- Chris Daughtery
- Sheryl Crow
- Maroon 5
All three in the same day, all for free and all from 100 ft away.
It helps if you are working for the 'second best company to work for in the country'. It also helps if your classmate is working for the 'second best company to work for in the country'. Genentech was having a week of giving it back, the culmination of which was a concert at the AT &T Park in downtown San Francisco.
Yes, where the Giants play. Yes, I walked on the green, stood next to the diamond and carefully looked for spit balls from Barry Bonds. I also imagined hitting a home run into the stands, and was generally beaming on the rest of the Genentech crowd.
The musicians were a big secret, but since last year BEP showed up, we thought it would be pop or hip-hop. Daughtery showed up first. Ah, it's rock for today. Good. (One can be a snob when one has free tickets). This is my first ever of Daughtery since I was never an American Idol fan. The band was good but he was OK, he really was ..just OK (one can be a snob etc..). His vocals were bad, sounded very generic that what you would expect coming at the end of a rock lead up. Until he did a cover for Rebel Yell. Maybe he was toning down the rock.
And then Sheryl (yes, 100 ft away is enough for first name basis) shows up. She's really tiny but effortless in her vocal range. Her songs were most of the popular hits from her 7 Grammy career, but with variations and improvisations. Plus she had a mean guitarist who took it away every single time he was asked to do so.
Maroon 5 was just ..awesome. Adam Levine showed what a true band leader would do in a live concert (Hope Daughtery was taking notes - BOOM! Ok last one). And Dusick was easily the best drummer I've seen, which I admit isn't much. Sunday Morning was stretched out to a whole 12 minutes. Levine Has Skills.
And of course, there was free beer and food too.
A good weekend, one where you know someone up there is sitting where they should be sitting.
- Sheryl Crow
- Maroon 5
All three in the same day, all for free and all from 100 ft away.
It helps if you are working for the 'second best company to work for in the country'. It also helps if your classmate is working for the 'second best company to work for in the country'. Genentech was having a week of giving it back, the culmination of which was a concert at the AT &T Park in downtown San Francisco.
Yes, where the Giants play. Yes, I walked on the green, stood next to the diamond and carefully looked for spit balls from Barry Bonds. I also imagined hitting a home run into the stands, and was generally beaming on the rest of the Genentech crowd.
The musicians were a big secret, but since last year BEP showed up, we thought it would be pop or hip-hop. Daughtery showed up first. Ah, it's rock for today. Good. (One can be a snob when one has free tickets). This is my first ever of Daughtery since I was never an American Idol fan. The band was good but he was OK, he really was ..just OK (one can be a snob etc..). His vocals were bad, sounded very generic that what you would expect coming at the end of a rock lead up. Until he did a cover for Rebel Yell. Maybe he was toning down the rock.
And then Sheryl (yes, 100 ft away is enough for first name basis) shows up. She's really tiny but effortless in her vocal range. Her songs were most of the popular hits from her 7 Grammy career, but with variations and improvisations. Plus she had a mean guitarist who took it away every single time he was asked to do so.
Maroon 5 was just ..awesome. Adam Levine showed what a true band leader would do in a live concert (Hope Daughtery was taking notes - BOOM! Ok last one). And Dusick was easily the best drummer I've seen, which I admit isn't much. Sunday Morning was stretched out to a whole 12 minutes. Levine Has Skills.
And of course, there was free beer and food too.
A good weekend, one where you know someone up there is sitting where they should be sitting.
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