Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 21, 2022

Rocky looks like he is contemplating applying his cymbals rather forcefully to either side of Richards head.

I think I can identify each of those heads in the front row as members of Richard’s family. If we go L-R, that’s sister Belle, her husband Elroy, brother Thad, his wife Lucy (“Lucky”), and of course dad and mom, Richardson (why Rich is not a Jr.) and Gwendolyn.

We can assume Rocky’s family is in the front row, stage left.

Richard is doing a Queen cover tonight. Rocky is an important part of “We will rock you” by the end of the song, most of the audience will be temporarily deaf. And that’s a good thing for the rest of the concert.

It is a rare “treat” to hear the singing of the 1812 Overture – much less to hear it done a cappella.

Who was that masked cymbalist?!?

Another great cymbiotic relationship

Everything Richard does, theatrically, is packed with cymbalism.

Rocky continues the family tradition of entertaining – his father was Enfrem Cymbalist, Jr…

You just better not call him a hamster, trash panda, triangle-faced monkey, fox, rat, crabby puppy, rabbit, build-a-bear, or [shudder]… a racoon… ☺

Will there be a fat lady to end the performance?

Trust me, you don’t want to hear a raccoon sing.

I’ve discovered a cappella music on YouTube. Voiceplay, Geoff Castellucci, and Peter Hollens. Such intricate voice work. But none of them have a raccoon playing the cymbals. I feel robbed.

Give cymbals to a RACCOON! Man, are you MAD! You’d literally never hear the end of it (because you would be deaf). :)

What no cow bell?!!!