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<\/a>What a memorable day this day was!<\/p>\nJustify wins the Kentucky Derby becoming only the thirteenth winner of The Triple Crown ever.<\/em><\/p>\n The Golden State Warriors win the NBA Championship the night before, having knocked out our Houston Rockets on their way to glory. The Rockets would have had the opportunity to be the NBA World Champions for the third time. The first two coming in 1994 & 1995.<\/p>\n What else was news worthy? Let\u2019s see\u2026<\/p>\n Joan Jett denies photographers the opportunity to photograph her set at The Woodlands Pavilion this evening for reasons that are unclear to me, however I\u2019m sure there was some meaningful justification.Regardless, I love Rock & Rock and Ms. Jett is an R&R Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n Just have to add that it\u2019s very curious to me that the headliner this evening isn\u2019t in the R&R Hall Of Fame and Joan Jett is? For that matter, Pat Benatar has not had that honor either! What am I missing?<\/p>\n (Okay, my little rant is over so let\u2019s get on to the opener)<\/p>\n Tesla, fortunately, as well as headliner Styx did allow us photogs the opportunity to shoot the first three songs of their sets.\u00a0 As a result if you go to the HMR photo gallery you will see what I was able to capture on each.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The opener, Tesla, is a band I had never seen before. I was surprised a heavy metal band was booked with Joan Jett & Styx.\u00a0 Frankly, I wouldn\u2019t classify either act as \u2018heavy metal\u2019 but I\u2019m sure everyone has their own definition.\u00a0 In any case, I thought Tesla was terrific and I didn\u2019t really hear heavy metal so I\u2019m tempted to call them heavy metal \u2018lite\u2019.\u00a0 These mostly Californian musicians are tight. Their only non-Californian front man, Jeff Keith (from just up 59 in Texarkana) was extremely entertaining. His high energy, big smile and \u2018I don\u2019t take myself too seriously\u2019 attitude was well received by this reviewer. It didn\u2019t take me long to understand why these guys have been around for thirty years. Go see them if you haven\u2019t and don\u2019t been surprised if you become an instant fan.<\/p>\n![\"styx-215\"](\"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/styx-215-300x176.jpg\")
<\/a>Speaking of Styx fans Tommy asked the audience how many people were seeing them for the first time and it really looked and sounded like half the nearly full house yelled as if it was their first time. That surprised me as did the age demographic of the audience. Much older crowd and therefore much more subdued. Just my take based on what I observed. BTW I\u2019m not saying the audience didn\u2019t like them they were just less vocal.<\/p>\n