Alice Cooper July 11 2019

  This was a show I never really expected to see. And I never expected to see it with my wife. We were driving home from a road trip to a record store where I had bought an Alice Cooper CD (Hey Stoopid). So as we were listening to it, my country music lovin wife remarked how she had used to listen to Alice Cooper before we had met. And I kind of remember that she had the "Trash" cassette tape when we started dating. So I mentioned that he would be playing nearby and I could get tickets if she would go. And she's always willing to follow me on any little adventure so I bought tickets. Alice Cooper also has a special place in our relationship. He was in the movie "Wayne's World" which happens to be the movie we saw on our first date! I know, how romantic! Give me a break, I was 16!
  So on the day of the show, we decided to make an entire day of it. We visited a nearby historic park and museum. Now the show was in the rather small city of Wabash Indiana at the Honeywell Center. We went to dinner at a restaurant near the venue. The waitress told us that Alice and his wife had been there for lunch earlier. We got to the venue, picked up a t-shirt for Maria and an autographed "Paranormal" album for myself. Now I had heard from many people that there is not a bad seat in the house at the Honeywell Center. And I am compelled to agree! It is a beautiful theater style venue holding 1500 people. The show was sold out.
  Now I've heard for years about the "Legendary Alice Cooper Stage Show" with all the theatrics and costumes. So I was stoked to finally see it for myself. And They did not disappoint. There was one snafu though. The guillotine malfunctioned. The blade did not drop all the way down. Oh well, they can't all be perfect.The other part of this show I was excited to see was guitar player Nita Strauss. She is a phenomenal guitar player. I had bought her solo album "Controlled Chaos" earlier this year. If you love virtuoso guitar playing instrumental albums I highly suggest this one. Not only that, but her onstage energy is very high! She was running circles around the rest of the band. The rest of the band sounded excellent and It was a hell of a show. We both had a great time. Here's the set list and some (crappy) pics.

Feed My Frankenstein
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Bed Of Nails
Raped And Freezin'
Fallen In Love
Muscle Of Love
I'm Eighteen
Billion Dollar Babies
Poison
Nita Strauss Guitar Solo
Roses On White Lace
My Stars
Devil's Food
Black Widow Jam
Steven
Dead Babies
I Love The Dead
Escape
Teenage Frankenstein
Under My Wheels
School's Out

  Now I have a really good camera, but most venues won't let you bring those in. So I have to resort to my little camera that is not the best from a distance. So this is what I get.