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Rock 'n' Roll takes over Fayetteville
AMP hosts Steppenwolf & JOAN JETT
By Kyle Leyenberger, News Editor
After stepping inside the green screening that separates the Arkansas Music Pavilion from the outside world, audience members would find themselves in the parking lot, with plastic seats and tables, and overpriced food and drink.
Clusters of people, from leather-wrapped 50-year-olds to a woman in dress slacks with a Harley Davidson sweater draped over her shoulders, country club style, to families of four wandered around the rear perimeter, grazing for food or $4 cans of Budweiser.
As the sun went down on the first day of performances, John Kay and Steppenwolf took the stage. The band sounded solid as they went through a set of blues and rock, and they sounded similar to, or better than the original songs, except for the addition of a double bass pedal, and Kay's inability to wail like he used to.
The crowd greeted them enthusiastically, but they did not stand up until the band played Magic Carpet Ride, when nearly everyone in the crowd shot out of their chairs, and some started doing a dance that consisted of jumping up and down while shaking their fists in the air. As the screams were dying down, the band launched into Born to be Wild, but Kay's voice was not what it used to be, and he struggled harder to reach the notes of each chorus until he finally had to let the crowd sing the final line.
After about one and a half hours of "the Wolf," JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS took the stage. As the roadies changed out the instruments on stage, there was a transformation in the crowd as well. Mohawks, spikes and heavy mascara converged in front of the stage, pushing back the white plastic chairs that managed to make it through the opening act, and blocking the view of the V.I.P. tables.
The crowd, already wound up by Steppenwolf, roared as the BLACKHEARTS took the stage, and sped through a set of melodic punk. Some of the crowd seemed surprised to be hearing numerous expletives shouted over power chords, but the band was well tuned, and the performance was impressive. Jett bounced all over the stage while her guitar player walked around with his mouth hanging open and his belly hanging out, and it was obvious that he thought he was too cool to be there.
Some of her antics, including flipping off a member of the audience and gyrating in her tight leather pants during the song Fetish drew cheers from part of the crowd, while others looked somewhat disturbed as they watched the show.
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