Cherry Pie Journal

Friday, July 1, 2016
Grillin' in Grafton
Centennial Park
1370 17th Ave
Grafton, WI
[View all Grillin' in Grafton shows]

Sound: MobilTrax
Operated by Matt Wobst
Lights: MKE Productions
Operated by Johanne Koniar
and Brevin Becker
Assistant: Debbie Darvin
Stage Tech: Kevin DeWitt
Photography/Video: Amanda Trash

SET 1:
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
Animal - Def Leppard
Round and Round - Ratt
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
I Love Rock N'Roll - Joan Jett
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Don't Treat Me Bad - Firehouse
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
I Can't Hold Back - Survivor
Unchained - Van Halen
Unskinny Bop - Poison
Love in an Elevator - Aerosmith
Talk Dirty to Me - Poison

SET 2:
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Separate Ways - Journey
Take It on the Run - REO Speedwagon
Rag Doll - Aerosmith
The Stroke - Billy Squier
Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
I Was Made for Loving You - Kiss
Lights - Journey
Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns N'Roses
It's My Life - Bon Jovi
I Hate Myself for Loving You - Joan Jett
Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue
Same Ol'Situation - Motley Crue
Let's Get Rocked - Def Leppard
You've Got Another Thing Coming - J'Priest
Enter Sandman - Metallica
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
Fade to Black [excerpt] - Metallica

A Word from Josh:
This year the 4th of July falls on a Monday. That creates a unique scenario for bands and music venues where it gives opportunity to play four nights in a row... and that's exactly what we'll be doing starting tonight. In fact, if you include our Bike Nite show this past Wednesday, that means we're playing five shows in six days. Now, I know what you're thinking... That's a lot of Pie... Oh, the carbs!! Indeed, we've never had a stretch like this before, and for good reason. The virtuosic type singing demanded for 80s Rock puts a huge burden on John every night and to ask him to do it three or four nights in a row has always been deemed unacceptable. But this time we decided to chance it. With Kase and I picking up some additional songs to sing and John pacing himself with carefully constructed set lists and lying in stasis in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber between shows we think we can pull this off. This odyssey began tonight in Grafton at an event that isn't even officially an Independence Day event. It's an event centered on a barbecue contest. Yummy!! We played here back in 2013 and were glad to be asked back this year. They provide an awesome stage on a baseball field. Although several hundred people attended, the huge area gave it a very spacious feel in sharp contrast to the packed beer tents we often play to. The weather was perfect, the show went well and the food was great. Hope to do it again next year. -Josh

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