I put out the same idea on the boards at Ted's site. The same answer from
someone there -- too busy.
Also, you forgot Shaw/Blades in that mix. I like 'Hallucination' better
than all but two Styx albums.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM, jonathan j. putney <fabtrick@...>wrote:

> Clearly, what needs to be done is the tour that anyone with a brain
> has already thought about:
>
> Styx / Damn Yankees / Night Ranger / Ted Nugent
>
> This would be a night or classic rock riches.
>
> None of these bands have anything preventing it, except for the wild
> card antics of Nugent. Supposedly Damn Yankees were going to reform
> in the last 5 years or so, but Nuge has been "busy". Doing what?
> Hunting? Come on Nuge. Stop being a nut job. A tour of this
> configuration would be quite the attention getter. Imagine the wealth
> of singers joining together to sing songs from all 4 bands catalog!
>
> Short of the above, the only other thing that would bring Styx some
> greater stature, is for the fences to be mended, and Dennis DeYoung
> rejoins the band for a tour.
>
> Styx always kicks ass in concert - but they've overplayed their cards
> by touring WAY too much. I know it's their main source of income, but
> they haven't given their audience a chance to miss them.
>
> If they're going to continue touring, they've got to change the
> setlist to include some different songs - don't shortchange on "Man In
> The Wilderness" - do the whole song!
>
> jj
>
>
>



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