The first concert I saw was The Rolling Stones back in 2005 for the bigger bang tour at the Xcel Energy center in St. Paul. My uncle plays with the band in the horn section on trumpet so went back stage to the Rattlesnake Inn. While I was there I met most of the back up band and they signed the large Tongue on my shirt. Then trombonist Michael Davis came up to me because my uncle had told him that I was learning the trombone in school. So he gave me a copy of Brass Buzz a  music book,CD and DVD he made for those learning the trombone. I thanked him. I drank lots and lots of coke that night. A few minutes later  I looked around and saw drummer Charlie Watts. My uncle brought him  over and I said my name and asked him to sign my shirt which he did. Then we shook hands and I thanked him.After that my uncle told us he knew someone who could get us good deals on shirts. When the guy came we picked out are shirts. Sadly I've  out grown mine. But the signed shirt sits on my wall but I had take it down because the sun was wrecking it. Then we said good by to my uncle after he handed us the set list and headed towards are seats.

I was just getting into music so I did not know many of their songs. They started out by playing Start Me Up then some more of there classics such as She's So Cold,Tumbling Dice and Beast Of Burden. They also played stuff from the new album like Infamy,Back of My Hand and Rough Justice. Then after the classic song Miss You they played one more new song Oh No, Not You Again. Then it was back to the classics Satisfaction,Honky Tonk Women,Sympathy For The Devil,Jumping Jack Flash,Brown Sugar,You Can't Always Get What You Want and they finished off the night with It's Only Rock'n Roll. This might be their last tour. Great show!!! They rocked!!!

I have been listing to Paul Revere and The Raiders album Kicks-(1963-1972) The Anthology. Before listing to this album I had only heard two of their songs Indian Reservation and there cover of Louie Louie. This song was covered  by many bands from the Northwest including The Kingsmen,The Sonics,The Wailers and many others. I think that they were trying to copy the sounds of the British Invasion because if you listen to some of there songs they sound like those of The Beatles,The Rolling Stones and The Animals. Some of the songs also have a bit of a Monkees, Steppenwolf and Beach Boys  sound to them. You can really hear the Beach Boys sound in the song Action. Most of their songs are cheerful and upbeat like The Beatles and Monkees. This album also has some very cheesy love songs like Birds Of A Feather,Cinderella Sunshine and Mo'reen. Some of the songs off this album I'd recommend are Kicks,Just Like Me,Ballad Of A Useless Man and Country Wine. Mainly because of the guitar riffs.