This past weekend could very well have been dubbed the "First Annual Chicago Super-Duper Loyal Looper Celebratory Sing-a-Long Weekend" for the full-lunged enthusiasm and wild abandon with which Loyal Loopers greeted their favorite bands and each subsequent song.

First up was the sold out Styx/REO Speedwagon/.38 Special show at Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island Friday night. Great bands, great location and great weather made for a truly memorable night that was "filled with hits" as James Young of Styx promised when he checked in with me on my show earlier in the week.

(See Styx perform "Come Sail Away" live at Charter One Pavilion here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGP57fsx1Wg)

(See REO Speedwagon perform "Roll With The Changes" live at Charter One Pavilion here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOQBZKSLxd0)

(See .38 Special perform "Hold On Loosely" live at Charter One Pavilion here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbabFeLvFAM)

Following in the "show us your hits" vein was the highly anticipated return of the Lynyrd Skynyrd/Kid Rock double bill Sunday at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.

(See Lynyrd Skynyrd perform "What's Your Name" live at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7ngxhU44w)

(See Kid Rock perform "Rock and Roll Jesus" live at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stipQmbrKSc)

Thursday saw Davy Jones of the Monkees pop by my show with his band in tow to say hello and perform a few numbers live before his appearance the next night at "Railroad Days" in West Chicago. Few people on the planet can claim to have been present at the Beatles recording sessions for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", had Jimi Hendrix as an opening act, influenced the style of Loyal Looper Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses AND be recently voted the "#1 Teen Idol of all time"... but Davy can. I suspect I know what you're now thinking. "Wait a minute. Axl Rose was influenced by Davy Jones?!?" Yup. Pay attention to the dance moves.

(See Davy Jones and the Monkees video for "Daydream Believer" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2hPJ_3m-kc&feature=related)

(See Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses video for "Sweet Child Of Mine" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobDQ0vdm8M)

(See Davy Jones perform "Pleasant Valley Sunday" live at Railroad Days here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_g9LFq90uc)

Busy week on my show from 10am-3pm! The Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick concert is this Friday night at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, so Bret Michaels of Poison will be joining me Tuesday and Phil Collen of Def Leppard on Wednesday. This Sunday at Charter One Pavilion the Judas Priest/Whitesnake double bill moves into town. A conversation with David Coverdale of Whitesnake Thursday on my show and Rob Halford of Judas Priest Friday, as well as your chance to score tickets to the show daily at 10:05am and 2:05pm and tickets to see UFO during the lunch hour. Phew!