Bravo!

An evening of “almost” Linda Ronstadt, “practically” Warren Zevon and “as good as” Jackson Browne had me on my feet, singing, dancing, fist-bumping the memory of my 20-year-old self.

“Desert Rock Show: A Tribute to the Laurel Canyon Music Scene” at The Lyric Theater in Blue Island featured the work of more than a dozen top-tier artists performed by the tribute band Soundtracks of a Generation.

The evening was a musical explosion of nostalgia, all for about what it had cost us to park a few months earlier at a concert by the “real” Four Tops.

Don’t get me wrong, the Four Tops, who were joined by The Temptations, put on a great show, a veritable time travel back to my mom’s Motown record-spinning days. There’s something very special about seeing your musical heroes in the flesh.

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