Kenny Loggins

Some of you may know that my birthday is August 1. April had begun asking me what I wanted for my birthday, but I couldn't really come up with anything, so I told her I would think about it. As I was listening to the radio, a commercial came on for the Kenny Loggins concert. I said, "This is it!" (yes, pun intended for you KL fans).
Fast forward about three weeks, and we are sitting in the rain in Riverfront Park waiting for the concert to start. Just before he goes on, the skies clear and the ponchos come off. Kenny takes the stage, and tells us that he is going to make this one THE concert because of all those who wussed out because of the weather. I have to say, he did. He was on.
Now, all those famous entertainers who are more or less "branded" feel the need to play their new stuff at their concerts. The audience listens politely, simply waiting this part out because the good songs are coming. This was not the case here, even the new stuff was great. I recommend you check out the newer songs here.
OK, so the concert swings to full momentum for "I'm all right" and the lead guitarist is just wailing away...the audience is feeling it...the sound equipment, not so much. During a particularly awesome guitar riff, the speakers make this horrible static sound and half the band ceases to exist (audibly, anyway). The drums and bass are gone, and the guitars lose half their volume. We figure the rain got into the system somewhere and shorted something out. Bummer!!
KL leaves the stage and the audience start chanting for the encore. A roadie comes out and announces the PA problem, and could we please hold on a minute. It should be noted that there has been no "Danger Zone" and no "Footloose" so far. A KL concert without these two? Yup. The sound folks couldn't fix the problem, so that was it. It was over. Except....wait....KL comes back out anyway. He tells us that the only things working are the vocals and the keyboard. He knows that we are ready to riot without hearing something, so he performs a slow (but very well done) song that I have never heard before. I applaud his honor. He knew that the concert was not going to be all it should have been, but he stepped up and performed off the cuff a song that I'm sure they didn't plan to play. It was well done, and I think it helped the audience calm down. He is a truly talented performer. He apologized for what happened and left the stage.