Post Concert DepressionThat feeling you get after an insanely good concertTrain @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater

Train rocked their show at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater on August 28, 2024 in Greenwood Village, CO. Opening up the night was REO Speedwagon. They really got the crowd geared up for an amazing night of music.

REO Speedwagon

Three bands were the undisputed arena rock kings of the early ’80s: Styx, Journey, and REO Speedwagon. However, none of them achieved overnight success. In fact, each group initially explored different musical styles—prog rock, fusion, and hard rock, respectively—before gradually evolving into chart-topping mainstream rockers.

REO Speedwagon formed in 1968 by University of Illinois students Neal Doughty (keyboardist) and Alan Gratzer (drummer). After graduation, they signed with then-unknown manager Irving Azoff, who would later guide the careers of multi-platinum acts like the Eagles and Steely Dan. Thanks to relentless touring, the band built a strong following in the Midwest. By the early ’70s, Doughty and Gratzer had added guitarist Gary Richrath, who became the band’s driving force and one of rock’s most underrated players, along with bassist Gregg Philbin and singer Terry Luttrell. This lineup was featured on their 1971 self-titled debut album for Epic Records.

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Train

Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco that formed in 1993. Since 2024, the band consists of Pat Monahan, Taylor Locke, Hector Maldonado, Jerry Becker, and Matt Musty.

With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, and Charlie Colin. The band achieved mainstream success with their debut album Train. The album released in 1998 with the hit “Meet Virginia”. Train’s 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter, contained the lead single “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)”. The single won two Grammy Awards in 2002, and the album was certified double platinum. Train’s third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit “Calling All Angels”. Following the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the band released their fourth album, For Me, It’s You in 2006, with Brandon Bush (keyboards) and Johnny Colt (bass). Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the album was commercially unsuccessful. Because of this, Train went on a three-year hiatus from recording any new music.

In late 2009, Train released the album Save Me, San Francisco, from which the album’s three singles—the RIAA 6× platinum-certified international hit “Hey, Soul Sister”, “If It’s Love” and “Marry Me”—reached numbers 3, 34, and 34, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified gold by both the RIAA and ARIA. In April 2012, Train released California 37. The first single from the album, entitled “Drive By”, reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a Top 10 hit in the UK. This album followed by Bulletproof Picasso (2014), Christmas in Tahoe (2015), Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016), and A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat (2017). Their album AM Gold was released on May 20, 2022.

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