Elton John? He's not American, certainly not very manly, and far from hard rock. With the Harley folks clad in black, it looked more like a funeral as the stunned crowd stood motionless as John launched into his set of new, soft rock tunes and old favorites. John, along with Tim McGraw, Kid Rock and the Doobie Brothers comprised the lineup of the baffling, yet packed, show at Veterans Park.Ī deafening hush came over the enormous crowd as it realized the big secret was John, hardly a rocking choice for a group that came to party. Unfortunately, was right in predicting that Elton John would headline the secret Harley show Sunday night. And I remember jogging back to our East Side office at midnight to quickly write the best concert review I’ve ever written. I remember the fireworks show after, because my still healing eyes were burning from the smoke. I remember watching a drunken Dan Aykroyd rambling on forever, and I remember some really good opening acts before Elton immediately killed the buzz. I remember being at Veterans Park all day. (Our Managing Editor Bobby Tanzilo, in fact, won a Milwaukee Press Club award for accurately predicting the headliner.) I got LASIK surgery that week, and spent the time recovering at my then-girlfriend-now-wife’s house.īut most of all, I remember "the show." The one that we all speculated might be the Rolling Stones or U-2 or Bruce Springsteen, but as the pieces came together, we here knew would be Elton John. I rented out my house to some bankers from Boston for $2,000. I have a bunch of memories from that bash. There will never be a party like the Harley 100th anniversary in 2003. This article originally ran in August 2013.
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