Absolutely excellent event. Pat still has it - and his band is great!

Pat and the band always put on a great show! He's an amazing guitarist who never disappoints his fans even making himself accessible for photos, autographs, conversation, hugs or handshakes! His show in Watseka was fantastic! Great job guys!

Pat Travers band was a fantastic show. The venue, The Tangiers was large yet gave an intimate feel. Weill be back.

The show was awesome. Pat and the band opened up smoking and never let up off of the gas.

Great show. Boom boom out goes the lights.

Awesome. 100% authentic rock and roll. Sounded spot on. Band was phenomenal especially David on bass.

The staff was very cordial. Great venue! The stage needs more national recording artists.

Pat Travers Band: “It was my first ‘Georgia Jam’, an all day indoor event (1 pm—11 with 11 bands). Having received a list of stage times from a prompter I stealthily arrived in time for just the bands I wanted to see: Atlanta Rhythm Section 5:00-5:50, Pat Travers Band 6:05-6:50, Michelle Malone 7:05-7:40, Drivin N Cryin 7:50-8:45, Mother’s Finest 8:55-9:45, Jefferson Starship 10:00-11:00. Groupon was my friend scoring a pair of lower bowl seats half price after which I upgraded myself to row 1 side-stage left! There was to be far too much happening to write a full rundown of everything transpiring on stage hence my abridged rendering centers around Pat Travers. 2022 has been good to me for seeing guitar heroes live: Joe Bonamassa, Neal Schon, Tab Benoit, now Pat Travers, and a Jeff Beck gig coming up in October. So what’s the tie-in with the Canadian rocker to Georgia? Striving to revive the Jam tradition of 70’s and 80’s gone by, organizers sought out Travers who had played the event in the past. PTB ended up penciled in post-organization replacing the Georgia Satellites. The trio took the stage late cutting their set time down from 45 to a mere 30 minutes, the shortest actual stage time of any band the entire day. ‘My name’s Pat Travers, this is my band, and we’re gonna kick your a**, Alright?!’ The kick-off song began, 1977’s ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Susie’, loud and driving. One would swear Pat was playing to a stadium of 50,000 people in lieu of a quarter filled hockey arena, the 68 year old performer exhibiting no lack of energy. He wasted no time swapping out guitars each song, the one Fender never left his person from backstage to backstage. His combo Strat and Marshall stack echoed classic rock tones that are a rarity to hear live now-a-days. He announced the title cut from his newest album ‘Art Of Time Travel’ released last Friday which was just that, a trip back in time. For a minute or two the guitar feed cut out on Pat and David Pastorius on bass (formerly Carl Palmer’s ELP) continued ad lib showing us how skilled he truly is, all the while Alex Petrosky held tight the rhythm on the kit. The final song was ‘Boom Boom, ‘Do ya feel like makin’ some noise? Yeah’, in which Pat showed off some windmill moves reminiscent of Pete Townsend and Pastorius even exhibited some hammer and tap on the four string! The man is so humble, ‘My name is Pat Travers’ he concluded the show, I’m like ‘Yeah you are!’. I overheard one ‘hammer head’ standing in front of me as Pat left the stage saying, ‘My (concert) list is now complete.’ You betcha I’d pay good money to see a full length show any time! Michelle Malone from Atlanta was next up compacting highlights of a 30 year career in a little over half an hour. The local crowd favorite noticed the clock, ‘I wonder how time I really have, is it 7 min? Do you wanna rock?’ Michele broke into a minute of Neil Young’s ‘Hey Hey, My My’. She had the whole Young sound package complete with harmonica. Next was Drivin N Cryin also Atlanta based and on the scene since ’86, one of those bands I’d likely have remained unfamiliar with if I had remained residing up North. ‘Thank you for inviting us to your house party’, the 61 year old Kevin Kinney’ called out. They put on a heck of a full hour long performance opening with their 1991 #15 hit ‘Fly Me Courageous’ dedicated to our military. I didn’t know quite what to expect but when they broke into some fine southern rock dual lead guitars about 3 songs in, I was definitely feeling it. Following was Georgia Hall Of Fame’s Mother’s Finest going on 20 minutes late but completing the full set.The 74’ish’ year old founder, Joyce ‘Baby Bean’ and vocalist ‘Doc’ Murdock’ (also a founding member from 1972) put on a lively show leaving the stage a hard act to follow. At one point original guitarist Moses Mo put on his own show lying down on his back like a dead man while Kennedy motioning the sign of the cross revived him back on foot. He then busted out into a segment of Wilson Pickett’s ‘Land Of 1000 Dances (the Na-na-na-na song) performing a solo with his teeth. Atlanta Rhythm Section, my 3rd time seeing them in a 14 month span began the evening delivering the goods (a 9 song set) with class despite guitarist David Anderson being sidelined with Covid. It was all okay, the band’s guitarist since ’76 Steve Stong made up for it with an extended solo on ‘So Into You’. Founding singer Rodney Justo cheered on the what he called a ‘small but mighty’ crowd, his vocal performance as good as ever. The headliner Jefferson Starship, my 6th favorite all time band (in all it’s variations) rounded off the evening. In my numerous times seeing them perform live it was my first time NOT seeing them front row floor, proof that there is indeed a first time for everything. I was actually excited to finally hear the music over the main system opposed to coming off the stage monitors. So what’s the tie in with the California band and Georgia? We’ll there really isn’t one except that GA native Mickey Thomas of ‘Starship’ (and a member of J.S. ‘79-‘84) was originally slated to play but due to a contracted gig at Sandy Springs GA he was prohibited to perform. Hence the substitution. Based on an Atlanta Rhythm Section post, I half expected Mickey Thomas to join in on stage which would’ve been a landmark event considering drummer Danny Baldwin once upon a time had rearranged his face altering the course for the two individual bands permanently. The band muscled through 11 hits one after another in the one hour set. Of note guru of the band David Freiberg celebrated his 84th birthday Wednesday and took the lead vocals on Runaway, With Your Love, and on Jane (which by the way he also wrote). David goes all the way back to Quicksilver Messenger Service and the latter years of Airplane and is a rock n roll legend in truth. I can not go without mentioning the tremendous job Cathy Richardson did on vocals (as she has the last 14 years, Slick being a tough act to follow), and Jude Gold one of my favorite guitarists to see Live. Their roadie ’Todd’ (an audience favorite) made a typical appearance on stage, Michele & I led the chant: ’Todd, Todd, TODD, TODD!’ ‘Somebody To Love’ was the final song, everyone on their feet. Eleven-Thirty concluded the event, only a half hour over schedule even after all the sets and stage turns, that’s pretty amazing. All in all, in my opinion the event was a success, let’s hope this evening ignited a new fire overall in the Jam’s legacy. I know I’ll be looking forward to 2023’s line-up!” by DAve (Concert #692)

Pat Travers was outstanding and played like he meant it from the first note. Loved this concert. Thank you Pat and the whole band for an amazing show!

The concert was great! Pat still has it!! Played most of his hits and sounded awesome. Wish he would have played Party Tonight. Would have blown the roof off😁

That man is still killing it! So much fun!

wow amazing miss Sandy Gennaro though

It was Awesome! He's been my guitar hero since 1978. I know him a long time now! This venue is really nice. Comfortable seating and tables. Great atmosphere and and intimate coziness. The food was very good, but pricey... the sound was really ,really good! Not too loud. The service was very good. Thank you for this great venue. I would definitely come back when a performer I love is performing there. Pat liked it too. Great opening band, the Mark Newman Band! My friend and I had a wonderful time. Thank you for, "My Father's Place"!

He still sounded good on guitar but his voice is almost completely shot certain words of songs just cut out when he tried to sing them, but for the price it was still enjoyable

Was a killer show last night in Temecula. It was in a playhouse so you really could not stand up, first time I have seen Pat while sitting down, was weird. But I rocked in my seat pretty good. When they played Boom-Boom my wife couldn’t take it any longer and had to get up and dance. Pat appreciated her effort and walked up to her and gave her his pick. She was more than thrilled! Got to hang out with Pat, David and Tommy a bit after the show. Had them sign a few things for us. They put on a rocking show! Man Pat still has his chops! They played a lot of old tunes, something from Swing, Racing the storm and a tune from the upcoming album. Looking forward to the new album, if the rest of the tunes are as rocking it’s gonna kick ass! Thank you Pat for rocking us so hard all these years! — with Joey Hoover.

Pat is one hell of a guitarist! Love his shows and what a great guy always there for his fans 😍

Pat Travers kicked ass last night. Amazing concert. BOOM BOOM OUT GO THE LIGHTS Cheers

Bullet Train kicked ass!

UK tour cancelled months ago!

I absolutely loved the PatTravers Band concert at the South Shore Harrah's Lake Tahoe. He sang a great mix of old classics, blues, new stuff and a couple of cover songs. As usual, his guitar expertise amazes, and the band was stellar. I have been a fan since the late 1970's. Can't wait for him to return.