Kim and I headed back to Fiddler’s Green last night for our second show there. This time the lineup was a little more rocking than the Stevie Wonder show we saw earlier. Another difference was that the tickets were not free this time and were not in the reserved seats either. I must say now after sitting in the lawn, it should be the last time I ever do so there, at least with a crowd of that size. We got there as the first band of the night, Cheap Trick, was finishing up their set and there wasn’t a good spot left on the lawn. Though we missed hearing them play “I Want You to Want Me” we did get to hear the next most popular song “Surrender” and I wish we would have arrived earlier as they could have been the most entertaining of the night.

Next up was Heart, the act I might have been most excited to see. The Wilson sisters and the rest of the band started off a little slow with some of the lesser known songs, but eventually they got into the groove with a toned down performance of “Alone” which later launched into rocking versions of “Crazy on You” and “Barracuda.” I must say that they sounded great throughout the short 45 minute set and I wish they would have played a bit longer. Though they did play a quick encore, including a Led Zeppelin cover. It’s not every day you see an non-headliner play an encore.

Finally, the night was wrapped up with Journey and their latest front-man, Arnel Pineda who was hired after band members saw him performing cover songs on YouTube. Though I’m not sure he compares to Steve Perry, he does a pretty good job filling in and at times you could be completely fooled into thinking Mr. Perry was on stage. There were some good tunes thrown in early, but I felt that they played a few too many new songs as well. I highly doubt many in the sold out crowd were there for the new stuff. But when they did bust out the hits, the crowd went wild!