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Badlands - Riverfest, Stroh's Light Party Stage, Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A July 30, 1989 (FM)

Badlands
Riverfest
Stroh's Light Party Stage
Harriet Island Regional Park
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A
July 30, 1989

FM Broadcast Recording
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No Cover Art

01 FM DJ Introduction 0:19
02 Hard Driver 5:44
03 Ball & Chain 3:54
04 Winter's Call 6:34
05 Dancing On The Edge 4:17
06 Rumblin' Train 7:50
07 Devil's Stomp 7:07
08 Jade's Song/Dreams In The Dark 6:19
09 Streets Of Freedom/Guitar Solo 12:41
10 Highwire 7:27

Total Playing Time: 1hr 2mn 12sc

Ray Gillan (R.I.P.) (Black Sabbath) lead vocals
Jake E. Lee (Ratt, Ozzy Osbourne) guitar
Greg Chaisson (Surgical Steel) bass
Eric Singer (Black Sabbath, Kiss) drums, percussion

The sound on the first song "Hard Driver" is a little sloppy as the radio and the stage sound man try to quickly adjust the faders, it does improve. This would have been the day to be at this annual festival. The main stage headliner was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Also on the bill was The Stray Cats, Dave Mason, and Molly Hatchet touring for their last album to feature vocalist Danny Joe Brown. I personally never attended a Badlands concert. I actually attended a few shows they were the opening act for but missed them each time. That is why I love having the shows that I do. It's odd, my least favorite era of Ozzy Osbourne is with Jake on guitar. I saw Ozzy twice with Jake. The Bark At The Moon tour with Motley Crue & Ratt. Then The Ultimate Sin tour with Metallica. On Bark At The Moon the keyboards were just too dominating in the mix, and Ultimate Sin was too Hair Metal sounding. I love Jake's playing with Badlands, he's perfect for this Bluesy Hard Rock sound.

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