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Cheap Trick, Jett, deliver in DeKalb
from: rrstar.com
by Georgette Braun
DEKALB - Two people who don't usually appear on stage with Cheap Trick impressed a crowd of 3,000 fans Saturday night at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center.
Seventies rocker JOAN JETT, typically clad in all-black clothes, belted out the "Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird" lyrics to the Tricksters' 1978 hit "Surrender." She shared the microphone with Rick Nielsen, who played his one-of-a-kind five-neck guitar for the song. Jett, who with her band the BLACKHEARTS opened for Cheap Trick, jumped up and down as she sang and as Nielsen pointed out her presence to the audience that sang along.
The other on-stage visitor was less expected: State Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, who spearheaded a move OK'd last year in the Legislature that designates Tuesday the first official "Cheap Trick Day" in Illinois. Syverson said the recognition is due because the three-decades-old pop/rock quartet with international fame still hails from Rockford.
"Despite all that success, they proudly call Illinois home," he said. "Thank you so much for entertaining us and for not forgetting Illinois." The band's 16th studio album put out in 2006 is called "Rockford."
Syverson made his remarks, which were applauded, near the end of the 90-minuteCheap Trick show before the band performed "Dream Police" in encore.
Cheap Trick played another of its best-known hits, "I Want You To Want Me," about half-an-hour into the 15-song set, in which none of the quartet missed any of the familiar beats. Lead singer Robin Zander, wearing a strawlike cowboy hat, crooned the words to "The Flame" as fans on the floor raised their arms and swayed. The single ranked No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1988.
Throughout the night, frontman Nielsen chatted with the crowd, sometimes with the lights turned up. Wearing a black baseball cap and black suit jacket, he called out the names of fans he recognized. "We have people here from Rockford, DeKalb, Chicago, and Leeds, England," he said. Then he joked that the "first 40 rows are Bun E.Õs family." He was referring to drummer Bun E. Carlson, who along with Nielsen, also still lives in the area.
Nielsen introduced Tom Petersson as "inventor of the 12-string base guitar" before Petersson led the vocals for "Know What I Want."
Nielsen also reminded fans that they can catch Cheap Trick in concert this summer and fall when the foursome opens for Heart and Journey on a 50-date tour.
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