Knowing that this would be a rare opportunity to see a band that my wife and I both enjoyed, I decided to purchase tickets to a performance at a nearby casino. I’m a fan of the band’s late ’70s work-the original line-up with Roger Fisher on guitar-while my wife was only familiar with Heart 2.0, the late ’80s comeback material (“Alone,” “These Dreams,” etc.) which is right around the point where I stopped caring about them.īut lately, my opinion of them softened, particularly after revisiting a few albums ( Little Queen and Dog & Butterfly) that were frequently spun at our house growing up and after seeing how little Ann Wilson‘s voice has changed in a recent performance on VH1 Classic.

My taste in music normally doesn’t intertwine with my wife’s, but on Heart we share somewhat of a mutual admiration, with notable generational differences. I tell my wife that there must be an accident ahead before she corrects me and explains that its the line to see Heart. After speeding on interstate 380 and getting close to the exit about an hour before showtime, the right lane abruptly shifts from cruising speed to a crawl. My wife and I came up fast on the exit to the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort. Never underestimate the draw of a band, even the ones that you think are well past the apex of their appeal.

Riverside casino concerts