KID ROCK, AH WELL ROCKS!

Normally when I shoot concerts I don't mind getting in and out and transmitting the photos to the paper asap. These days you normally get to shoot only 1 to 3 songs anyway and then they kick you and your cameras out. Sometimes you can take your cameras to your car and come back in if you have a ticket. But tonight I shot Kid Rock for the Detroit News and I'm a fan of his music and would have liked to stick around. The concert was the kickoff to Rock's month-long club tour to promote his new album. So as always he treated his fellow Michiganders to a last minute show. He lives here if you didn't know. The show was announced Wednesday morning for the Thursday show and sold out in 5 minutes. We got to shoot 2 songs and he was quite animated to get off some decent shots. I say that because I thought my shots were OK but not great. Maybe to much toe tappin' and singing along to "Devil Without a Cause" his second song and one of my favorites. :) I though about asking if I could stick around after I moved out of the pit in front of the stage if I kept the cameras down. I probably could have even without asking since it was so crowded and no one would have seen the cameras but I needed to edit the photos and find a place to transmit for a 10:00 PM deadline and it was already after 9:00. I ended up at a McDonald's as I usually do since many have wi-fi wireless Internet. Maybe next time Rock performs in town I'll have to break down and buy a ticket to the show.