Summerfest

Today was my friend Kim's b-day. We celebrated at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI with her friend Pam and a couple of great bands. 7th Heaven was the first band we saw. They played a couple of great sets and the crowd was totally into them. Click on a picture below to view the whole image.

Next was The Eddie Butts Band. He plays drums and sang R&B/Motown covers. We saw his first set then headed over to the stage where Slash's Snakepit was going to play. We had to get a front row seat. There was a sign at the merch table mentioning a meet and greet after the show! OMG!! I had a chance to meet Slash and the rest of the Snakepit! I bought a program and went to tell Kim and Pam about the chance to meet the band. (Just for the hell of it, I had also brought from home the CD insert from their most recent album.) We suffered through some band until 8pm. I believe Slash's Snakepit hit the stage around 9pm. I was standing on the first bleacher, camera in hand, ready to be blown away! It was crazy! The band was just amazing! So full of energy!! Rod dedicated a song to their "good friend" Matt Sorum. He was standing side stage. (The Cult was playing there the next night). At one point, I lost my balance and fell off the bleacher. Luckily I wasn't hurt. (Later on that night, I noticed I had ripped a whole in my pants! haha) The band played for over an hour. As soon as their encore ended I tried my best to politely push my way through the very tight crowd to the merch table. There were quite a few people in front of us, but I had hope. One person had about 1,000 friends (ok fine, about 7) cut in line with him! AAAHH!! We only had to wait about 20 mins before the band came out. I couldn't believe it, I was about to meet Slash! I have been a GnR fan since the beginning and of course, I was about to meet the rest of the Snakepit! As we were waiting, a security guard placed a girl in front of us. He said "She's not cutting, Im just making her stand here." Well, we asked her why and she finally told us…SHE WAS THE CUT OFF!!!!!!!! WHAT?!?! NO WAY!! We begged her to let us stand in front of her. Eventually she moved out of line and we got as close to the table as we could. There was no way we were missing out!! At one point I noticed the security guard looking for his "girl line-marker". I immediately looked away. Luckily, my friend's and I were able to meet the band, have our stuff signed and take pictures. They were all very nice. As we were standing off to the side Matt Sorum walked up. I had to meet him! I practically dragged Kim with me and had her take my picture with him. He was very nice. Between the rain and being sunburned I look like crap, but oh well. It's always a great opportunity to meet bands you love. Click on a picture below to view the whole image.