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Night Ranger brings SummerFest to close
At 10:10 p.m. - an appropriate time for the last band to take the stage for an all-day concert featuring 10 bands - Night Ranger appeared front and center at Fraze Pavilion to cap off Mix 107.7’s SummerFest 10.
Familiar faces in the line-up included Kelly Keagy on the drums and lead vocals, Jack Blades on bass and lead vocals and Brad Gillis on guitar. New additions are Christian Cullen on keys and Joel Hoekstra as the newest guitarist to the group.
“I hear there’s a rumor in the air that you all wanted to have a good time tonight,” said Blades before the band started in on “Rumours in the Air.” Later Blades updated fans on Ted Nugent news (Nugent played with Blades in Damn Yankees and according to Blades, Nugent called him recently saying that he had just played his 6,000th live show in Detroit).
If Garth from Wayne’s World fronted a band that included dramatic, obvious hooks and big “Guitar Hero” shredding it could be Night Ranger … energetic, silly and a little cheesy with the stories, jokes, introductions and talk of “nah-nah” songs, the band’s not breaking new ground but they’re obviously having fun and so were their fans.
In addition to popular songs like “Sentimental Street” and “When You Close Your Eyes,” the group played music from their new album, “Hole In the Sun.” Before coming out for an encore of “Sister Christian” and “(You Can Still) Rock in America,” Blades said, “it’s been a long day, but it’s been a great day for rock ‘n’ roll … keep it up!”
With the eveing ending just shy of 11:30 p.m., 10 bands and almost 12 hours after the first band had taken the stage, it was just as Blades had described.
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