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Magical night - Styx Live Concert , Tucson, AZ’ 2012

We went to see Styx Live concert on May 4 !!!  What a magical night !!!  We were so excited to know they would be touring our city. The concert was held at the amphitheater, in Tucson, and this event area is outside and is located next to the Casino Del So l building. We arrived at the Casino place around 7pm, and looked around the Casino.  It was like a museum , they made it like it’s open air, like it’s outside but it’s actually inside.  The ceiling was painted like the sky with a sunset, looked real. I might have tried one of the games if we had enough time there.  Before the show, while we were waiting in line to show our tickets, the speakers were playing Deep Purple ’s music “ Smoke on the Wate r “ and people around us started singing together.  Many of the audience looked similar ages as us, same generation people and somehow I felt comfortable to be surrounded by them.  There were also many young people with their parents.  My impression wa

Styx Live DVD “ The Grand Illusion “, “ Pieces Of Eight “ - My review

Hee hee, We bought it ! And watched it ! This is a really, really high quality music band’s concert performance. Perfection ! I’m a big fan of Styx now. Their sounds are so clear and beautiful with perfect balance. Styx are : Tommy Shaw - Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Vocals James “ JY ” Young - Electric Guitars Lawrence Gowan - Keyboards, Vocals Todd Sucherman - Drums, Percussion Ricky Phillips - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Chuck Panozzo - Bass Guitar The song set list for this DVD are : Part 1 The Grand Illusion Album * The Grand Illusion * Fooling Yourself * Superstars * Come Sail Away * Miss America * Man in the Wilderness * Castle Walls * The Grand Finale Part 2 Pieces of Eight Album * Great White Hope * I’m Okay * Sing for The Day * The Message * Lords of the Ring * Blue Collar Man ( Long Nights ) * Queen of Spades * Renegade * Pieces of Eight * Aku-Aku Most of the songs were composed by Tommy Shaw a