Last night we (Mark, me, Jessica and Yancey) trekked over to Red Rocks to see Mr. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. We arrived to a bit of rain, but we were able to park at the top of the lot and avoid the 800 stairs to get into the ampitheater. Yancey forgot a jacket, but Jess had a bright red fleece blanket that he wore as a cape – “Chicks dig capes” is what he told the parking attendant.
The black crows opened for Tom Petty and it was quite a show. Jessica and I wondered what the attraction was between Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson – or how they hooked up.
Turns out that Tom Petty sounds just as he did when he first started playing, and still continues to look as “sexy ugly” as possible. He is actually starting to look more like the Fonz (Henry Winkler), but Mark thinks he looks a bit like John Elway (must be the altitude or the beer). Mark and Yancey smoked some stogies and we supported our local brewery and Yancey by tapping the rockies and drinking Coors.
Tom played all of our favorites, ending with an encore for me “American Girl”. There was a huge variety in the ages of the concert goers – and lots of tribute smoking out. Red Rocks is simply amazing, both the sound and the setting ROCK!!