There’s a craze going around Facebook lately that has people posting a list of nine bands they’ve seen live, with one fib added for good measure. The poster’s friends are supposed to ferret out the ruse.
As Facebook time-killers go, I’ve seen worse.
Here are a couple examples:
Here’s my list – in no particular order – but, as a twist in honor of Summerfest’s 50th anniversary, I’m doing 10 concerts I’ve seen at Summerfest.
I caution you that I’ve been writing about music for the media since 1986, so I’ve not only seen bands by choice, I’ve seen them on assignment, too, making it maybe a little more difficult to guess which one is not like the others based on my tastes (if you happen to know those).
- Elvis Costello, 2009
- Kool & the Gang, 1983
- The Temptations, 1987
- Roger Daltrey, 2010
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1983
- Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, 1999
- Milli Vanilli, 1989
- Paul McCartney, 2016
- Fleetwood Mac, 1995
- Eric Clapton, 1983
Be the first to correctly guess which is the lie in a comment on the OnMilwaukee Facebook posting of this story and you’ll win a pair of tickets to Summerfest 50!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
