The Rockin' Road Report began in 2001 with a series of reviews of the opening week of Journey's Arrival Tour posted to various Journey communities. I also began writing articles for JourneyDigest.com, which is sadly no longer active. Eventually, reviews of other concerts would join the many Journey concert reviews and events. In 2014, I decided to collect them and related items in to one place, thus this blog. New reviews and commentaries will appear here too.
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Saturday, December 1, 2001
November 30, 2001: Gregg Gets Back to the City by the Bay
San Francisco, CA Slim's
Welcome home Gregg Rolie! What a fun show! The San Francisco crowd at Slim's was much more enthusiastic than the crowd in Palo Alto earlier this week, and the Nor Cal gang present had a blast!
The show last night was very much similar to the show on Wednesday -- nearly the same set list from what I could tell. The big difference last night really was the crowd. The show at the Icon had maybe 100-150 people. Slim's, while not at capacity (450) was pretty crowded. I'd guess 300 people or so. Among the crowd -- Ross Valory and Herbie Herbert. And everyone had a rollicking time! And, as on Wednesday night, "Just the Same Way" was wildly received, yet calls for "Look Into the Future" got a laugh out of Gregg.
While I personally didn't see Herbie, I did get to see Ross work his way to the front of the club and stand about ten feet away from me (again) for a few minutes.
After the show ended and I was leaving the club, I got to meet Chepito Areas who was there to see his son Adrian playing in Gregg's band. Very proud father!
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