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Oroville Rocks
from: Jettlag
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If you live in the Northwest and you want to rock out to JOAN JETT, live and in person that is, it can only mean one thing - road trip! July 3rd provided that opportunity to get up close and personal with our beloved Joan, so hopping into my brand- new, used car, I, and travel companion, Jettkev, hit the open hi-way and headed south. Two bags of chips, numerous caffeine-laden soft drinks, four pit stops, and eight hours later, we pulled into Oroville, California, ready to do some serious rocking.
It was hot, frying eggs on the sidewalk hot, in that dusty California community, but when JOAN JETT and her stalwart crew of BLACKHEARTS hit the stage at the Feather Falls Casino, well, lets just say things really heated up! The place was packed to begin with and as Joan sprang to the stage and busted into "Victim of Circumstance", the faithful made their way immediately up to the stage and stayed there, packed together with barely room to breath, for the duration of the show. After a moment's hesitation to see if the security guards were actually going to get off their butts, grab their mace and riot gear, and move the crowd back, we to proceeded up to the stage as well. Unfortunately that moment of weak hesitation cost Jettkev and I the coveted spot at center stage before the great one herself, but still we were up against the stage in front of the BLACKHEARTS' new and somewhat mysterious bass player, Sammy, and we remained there for ninety minutes of kick-ass, heart-thumping, ear-blasting rock-n-roll!
Joan, well Joan, did what she does best - she rocked that joint! I could tell you what she was wearing but you guys know her uniform by now, and I could tell you the set list, but you guys already know that, too. What I will tell you is that she seemed to be having a blast herself! You know she likes to work up a sweat and by the third number, "Light of Day", the sweat was rolling down her well-buffed body! The fans were sweating as well, bumping and grinding, dancing and screaming their heads off, and at some point the sardines in front of Joan got to share a little of her perspiration as well as a little conversation as Joan chatted with the frenzied fans between numbers and really made the entire concert a very personal experience.
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That famous stare that everyone talks about was not particularly noticeable but, during "Fetish", someone got quite the glare-down, during,
"I ought a you, you, you…you better mi, mi, mind, I ought a you, you, you… you better mi,mind".
I don't know if they caved or not but I would have!
At the end of the concert, when Tommy tore into his drum solo, and it was time for "Everyday People", I felt that twinge of reality hit - the show was about over. But I had rocked as one with about 900 other people, snatched my first concert pick (it went down my shirt, actually, so I didn't have to drop to the floor and fight off a dozen people for it!) and I had made momentary eye contact with Joan .I knew it just couldn't get any better than that!
But hold on! I was wrong. It did! Leaning against the stage waiting for the masses to make their way to the exits, a rumor began to quietly circulate that Joan would be coming out to do a signing. The security guys all said,"not happening", but then again, maybe they were just ready for coffee and some dough-nuts. An official looking roadie up on stage doing official roadie-type stuff, finally pointed toward the merch tables and about twenty-five off us sprinted off in that direction.
Minutes later Jetkev and I met Joan for the first time and scored our first ever autographs. Of course later, we called everyone we knew to tell them about that, and of course, by the time we finished telling the story, she was our new best friend and we'd talked to her for like hours! Ok- it was like thirty seconds, but still, she talked to us! It was an experience I'll never forget!
Hermiston, Oregon, will be my next opportunity to see Joan make rock-n-roll come alive. Hermiston is in the middle of absolutely nowhere, (one of those places that's not quite the end of the world but you can see it from there). Still, on August 9th, Its not only going to be somewhere, is going to be the only place to be! Til then, Joan!
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