I took my then 12 year old son to the 2004 K-Rock Dysfuncional Family Picnic at Jones Beach Theatre primarily to see The Darkness who were an interesting phenomenon around that time and who we thought might be the “next big thing”. More notably, as it turned out, it would be the only time that I would catch the Beastie Boys perform in concert. My clearest memory of the event was, although the Cypress Hill had some really good songs, I had to take my son for a walk around the venue during their set as some aspects of the act, and some of the material, did not seem age appropriate for him at the time. The K-Rock “picnic”, and the station itself as a rock and roll entity, are both a thing of the past now, so I am glad that we had the opportunity to celebrate Howard Stern’s former home in person, at least this once, during this wild diverse concert line-up performing while at Jones Beach.

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Rock on!

GQ

If memory serves me right, this Fleetwood Mac concert at Jones Beach Theatre in June, 2004 was a tour that did not include Lindsay Buckingham but instead the band added two guitarists to replace him. Entertaining show as I remember, and no Buckingham did not make much of an impression on me as, while I like Fleetwood Mac and their music was everywhere in the 1970’s and beyond, I was never the biggest Mac fan. I came to more fully appreciate Lindsay Buckingham’s contribution to the live act when they played a two day mini- festival that included the Eagles years later at Citifield.

Go Your Own Way

Rock on!

GQ