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Posted by Jen1180 Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:27:20 MDT
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0 responses 0 comments     POCATELLO — Ten-year-old Tristen Thomas is going to remember Friday night for the rest of his life. Not only did he get to go to his first concert, Firehouse and Slaughter, he came home with a drum stick autographed by Firehouse drummer Michael Foster.
    Near the beginning of Firehouse’s set, vocalist CJ Snare noticed the kid in the front row sporting the spiked Mohawk and black Firehouse shirt. He stood on a large speaker at the end of the stage, smiled, and handed Tristen the stick.
    “It was awesome, I’m gonna put it in a case and keep it,” Tristen said.
    “He won’t let go of the stick, I think he slept with it last night,” Noel, Tristen’s dad said.
    Tristen and Noel Thomas weren’t the only people who were all smiles at the concert Friday night. Many were glad to get a “blast from the past.”
    After opening band Snakebones, Firehouse opened their set with “Helpless,” which was the closing track on their self -titled 1990 debut album.
    The rock band also performed “Shake and Tumble,” “Oughta Be a Law,” “All She Wrote,” “Lover’s Lane,” and of course their big hits “Love of a Lifetime” and “When I Look Into Your Eyes.”
    Firehouse ended their set with another crowd favorite, “Reach For the Sky,” one of the singles from the 1992 album “Hold Your Fire.”
    Slaughter took the stage next and performed “Burning Bridges,” “Real Love,” Eye to Eye,” “Spend My Life,” and “Fly to Angels” and others. Vocalist Mark Slaughter dedicated “Fly to the Angels” to the men and women serving our country overseas who will not make it home.
    A highlight of the show was the drum solo Blas Elias during the middle of Slaughter’s set. He played for at least ten minutes, tossing the drum sticks in the air and catching them and kicking his crash cymbal. At one point Mark Slaughter and guitarist Jeff “Blando” Bland each held a large drum behind Elias, and he would alternate playing his drum set with the ones behind him.
    Just when it seemed as if they were done for the night, the guys came back on stage wand performed what is probably their biggest hit, “Up All Night.”
    Both bands had great crowd interaction. After all, they have been doing this for a long time, and they have perfected the art of getting the fans fired up, no pun intended! Mark Slaughter climbed off the stage and into the audience and sang an entire song with the fans gathered around him.
Firehouse/Slaughter concert

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