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| Date | Title |
| Feb 26, 2004 | Lowell |
| Feb 27, 2004 | Emotional Night |
| Mar 18, 2004 | Hello Atlanta |
| Mar 18, 2004 | Z93 and Styx Rock Atlanta Hard Rock Cafe |
| Mar 22, 2004 | Did You Know? |
| Mar 27, 2004 | Life Is A Beach |
| Apr 01, 2004 | Does This Look Like A Man Who's Ready To Go Back On The Road? |
| Apr 09, 2004 | No, Your Honor, I Said I Was Going To TAMPER With Her |
| Apr 10, 2004 | Thank You Tampa/St. Pete |
| Apr 15, 2004 | Let's Get This Engine Started |
| Apr 26, 2004 | Styx 1st To Record At Chess Studios 2120 S. Michigan In 15 Years |
| Apr 27, 2004 | We're Here! This Is The View From My Room |
| Apr 29, 2004 | Johnnie Johnson Speaks at 2120 News Conference |
| Apr 29, 2004 | Chicago Tribune |
| Apr 30, 2004 | Hey Memphis! |
| May 03, 2004 | Getting Close |
| May 06, 2004 | Thank You Cleveland, Hello Indianapolis! |
| May 07, 2004 | Styx Follows VH1 Outing With Headlining Tour |
| May 08, 2004 | Giving New Meaning To The Term "Front Men" |
| May 11, 2004 | VH1 Music First |
| May 15, 2004 | Texas Views |
| May 16, 2004 | Houston Ruled |
| May 18, 2004 | Albuquerque, We're Here, We're Caffeinated, and Ready To Rock! |
| May 19, 2004 | Thank You Alarqueque |
| May 19, 2004 | Luke AFB, Thanks For The Hospitality |
| May 20, 2004 | VH1 Music First |
| May 25, 2004 | Greetings From Colorado |
| May 28, 2004 | JY: Styx On Tour |
| May 28, 2004 | Hello, Salt Lake City |
| May 29, 2004 | 2120 Signals New Era For STYX |
| May 29, 2004 | Thank You Idaho Falls, Idaho and Hello George Washington |
| Jun 05, 2004 | LA Times On Eric Clapton's Monumental Weekend |
| Jun 08, 2004 | Ronald Reagan |
| Jun 19, 2004 | Jay Mouton Reviews Chatanooga Show |
| Jun 20, 2004 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jun 23, 2004 | Hello, NYC! |
| Jun 23, 2004 | Todd Rips It Up In NYC |
| Jun 25, 2004 | VH1 Music First |
| Jul 04, 2004 | Hello, Ohio |
| Jul 07, 2004 | What A Difference A Couple of Days Make |
| Jul 07, 2004 | New Member Of The Family |
| Jul 09, 2004 | Aidin Vaziri insults Styx and Styx Fans |
| Jul 10, 2004 | Hot Springs, Arkansas, you Were Awesome |
| Jul 11, 2004 | Making Up Was Easy To Do |
| Jul 12, 2004 | Spokane |
| Jul 15, 2004 | So Long Spokane |
| Jul 21, 2004 | We'll Be Right Back |
| Jul 22, 2004 | Does This Look Like A Man Who's On Vacation |
| Aug 03, 2004 | Styx at the Vic |
| Aug 07, 2004 | Hello Colorado |
| Aug 07, 2004 | Ole' Ole' Ole' Oh Lay Thah!!! |
| Aug 08, 2004 | Rockin' At The Buffalo Chip |
| Aug 14, 2004 | The Dells Sure Rang Our Bells |
| Aug 15, 2004 | Nick Rogers reviews Styx in Springfield, IL |
| Aug 20, 2004 | Hello Boise |
| Aug 22, 2004 | Greetings From The Road |
| Aug 24, 2004 | Suiting Up For The Show |
| Aug 24, 2004 | Alaska, YOU Are Awesome!!! |
| Aug 26, 2004 | We Love Alaska |
| Sep 10, 2004 | We Are Here, Are You? |
| Sep 11. 2004 | We Are Still Here, Encore! |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Hello Montana |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Montana Rocked! |
| Sep 17, 2004 | Hello, Washington State |
| Sep 17, 2004 | Puyallup, WA, Rocked In The Rain |
| Sep 18, 2004 | Massula ROCKED Hard! |
| Sep 24, 2004 | Albuquerque Was A Smokin' Gig |
| Sep 25, 2004 | Unleashed In Henderson... |
| Sep 28, 2004 | Back On Our Heads |
| Sep 28, 2004 | SMILE/Thank You Alpine and Vejas! |
| Sep 30, 2004 | Saratoga Ruled! |
| Oct 01, 2004 | When In Ventura, Do What The Venturas Do! |
| Oct 06, 2004 | Today In The Life |
| Oct 08, 2004 | Hello From Konocti Harbor |
| Oct 15, 2004 | Styx Is In Rama, Mama! |
| Oct 16, 2004 | Gowan in Gowanville |
| Oct 23, 2004 | Hola De Puerto Rico |
| Oct 25, 2004 | Loose Lips, Synch Ships |
| Oct 26, 2004 | New Orleans In October... |
| Oct 28, 2004 | New Orleans, Updated |
| Nov 18, 2004 | Inmates Running The Assylum at 135 Stations |
| Nov 21, 2004 | If It Weren't for Flashbacks, We'd Have No Memory At All... |
| Nov 22, 2004 | Styx To Play Christmas Party |
| Nov 27, 2004 | Styx Rocked The Boat |
| Dec 04, 2004 | All Star Jams |
| Dec 06, 2004 | Styx To Play Christmas Party |
| Dec 07, 2004 | Q104 Christmas Bash Was A Smash |
| Dec 09, 2004 | Back In The Studio |
Hot Springs, Arkansas,
You Were AWESOME!
MAGIC SPRINGS TIMBERWOOD AMPHITHEATRE
HOT SPRINGS, AR
JULY 10, 2004
Hello Friends,
We're back in Oklahoma City where the skies are clear, unlike the original date of our show here, where thunderstorms forced us to reschedule. It will be an opportunity to have one more show with Peter Frampton and his band so we're not complaining.
Last night we played for 15,000 enthusiastic STYX fans under the clear Arkansas skies in Hot Springs at an amazing new (one-year-old) Amphitheater set within the lush forest there. It was a little cooler after the sun set, but really, a typical Southern night in July and the humidity made for unbelievable singing conditions. That's the only thing we cannot control from our end and we always do the best we can to sing at the best of our abilities, but when you add the atmospheric conditions like what we had last night, it's like your best day as a singer, all night long. So considering how much we sing, you can imagine how much fun we had last night. Arkansas fans have been STYX supporters longer than almost any others, being among the first to send "Lady" up the charts many moons ago. One of my greatest memories form when I joined the band in 1975 was arriving in Little Rock at Barton Coliseum and seeing for myself the fans I'd heard so much about from the guys in the band. We'd soon see this type of turnout everywhere but Arkansas fans were there from the very start and nothing's changed. Except for now it's obviously second generation STYX fans who heard our music from their parents who are filling a great percentage of the seats.
It was a blast and more than ever we hated to see it come to an end. Hot Springs is on our list of "MUST PLAY AGAIN" locations. We'll be back!
During the afternoon Lawrence, Todd and I ended up working on a piece of music Todd had come to my room with the day before. He had a little scrap of paper with a musical passage written. I never learned to read music, but with Todd's help I was able to turn the chart into a music file and soon he built a drum track. He then explained how the guitar part should go and we had it. So yesterday Lawrence came by to build a keyboard part. because of the tricky time signatures, Todd came by to help us all get it right. Soon it was time to pack up and drive to the gig (the hotel was sold out and we couldn't get a late check out) and since we had a few extra hours, I set my rig up on the bus and we kept on carving away, writing lyrics and adding a vocal section to it.
Like they say about the weather in Michigan, "If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes and it will change," the idea of never writing on the road seems to have changed for us, although it was years not minutes, but we're thrilled. Perhaps it's that technology has made it less of a dreaded ordeal to have access to an easy friendly way of getting it done while on the run, or some other chemical equation, but whatever it is, it's put us ahead of our schedule and given us a sweet jump start on writing a new STYX album.
Back in Los Angeles, the report on Barney the Senegal Parrot is that he's a natural in our house, getting along with the dogs, getting into a routine and it looks like he's gonna do just fine there. Yesterday before Lawrence showed up, I got to see him via the wonders of iChat. I bought Jeanne an iSight camera a few weeks ago and whenever we have a high speed connection we can have a video chat. It's really the next best thing to being in one place together. A real "video phone" and I suggest it for anyone who is separated by the miles like we are so much of the time. I got to see Barney for the first time and the photo you see on the web site is from that chat yesterday. Lawrence got to show Jeanne his red-streaked hair he returned with after the last break. I got to see how Barney and Clyde (our 2 year old Yellow Lab) interact and saw him hanging out on top of his new bird cage. I tell ya, it was almost like transporting myself home for a few minutes. Thank you APPLE!!!
Okay, it's been nice to have the chance to digress. Now, it's off to the land of e-mail.
See you tonight!
TS