Small town Crows

On August 14, I took in the Counting Crows show in Aberdeen, MD. This is a continuation of their minor-league baseball park tour. Also on the bill were Live and Low Stars. Due to the circumstances that follow, I wasn't about to catch Low Stars.

Hop on my choo choo...

I left work on the MARC train from DC as I do everyday. The only difference is that today, instead of getting off at the Odenton stop, I stayed on it to the Aberdeen stop. My plan was this:

• Take the train to Aberdeen - This worked out fine.


• Take a taxi to my cheapo, Days Inn Motel - Not so well.


• Get to Ripken Stadium a little early to make sure I see the Low Stars - Didn't happen.

Aberdeen...the walking tour
I got off the train, and looked for a taxi. I didn't see any and thought that I wasn't that far from the motel and could just walk it. My sense of direction failed me and I walked a mile in the wrong direction. I then went the right way, and it ended up taking me an hour, and walking 5 miles. I did get a couple of neat pictures while walking around though.

From 2007-08-14 Co...

I didn't make it to the motel until 7:00pm, the show started at 6:30pm. I checked in the motel, got a TAXI and made it to the show just as Low Stars were finishing. I eat some pizza, and Live came on. I decided to get down into the crowd.

This turned out to be a good move, as I had a BLAST! It's fun to hang out with young people some times. At the Def Lep show the average age was about 43. The average age on the floor was about 23. They had had a good time over the summer, gotten tan, not afraid to party a bit. Yup, being young again... But I digress. Being a lot closer to the stage gave me the opportunity to get some really good pictures.
Live
As I mentioned earlier, I missed seeing Low Stars, that's life. Live does put on a decent show, no complaints. Here are a few pics.


Crowd..
As I mentioned, the crowd was on the younger side, I grabbed a few snaps of the people around me, everyone seemed to have a good time.


Counting Crows
I have been following the setlists of the shows. In Wilmington, DE I was disappointed that they
talked about their new CD, but didn't play from it. They corrected this oversight in Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, 5 new songs! Out of 16 songs played, nice turn around. Some I liked, others not so much, like anything. I'm not going to bore you with the setlist, I'll jump right into the pictures of the Counting Crows! It's a bunch of them, but these are some of the best concert pictures that I've taken, so I hope you like them.