"Dennis DeYoung" Brings The Music Of Styx To The County Fair

Our weekly River Rhythm concert series took a break this week as the Linn County Fair is running from Wednesday through Saturday.

Opening night saw Creedence Clearwater Revisited take the stage with several members of CCR sounding just like they used to musically, but with a different voice leading the way as John Fogerty is not a part of that group.

That brings us to Thursday night when Dennis DeYoung arrived and tore the place up with the music of Styx.

Naturally, having been ousted by Styx, he cannot bill himself as Styx.  But when most of the Top 10 songs the band performed were with DeYoung on vocals, well guess what?

Surround yourself with competent musicians, and Tommy Shaw is much more replaceable than he'd probably like to believe.

:)

DeYoung rocks through the catalog of hits, and he doesn't sound like his voice has changed a bit since we last heard him on the radio 30 years ago.

Not bad for a 68 year old!

Plus, we get the underrated DeYoung single "Desert Moon" thrown in at no extra charge. ;)

So if you haven't seen Styx in years, this is the concert to see, because this is how they sounded.

Thanks for making the trip down to Albany, and looking forward to next year's fair!

Final Grade: A

Sorry Ladies, "The Perfect Man" Is Already Taken.

The Perfect Man (2005)
Rated PG for Language

Starring Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Aria Wallace, Chris Noth,

Directed by Mark Rosman

The Story:

Whenever Jean (Locklear) gets dumped by a man, she picks up her family of 2 daughters: Holly (Duff) and Zoe (Wallace) and starts over in a new city.  This time, they wind up in New York where she takes a job in a bakery.  Holly has a blog and tells the world about their adventures, but she's tired of picking up and moving all the time.  Jean gets hit on by the wrong guys again, and Holly wants her mom to find the perfect man.  When her new friend Amy (Vanessa Lengies) introduces Holly to her uncle Ben (Noth) she begins to pick his brain and create the perfect "secret admirer" for her mom.  Ah, but when you mess with the heart, things could take a turn for the worse...

I'm not sure exactly when we saw this one for the first time, but I remember we all loved it.

It's a cute little romantic comedy, filled with lots of humor...

And the greatest Styx cover band of all time! ;)

Mr. Roboto!

Heather Locklear still looks great, and plays close to her age in the film.  That's a rare occurrence in films these days.

Noth is suitably charming, winning over Holly's adoration, but can she translate that into a relationship with her mother?

And kudos to Duff for not being one of the teen actresses who has fallen off the deep end in her career. 

Wow...Lindsay has lost her mind...and clothes...again.

Yes, Lohan, Cyrus and Bynes, I'm looking in your direction.

Naturally, depression struck our house when the copy we had wound up with numerous scratches and would skip or freeze.

Thankfully, a replacement copy has been obtained.

Wonder how long it will hold up?

:)

Final Grade: B+

Rewatchability/Purchase Factor:  The whole family watches it, and I would safely say it gets a minimum of one play a year.  And that's just when I'm home and paying attention. ;)