There had been a previous Aerosmith tour called "Back In The Saddle" which technically reunited the original members and raised some much needed cash before going into the studio to record Done With Mirrors. Of the reformed Aerosmith era, this was easily not their best album, but included an Aerosmith version of Joe Perry's first solo release, Let The Music Do The Talking. Perhaps not as gutsy as the Joe Perry Project did it, the track probably received a little more airplay with Tyler singing it. Although I like a lot of Aerosmith songs, I can't really say that this concert was all that great. The band did seem a lot more coherent than they did in '78, however. Disappointingly, Dream On was not performed and the whole show was a little flat.

Ted Nugent didn't really adapt to the 80's very well, but he made a value-add addition to the Aerosmith bill. Following 1980's State of Shock, Nugent had a string of albums on Atlantic that steadily decreased in sales. Penetrator and Little Miss Dangerous were among the worst of his career. Some would say most of his records were among his worst, but I enjoyed many of them. In a concert arena, Nugent was in his element, like a bear in the woods, and could still deliver the Motorcity goods like no other. Yet he was clearly past his prime and still trying to find his niche in the 80's.

AEROSMITH SETLIST:
Rats In The Cellar
Same Old Somg And Dance
Big Ten Inch
My Fist Your Face
Last Child
She's On Fire
Walkin The Dog
Sweet Emotion
Red House
Shela
Walk This Way
Let The Music Do The Talkin
Toys In The Attic
Darkness
Dream On
Train Ket A Rollin

TED NUGENT SETLIST:
Cat Scratch Fever
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Little Miss Dangerous
Stranglehold
Free-For-All

AEROSMITH
TED NUGENT

This was a pre-race (Indy 500) free concert sponsored by local radio station WFBQ. John Cafferty and his band were the headliners at the Indianapolis Sports Center. Great evening from a weather standpoint for the outdoor show.

JOHN CAFFERTY

This was my first big time comedy concert. The show was outdoors and it rained very, very hard. The radio single, Party All The Time, was proof enough that Murphy was a comedian, not a singer. I remember Murphy ragging on Bill Cosby most of the night, which seemed like a personal battle they needed to wage privately, not something to drag the entire audience into. Apparently Cosby criticized Murphy for his reliance on foul language to be funny, for which Cosby did not approve. From Cosby's point of view, talent didn't need to take the low road to success and clearly Eddie Murphy was a talented comedian who could be funny no matter what. Eddie Murphy thought Cosby should mind his own business. At the time, Cosby was an endorsing advertiser for Coca-Cola, so Murphy quipped, "Tell Bill Cosby to have a Coke and a smile and shut the f**k up." I rather felt that as the older, wiser talent, Cosby was making a constructive, not destructive, criticism and as the younger talent, Murphy might have respected Cosby's words, even if he chose to disagree. Never the less, while listening to Murphy rant endlessly about Cosby, I was neither laughing nor dry. It continued to rain harder and harder. While the weather was certainly not Eddie Murphy's fault, he wasn't funny as I expected him to be and we were happy to leave when the show seemed to be ending early.

EDDIE MURPHY

This was the first time that I had reserved front row seats. In 1986, Henry Lee Summer was enjoying some sense of celebrity, at least in his home town of Indianapolis. His concerts were much more rooted in gospel and r&b than his future record label desired. He was energetic and excited to be opening a large scale concert for the legendary ELP. Although the musical styles of HLS and ELP were dramatically different, it was an exciting way to open the concert. Emerson and Lake, now partnered with Cozy Powell in place of Carl Palmer, had a new album and tour underway, probably their last of any real size in North America for some tim eto come. This was billed as a Halloween concert presented by former radio station, Eagle 93, hence the $14.93 ticket price. Attendance was probably the lowest I had ever seen at Market Square Arena, good seats were still available on the floor at showtime. In fact, part way through ELP's set, we actually moved to seats farther back so that we could have a better view of some of the stage theatrics and cinematic parts of the concert. An interesting side note, Cozy Powell was a noted drummer who played with the likes of The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Donovan, Brian May, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey and countless others. No surprise that he was working with Keith Emerson and Greg Lake at the time of this concert.

ELP SETLIST:
The Score
Learning To Fly
Pirates
Knife Edge
Tarkus
Pictures At An Exhibition
Still You Turn Me On
Watching Over You
Dream Runner
Creole Dance
From The Beginning
Lucky Man
Fanfare For The Common Man
Touch And Go
Mars Bringer Of War

ENCORE:
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression Part 2
America
Rondo

EMERSON, LAKE and POWELL
HENRY LEE SUMMER

Billed as The World's 3rd Best Garage Band, Neil Young & Crazy Horse returned to the Rust Never Sleeps era sound with their Live From Broken Down Garage Tour. The stage set was in fact an old garage, complete with sheet metal sides and a telephone, which occasionally rang. It was Neil's Mom telling the boys to keep it down. There were also a couple of rats that came on stage between songs. After so many disappointing albums from Trans to Everybody's Rockin' to Old Ways, it was good to see Neil Young back doing what he does so well.

SETLIST:
Mr. Soul
Cinnamon Girl
When You Dance, I Can Really Love
Touch The Night
Down By The River
Too Lonely
Heart Of Gold
Inca Queen
After The Goldrush
Drive Back
Opera Star
Road Of Plenty
Cortez The Killer
Sample And Hold
Computer Age
Violent Side
Mideast Vacation
Long Walk Home
The Needle And The Damage Done
Hippie Dream
Powderfinger
Like A Hurricane
Hey Hey, My My
Prisoners Of Rock 'n' Roll

NEIL YOUNG and CRAZY HORSE