Devil with a blue dress Mark Farner: The Loco-motion American Band Bad time Some kind of wonderful Closer to home Chuck Negron: Mama told me not to come Celebrate Shambala Eli s coming One Joy to the world The Turtles: She d rather be with me You baby It aint me babe You showed me Peaches en regalia Elenore Happy together

saw mitch at a concert in clio , michigan and he was "fabulous" hope he comes back again and if he doesn't i'll be keeping an eye on his concert schedule maybe he'll play someplace close to home and i can get there :-)

I enjoyed Rare Earth more than Mitch Ryder because Rare Earth still had their voice and I could understand the lyrics they were singing. Mitch Ryder's voice is shot; but I enjoyed the oldies that he played, because I recognized them whether or not I could understand what he was singing.

Tommy James & Mitch Ryder were completley amazing! I loved it!

Mitch Ryder opened and he rocked! He played well over an hour and he did all of his hits:Jenny Take A Ride, Sock It to Me; & Devil With The Blue Dress On. He also did some new material. He stated that an old friend of his and himself used to get high together: He then did Vodoo Child - a Jemi Hendrix song that was performed excellently! For a man 67 years old, he's still got it! Tommy James was also excellent! He performed all of his hits from: Draggin' The Line to Sweet Cherry Wine (my favorite song).My only complaint was that he was a bit too loud (a little distorted) but otherwise it was a great night of Rock & Roll that alot of today's band's don't understand what is Real Rock & Roll! True fans of Rock & Roll should not miss this show!

Brought back a lot of memories--they still sound great

Both bands were excellent. Tommy James was outstanding...sounding the same as he did in the 60's. The bands were excellent and very talented.

one of the best show i seen and i have seen many. EXCELLENT

Tommy James and the Shondells were the best!!!!! Tommy James has not lost his magic touch. He is a phenomenon!!!

one of the best shows i've ever seen. mitch ryder still brings it . straight ahead kick ass rock n roll. at 67, his voice is amazing, and, his band is top shelf. tommy james was as equally good. non stop hits from his catalog, also excellent band. shake your tail feather.

Great show !!! He played all the favorite hits . He had everyone rockin.

Great show all the bands did great need to see more entertainment like this.

I had high expectations and I had a good time but... The bands were really nothing more than tribute bands even though there was one original member in each. I read the El Paso Times write-up on the concert and didn't realize fully what that meant until I re-read the article AFTER the concert. The one original member of each band really only made a difference with War and Bad Finger, the latter of which I was not a fan. I was familiar with the hit songs for each band. Unfortunately, Rare Earth, my favorite of all the bands, 1. did not play my biggest favorite, "I Know I'm Losing You" and 2. they really did not sound as good as the original band. In Rare Earth's case, the one remaining member was insignificant, in my opinion. I will consider more carefully before attending a concert like this in the future. The real value is that I did an Internet search on the Reagan Browne band and enjoyed them as much as anyone I heard that evening. C'est la vie!!!

Reagan Browne was okay, but not the right act for an oldies rock n roll show. Screaming isn't singing to me. Badfnger (Joey Molland) was really good. Whoever the white-haired guy who played guitar for Badfinger and Mitch Ryder was very, very good. Mitch Ryder looked like he was higher than a kite, but didn't miss any words and his timing was perfect. He sang almost as good as he did forty years ago, but it could have been anyone under that hat and behind those glasses. Couldn't see him. Rare Earth was okay. I have no idea who the front guy was, but since both of the group's two lead singers are dead, if he's an original member, he could only be Gil Bridges. The problem with Badfinger and Rare Earth is that anyone can play the music. To have the sound, you've got to have the singer. Credence Clearwater Revisited (CCR) versus John Fogerty proves my point. WAR was really good and always gets the place rockin'. Lonnie Jordan is a little too full of himself, but he puts on a very good show. I had a great time at the concert. It was worth more than the admission price.