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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Vegas, Styx and the $6 beer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, February 23rd
Las Vegas, in Spanish means “Land of the six-dollar beer.” What they don’t make on the casinos they make up in drink pricing. It is Vegas. We spent time in the shops. There are no signs that say “No drinks allowed.” Everyone welcomes you and your beverages.
Regardless of when you go to Las Vegas, it seems half the strip is under construction. Detective Sandy has a special relationship with slot machines. They call her name. We spent the first half of the day in the casino. My luck started bad and stayed that way. Sandy didn’t fare any better. Our friends Dan and Tina however, hit the dollar slots for $150 and then again for $500. This took the sting out of the six-dollar beer.
There is so much to see and do that you really can’t cover it in three days. We spent a lot of time at New York, New York. Great steaks (Gallaghers) and next door to it is a neat piano bar call The Bar at Times Square. Dueling pianos and all. It was fun.
Styx at the Luxor Classic rock is best described as music played live on real guitars and nobody grabs their crotch. Styx put on a great show. If you’ve seen Styx play in the last few years, you’ll agree they’re better than ever. The audience was a wide range of 20’s to 60-somethings rocking out and having a good time with six-dollar beers.
correction made on 3/8 I had mistake in the next paragraph. Correct info on Charlie Brusco is that he is with Alliance Artists which represents Styx. Alliance Artists is located in Alpharetta.
Dan, our friend, is a big Styx fan. Charlie Brusco and TBA Entertainment, who represent Styx, let us backstage for a little time with some of the band members after the show. Dan and Jay (Jay-Y) Young are both from Chicago. They engaged in what conversation we expected from a member of Styx and a Styx fan. They talked about the White Sox and the Bears. They both agreed that Lovie Smith was well under paid and it has been good to be a White Sox fan the past few years. We didn’t really talk about music because I’m pretty sure they get tired of that.
I did work the room seeking the opinion of those attended how they were coping with the six-dollar beers. They talked about baseball and football. The way back to our hotel went throught a few casinos My luck remained consistently bad. All in all, a great night of music and although I was down about a hundred bucks, it was a fun day.
