Bob Seger, The Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville: 20 December 2018 5 comments
Well, this was my week for seeing old guys.
I have to say the drive up to Greenville was fairly awful. I forgot that leaving Columbia on I-20/I-26 at 4:45 was not a good strategy and then it was rainy and misty the whole way and when I hit the road work near I-85, it was like they forgot to put lane markers on that stretch, or put them in with slate grey paint. Then I-385 ran out and the Greenville traffic jam started.
Anyway, it was a good thing that my ticket said 7:30 but the show didn't actually start until 8:30, or I would have missed the first hour..
Seger was in excellent voice, with no signs of the medical issues that postponed this concert from the start of the year. He has one of the best catalogs in rock, and he had the audience rapt from the first song ("Old Time Rock & Roll") through the last brauva performanc of "Rock & Roll Never Forgets" (which I missed capturing due to battery issues). This is his last tour, and if you can catch a show somewhere, you definitely should!
5 Responses to 'Bob Seger, The Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville: 20 December 2018'
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Homer
23 Dec 18 at 12:00 am
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@Homer - I was at the same concert and remember how I thought Bob Seger was better than Kiss.
Rick
25 Dec 18 at 9:57 pm
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@Rick - if I'm not mistaken, didn't Bob Seger do an encore?
Homer
25 Dec 18 at 11:30 pm
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I recall not being able to hear soft sounds for 2 days after that concert.
The first time he came to town was an outdoor concert at Barkoot's Lake Lodge somewhere out Hwy 321. Woody promoted the concert when they were the Bob Seger System around 1970, the Ramblin' Gamblin' Man era. Details are shrouded by the mists of time.
Joe Shlabotnik
27 Dec 18 at 5:53 pm
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@Joe, you've got that right. My ears were ringing for two days. I also remember when they turned on the exhaust fans after the concert was over. Looked like the colosseum was on fire!! Pyrotechnics and pot smoke...yeah!!!!
Homer
27 Dec 18 at 6:35 pm
The only time I saw Bob Seger was when he opened for Kiss on the Destroyer tour. Carolina Colosseum - 1976!!!