Awesome Concert!

Jeff's favorite musical group has always been Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons.  Every time one of their songs would come on the radio, he'd say "Best group in the world ever", and things like 'Frankie Valli is the only guy who made a million dollars out of a hockey injury'.  Earlier this year, we were lucky enough to see 'Jersey Boys', which is a Broadway Musical based on the creation and success for Frankie Valli and the original Four Seasons.  It was incredible and, because of the huge success of the musical, the group has gained a huge following again and have begun to tour the country.  Imagine how excited I was when I found that Frankie Valli was coming to Appleton!

It isn't often that we're the youngest people at an event, but last night was certainly one of those times.  This group actually became popular in early and mid-1960s which is, admittedly well before our time so the majority of the people in the theatre were at least 10 years older than we were.  I saw a couple of canes and maybe even an oxygen tank, but mostly vibrant and excited middle-aged people who really rocked the house!

For a guy who turned 78 this year, he can really put on a show!

The band is different now; Frankie has gone Vegas.  He has 4 back-up singers (young guys:  3 from California and 1 from Ohio) who were really, really good.  At one point in the show, the singers are introduced and get to sing separately.  Then, there's a full band with 5 horns, 3 guitars, a drummer, and a keyboard.

The show is organized really well with the more recent music first, and then some songs that were recently released on a new CD (covers of songs made famous by other artists in the 60s), and, finally, the big hits from the 60s.  Everyone in the audience was singing along and cheering loudly when each of the songs were done.

There were 2 standing ovations during the evening, and the final one lasted through the encore.  It was a 2-song encore (including my favorite:  'Rag Doll') during which time the audience continued to stand and dance along.

I can honestly say that this was one of the best evenings of entertainment that I've enjoyed in a long time.  Jeff was only sorry that he had waited so long to finally see him in concert!