Fresh off of playing the Tribute to David Bowie show at Carnegie Hall recently and a multi night stint at City Winery Chicago, the Mountain Goats play City Winery In Nee York City tonight.

Last night I attended the final concert of this leg of the Chicago/ Earth, Wind and Fire 2.0 tour at Madison Square Garden. The arena was pretty close to a sell out partly because of the expected Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bump following Chicago’s well deserved recent induction. 37 million votes for Chicago kicked the Hall’s door in for the band and the tour with EWF ending at MSG was a great way to celebrate this over due recognition.

The two bands together and apart are a phenomenal night of entertainment; a joyous event with great hits and dancing in the aisles. Robert Lamm told the crowd that he believed that the two bands would unite again in the future and this tandem is a must see concert; a guaranteed good time and big bang for your buck.

On Saturday night, my wife and I returned to Colden Auditorium at Queens College where we met 37 years ago to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and to see Boz Scaggs up close and personal. The seventy one year old Mr. Scaggs looked and sounded great as he and the band mixed blues, some obscure covers and a good chunk of his big radio hits for the attentive,  appreciative audience. Boz and the band seemed to enjoy the venue this Saturday night and ended the show with what he said was the rarely performed “Breakdown Dead Ahead”.

Way back in my Queens college days I saw the original four member Talking Heads at Colden Auditorium, before the band expanded and evolved in to, up until then, uncharted pop waters.

On another occasion back in the day I saw Dave Mason at the Queens College venue when he was at the height of his musical powers and legend has it that Peter Frampton once played the college during the Frampton Comes Alive tour.

The Road Goes on Forever (particularly for Chicago)

Sing a Song

Rock on

GQ