Here are some images from the band’s (WTFK’s) concert at Sterling Heights’ Dodge Park. There were lots of people there. Millions and millions!!! Maybe more than on the national mall during the inauguration!!! . . . Okay . . . I estimate it was 2,000 people. We’re waiting on an official head count.
This was awesome fun! We played a two-hour set on a very large stage with no break. Dave, Steve and I used all the real estate while playing our particular blend of Rock & Roll, Soul, Pop, etc. We were all over the stage! There were some technical difficulties. Such as: Steve tripping over a cord, landing on his hands and breaking his guitar (see picture). I won’t mention how many thousands of dollars that Paul Reed Smith guitar is worth. I’m sure it can be fixed practically like new. Oh . . . And Steve’s hands will heal but he bruised one hand and the other has some cuts. Also, for some reason, our drummer, Art’s, In-Ear-Monitors quit working,. So, Art couldn’t hear the click track we use to sync with the sequences we use for some of our instrumentation. So, we couldn’t play The Boys Are Back In Town, What’s Goin’ On and Hotel California which are signature crowd-pleasers for WTFK and we were saving them for the end of our set . . . Damn! But! . . . We had plenty of good, rocking, memorable songs to finish the set with some class.
Dave Kmita especially played to the crowd by bringing children up to help sing Doo-Wah-Ditty and the ladies to help sing Don’t Stop Believing . . . That was fun and entertaining! Everybody in the band worked hard to play well and entertain the people. Tony Trupiano did an excellent job of playing all the songs with very little rehearsal time. Tony was added on keyboards to help fill out our sound. We borrowed him from The Yazoo Brothers. Local friends and another long-lived band. Art did an awesome job of playing his electronic drums even though he couldn’t hear them after his earphones died. We’ll figure out what happened, soon. Probably something stupid, as something like that usually is.
Well . . . We had a great time and it looked like the audience did, too. It is really incredible to look out on a sea of smiling faces. And, it appeared that everyone had a huge smile on their face.
I will post the link to the official Sterling Heights YouTube video that is being edited. We had, I think, three video cameramen using very nice equipment. They were all over the stage! I found it a little difficult to hold my bass steady and keep my fingers doing what they’re supposed to do while the cameraman was below me getting extreme close-ups. I can’t wait to see that! The editing should take a couple of weeks, they said.
I hope you enjoy these pictures,,
David T
