dream on!

The "Bad Boys from Boston" otherwise known as Aerosmith rounded out the 20th Shoreline concert season last Thursday night. Motley Crue opened the show. Let's just say they're not one of my favs. It's always a bad sign when the hum of the amphlifiers (before the show starts) is enough to make you put your earplugs in -- the Crue was loud! Lot's of stage antics (scantily clad dancing girls; pyro flames & explosions) but it didn't cover up Vince Neil's thin vocals. All bang and no bite. Nuff said.

On to the stars of the show: Aerosmith. I received my first Aerosmith album (yes. it was vinyl) on my 12th birthday. Toys in the Attic. I listened to it non-stop for days. I was hooked! I've been an Aero-head ever since. I can remember laying in bed at night staring at my poster of Steven Tyler and dreaming about meeting the band one day. That dream came true one year at Pine Knob Music Theatre when I was working backstage in the Hospitality Dept. The guys were so cool! I remember that they were listening to AC/DC's Back in Black which had just been released.

Fast forward to 2006. I've worked with Aerosmith several times throughout my years at Shoreline. The guys are so accommodating -- always willing to do meet and greets with the fans etc.

So on Thursday night I stood in front of the stage for the first three songs with the photographers. And I felt so blessed! Not only did I get to watch Aerosmith from this prime position -- I also got to meet the guys again. The 12 year old Kaari would never have believed that one day she would be so close to her idols. Dream on indeed!




















Two of my new close personal friends display Aerosmith's set list from the Shoreline show.