Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: concerts

  • Rock shows

    A chronicle of all the concerts I’ve been to. Tell me yours in the comments!

  • What I lack in smarts I make up for in luck

    Some …pauses in my caution during the pandemic.

  • Like a pineapple from the sky

    A look at a grand bandshell near Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago.

  • Rock shows

    A chronicle of all the concerts I’ve been to. Tell me yours in the comments!

  • Rockin’ heaven down

    When the rock band Heart brings its tour through central Indiana, I’m going to be there. I’ve seen them six times now, more than any other band: in 1987, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2013, and now 2014, in venues large and small. I prefer to see them in smaller venues where they can connect better with…

  • Rock shows

    I’m going to a rock concert tonight, my first in five years. I’m going to see heavy-metal patriarchs Iron Maiden, who are still rocking hard even though the band members are all in their 50s. Their music has evolved from straight-ahead metal to progressive rock, which means it’s grown up just as I have. So…

  • Rock shows

    Who have you seen in concert? Something the disk jockey said on the radio this morning started me thinking about the concerts I’ve been to. I was surprised that I couldn’t remember them all! It’s not like I’ve seen that many shows, and I certainly wasn’t smoking any dope at them to fog my memory.…