Friday Aug. 1st was one of those nights that make me positive that good memories are not just in the past. Friday saw a great Rockin on the Riverfront show, with the Guess Who. Then it was off to Cowley’s Pub, downtown Farmington for a really fun band called Free Beer. That’s right. Free Beer features a couple of my former compadres from the home a R&Roll.  When I walked downstairs I ran into “Ringo” from the Back Beats, Detroits Beatles cover band. The B-Beats had just played a concert in the park in Farmington. I told them I was going to jam with F-Beer and they said they’d come upstairs. Scott from F-Beer said,”Hey tell them they can sit if they want to”.  After I tatooed the walls with “Rockin in the Free World”, the Back Beats got up, out of “uniform” mind you, and wowed us with 3 or 4 Beatles jams. Ya never know! 

Frustration, weird, chose your cliche, it was a very strange day at the Brickyard 400. Goodyear had brought a  tire that started to show chords after 6 laps. As a result there were serveral “competition cautions”, that broke the race into a zillion 12-15 lap sprint races. I’m glad I wasn’t there. Did you see it? Thoughts?-Steve

Thanks to all who came out for Pat Benatar. She kicked-off our free concert series. Next up is Mark Farner and Mitch Ryder Friday July 11th. 2 seperate performances and bands. Spot light on DEEtroit classic rock. It’s a great venue and this year there’s parking for only $5. Try it, you’ll like it.-Steve

Finally. Nascar at MIS. Look for me in the Fan Zone 10-2 before the race. We can talk Nascar, talk TrackTime, talk trash, talk smack..or just talk. See you there.

First, thanks for coming out to The Concert That Never Was. It was great. There’s lots of pictures elsewhere on this website. Now, as far as the Wings are concerned…”I ain’t sayin’ #$*!!” nuff said.

On Saturday May 24th WCSX is doing “The Concert That Never Was”.  It features the Paz-man’s Supersession, Leighton wsg. me,  and three pretty cool bands. How does The Beatles,  The Who, and Pink Floyd sound to you? Actually 3 tribute bands to those masters, The BackBeats(Beatles), Live The Who, and The Machine (Pink Floyd). It’s all FREE and All Ages at Northville Downs.  Music starts AT 1:OOPM.  Here’s my question to you.  If YOU could put together a 3 band concert, with no consideration to $$ or politics etc.  WHAT 3 BANDS WOULD THEY BE??  No fair using the obvious: LEIGHTON w Kostan, Paz-man, LEIGHTON w Kostan AND Paz-man dream-team. Even fantasy has limitations 

Join me this Friday May 9th for our FREE ,Bring in the Weekend, party downtown. It’s in the GM Ren cen, in the Wintergarden, which overlooks the river. I’ll broadcast live from 6pm. You can register for VIP seating for all 8 of our Rockin on the Riverfront concerts and ANDIAMO freebees too. We’ll give away Leighton’s new cd. They’re playing live, with me joining their second set. It’s really a comfortable venue. The grown-up way to rock. Leighton starts at 8pm. By the way 3 of the guys in Leighton were in a band called Artist. Artist won the Miller Rock to Riches contest in the 80’s. It was a national contest. They beat over a thousand bands. And that was without me-Steve Kostan 

The Friday night fun starts Friday April 25th, INSIDE the Gm Ren Cen. I’ll be broadcasting live from Andiamo. Great food,  atmosphere. There’s a FREE concert from 50 AMP FUSE. These guys even do Queen stuff live, with great vocals. Join me starting at 6pm. “50″ hits at 8pm. The “good old days” continue!-Steve

For the rest of this week, I’m giving away tickets for Bon Jovi at the Palace July 7th. AND in honor of Dominic Hasek, I’m giving them up in TWOS! I’ll throw in a pair for Andrew Dice Clay at the Royal Oak…I didn’t realize Dice was still around. It looks like “You got the Bonus Plan! OOOHHH!

Every night the week of April 7-11th I have tickets for Santana at the Palace April 18th AND for the young upstart, Tom Petty, with the legendary Steve Winwood, also at the Palace May 31st.  These are two of the top Classic Rock shows this summer!  Just listen to my show 6-11pm for your chance to win. ALSO, it was so cool to see Ken Calvert be a part of the Piston’s All Time Greats ceremony Tuesday April 8th at the Palace. It was great to see all those heros of mine, from Bing to Badboys to Billups. Great stuff.  Hey, is it just me or…  Is Eli Zaret the only man on the planet that should put his glasses BACK ON??? -Steve