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Chicago is going to be in concert opening day of Oshkosh! How cool is that!??

Ok.....I'm showing my advancing age. They were my favorite group in high school. Mostly cuz they had a horn section.

The Otter, flying my 6a in, airplanes all over the place, good friends, and now Chicago, all at Oshkosh.

Life is good!

Chicago, wow. I had forgotten about them. Kind of funny how EAA always talks about how we need to bring new people and new blood into aviation and then books all of the geezer bands to play at Airventure. Seems like an oxymoron to me

Spike wrote:Chicago, wow. I had forgotten about them. Kind of funny how EAA always talks about how we need to bring new people and new blood into aviation and then books all of the geezer bands to play at Airventure. Seems like an oxymoron to me

I agree... BUT...it's better than booking the likes of Miley, Jonas Bros, etc...

Spike wrote:Chicago, wow. I had forgotten about them. Kind of funny how EAA always talks about how we need to bring new people and new blood into aviation and then books all of the geezer bands to play at Airventure. Seems like an oxymoron to me

Hey! Who you call'n a geezer!!??

I didn't really say that. I possess an album of theirs. Though come to think of it I got that compilation album when I was growing up.

Hmmm, maybe I *did* say that

Your day will come! Just wait until you think Miley and the Jonas Bros was back when they played REAL music!

painless wrote:Ok.....I'm showing my advancing age. They were my favorite group in high school. Mostly cuz they had a horn section.

I'll be there as well, 'cause I too liked Chicago in their glory days. We used to play "Beginnings" and "25 or 6 to 4" in the high school band because we wanted to be cool rock-and-roll horn band guys.

Hopefully there are some original, un-facelifted members left in the band.

painless wrote:Your day will come!

And that day happens when your kids catch you rockin' out to the music you grew up with, you tell them that it's real music, and they roll their eyes and say "you're so old!"

painless wrote:Just wait until you think Miley and the Jonas Bros was back when they played REAL music!

The only comfort I can take from this thread is that this will never happen!

I think EAA gets its musical lineup from the billboard at the local Indian casino -- those things always book the over-the-hill acts because the over-the-hill people are the ones with the dough.

My prediction, then, for the next few years:

2011: The Hollies
2012: Three Dog Night
2013: America
2014: Blood, Sweat, and Tears

It's still better than "Up With People."

Calling all Parrot Heads!

Ya know...if they REALLY wanted to draw a crowd on opening night...bring in the heavy hitter...and have him fly in in his Albatross...Hemispheres...

JIMMY BUFFET!!!

'Course, it would take all day for the crowd to get prepared for the concert, and all night and the next day to recover...but wouldn't that be a show!!??

Buffet?!? Ugghh, not another bird brain ... errr ... parrot head. When will this guy go away?

Spike wrote:Buffet?!? Ugghh, not another bird brain ... errr ... parrot head. When will this guy go away?

HECK YEAH!!!

NEVER!!

BUT...it's better than booking the likes of Miley, Jonas Bros, etc...

There are lots of bands between Chicago and Miley. How about Aerosmith, GNR, Metallica, etc. These might bring in the 30-40 year olds that will be the future of GA. They might be deaf, however

TomC wrote:

BUT...it's better than booking the likes of Miley, Jonas Bros, etc...

There are lots of bands between Chicago and Miley. How about Aerosmith, GNR, Metallica, etc. These might bring in the 30-40 year olds that will be the future of GA. They might be deaf, however

shoot enough rivets and there will be hearing loss anyway.

TomC wrote:How about Aerosmith, GNR, Metallica, etc. These might bring in the 30-40 year olds that will be the future of GA. They might be deaf, however

Oh man!! Now we're talkin!!

Yeah, right there with ya on that one buddy.