Dude is 64 years old.

He did a dual headliner show with Pat Benatar last night in Raleigh. They all did all their hits. So, for me, it was like being 10 again.

Rick Springfield rocked more than you might expect, and he's a surprisingly decent guitar player, which was fun to see. I was sure he only had two songs I'd know but it turns out there were probably a dozen - not counting the covers. He was goofy and hammy and loves being the center of the ladies' attention - so he spent a few songs running around in the crowd with his shirt off.

Pat Benatar, and her partner/husband Neil Geraldo were a touch more serious about things - not a lot of goofing around. Maybe a little too serious... They had a lot of canned backing tracks, and the effects on her voice were a bit heavy: so much that you sometimes couldn't her her at all - though maybe that was the point? What I thought I heard sounded fine, though. Geraldo (who played guitar on the original of Springfield's "Jessie's Girl", btw) is very good, very fast, very busy, and not at all the kind of player who simply plays the chords for more than a couple of beats; the bass player carries the tune. but given the way bass sounds in a bit outdoor concert, sometimes the tune had to be inferred from memory + vocals. But, they were still good. And they tore through all their hits, and a couple of covers, with a lot more energy than I was expecting.

So, a good time - more fun than I thought an oldies show could be.