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University of Kentucky Football

After a great steak dinner at Malone’s, my oldest daughter and I went to the newly remodeled Commonwealth Stadium to watch the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team.

The fan turn out for the game was great the parking lots were full and there were lots of tailgaters.  It’s great to see this much excitement about UK football.

Fans at Commonwealth Stadium.
Fans at Commonwealth Stadium.

After walking through the parking lots we walked over to the Nutter Field House for the Cat Walk.  This is a great event were the football team walks from the field house to Commonwealth Stadium.  The fans line both sides of the path and cheers the team as they pass.

Fans lining path for the Cat Walk.
Fans lining path for the Cat Walk.

When the team passed into the stadium we walked over to the Green Lot to watch a concert.  The concert was Sundy Best.  Their lead singer is Nick Jamerson who attended college at Pikeville.  This is a great band and if you have not heard them you need to give them listen.

Sundy Best with lead singer Nick Jamerson
Sundy Best with lead singer Nick Jamerson

The newly remodeled stadium looked great and the football team looked great the first half.

Newly remodeled Commonwealth Stadium.
Newly remodeled Commonwealth Stadium.

The second half turned out to be a football game but the wildcat hung on to get the win.

Final score at Commonwealth Stadium
Final score at Commonwealth Stadium

UK and quarterback Patrick Towles will face South Carolina at South Carolina next week.  We beat Carolina last year and if we hope to get to a bowl we will need to beat them again this year.

Patrick Towles
Patrick Towles

Eagles Concert / Lexington

After a good steak dinner at Malone’s Steakhouse in Lexington at Hamburg. We proceeded to our hotel. We decided to stay at the Hyatt because it is connected to Rupp Arena which was the site of the Eagles Concert.

We checked in to our rooms and hurried to Rupp. The concert was a trip in time for me, it carried me back to the summer of 1975.

Wife and I at Eagles Concert
Wife and I at Eagles Concert

That was the summer before my senior year of high school. My friends Jack, Tommy and I loaded up in Jack’s car and went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a week. The drive to the beach took about eight hours and we had a brand new Eagles eight track tape.

Back to 2015. The concert was really good, in that the band walked you through its history. It starts with Don Henley and Glen Frey walking on stage and sitting on stools playing acoustic guitars the song “Saturday Night”.  They then talk about the start of the band and meeting  Bernie Leadon at that point he walks on stage and the three perform “Train Leaves Here This Morning”.  When the three start playing “Peaceful Easy Feeling” Timothy B Schmit walks on to stage and joins them.

Eagles Concert
Eagles Concert

After the song  Henley moves the drums and as the group starts “Witchy Woman” Joe Walsh walks onto stage. The group then takes you through a history of their music.

Besides hearing the songs again the one thing I really enjoyed was seeing Joe Walsh and hearing him play the guitar.  When Don Frey joined him it just does not get any better.

It was a nice evening spent with good music and good friends.  My wife’s sisters and their husbands went the concert with us.

Eagles Concert
Eagles Concert