Then it was back at the state room, where I
sat out on the balcony on the eighth floor, the wind blowing, the waves churning. It felt like a little piece of heaven. Molly Hatchet was up next on deck, so I
went back downstairs to catch a bit of their
show.The Florida rockers ripped it up from one end of the other. Hatchet is always fun. Since I already blocked out the time to see both of their other shows, I felt okay not seeing the whole deck set. Again, I say, you really have to pick and choose which bands to go see. It’s almost like there were too many bands. Did I say that? So it was on to Foreigner. Singer Kelly Han-
watched it on closed-circuit television. APB rocked as always. After a good night’s sleep and an early
Molly Hatchet rocks the pool deck. (A Better DJ Photo)
son seems to have boundless energy as the front man vocalist of this classic rock band, and he sounds great. Standing up in front of the packed the audience, he said “My gosh, we’re in the middle of fucking nowhere! That is some pretty trippy shit!” I hadn’t really even thought about being out in the middle of the ocean all day until he said that. Foreigner rocked through a set that in-
cluded nothing but hit songs. Classics like “Cold as Ice,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Feels Like the First Time,” “Jukebox Hero,” (with an extended jam that rocked), and “I Want to Know What Love Is.” I headed back to the state room. I knew
that the Artimus Pyle Band was playing at the pool next but I was just too worn out and had to chill out for a bit so I went to the room and
morning breakfast, it was time to go to first concert of the day on Friday. The Atlanta Rhythm Section took the stage at noon, and let me tell you, these guys sounded fantastic with several original members in the band in- cluding Dean Daughtry on the keyboards, along with two red hot guitar players. These days the band has the vocal- ist who was on the first ARS album, Rodney Justo, back in the band replac- ing the late Ronnie Hammond. It was really good to see original bass player Paul Goddard back with the group. The Atlanta Rhythm
Section played their entire greatest hits song- book, from “Champagne Jam” to “Back Up Against the Wall,” “Spooky,” “Doraville,” “Do it or Die,” “So into You,” “Homesick,” and so many others. Rodney did a great job of en- tertaining the audience with his one-liners in between songs, and he caused me to have belly laughs at least a few times. At one point he said that ARS has been around “since Betty White was jailbait.” And he kept poking fun at Dean Daughtry, “Dean moves really slow these days. It takes him an hour to watch 60 minutes.” He also quipped, “If Dean were alive today, do you know how sick he would be?” Dean did a great job being the straight man. ARS did not disappoint, and theirs was among the best shows I witnessed on the Cruise. Lunchtime at the Windjammer quickly be- came the “meeting place” on the cruise. On
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