I was too tired by the time the Stones got on stage to thoroughly enjoy and/or appreciate what was going on.  After standing for 10 or 11 hours with no food, I was fuckin cooked.  After AC/DC left the stage my thirst for entertainment was definitely quenched.  There was nothing that would top that act anyway.

We got there at about noon, made our way to the front of the stage and parked just in time to watch the Blues Brothers, or some variation of such.  None of the original band members were there except Dan Akroyd, so they shouldn't have even called it the Blues Brothers.  I'm sorry but the Blues Brothers were buried on March 5, 1982 along with John Belushi.  Not even John Goodman could revive that once in a lifetime chemistry.  After the Blues Brothers there were a bunch of acts that I didn't give a fuck about:  The Allman Brothers or Neville Brothers or whoever the fuck..., The Flaming Assholes.. er Lips, Some chick, Sass Jordan, still looking and sounding sexy as ever, Sam Roberts got the crowd going a bit, as did Blue Rodeo.  Then the heavy hitters started coming out.  The Guess Who really kicked some ass.  The original lineup was there in full force and of course, it was the B.T.O. tunes that got the biggest appreciation reciprocated.  Takin' Care of Business really brought the crowd to it's feet and got EVERYONE into it and singing.  There was a fly over by an F-18 or whatever fighter jet.  We're not used to that in Canada.  He got a bigger cheer than half the bands that were there that day.  They probably did it just to show we were in good hands.  No terrorists were gonna fuck OUR party that day!!!

My timeline is probably all fucked up, as was I.  Rush came out and played a quick kick ass set.  Justin Timberlake got pelted with water bottles.  He wouldn't have if he'd just BE who he is.  I mean he's a WHITE KID from Memphis Tennessee, not a HOMEY BROTHA from Detroit.  Act accordingly for fuck sake... or be pelted with bottles.  The only white guys I know of that have a license to be black are Eminem and Kid Rock.  Otherwise, shut the fuck up.  Next.  Still, I did feel sorry for the little fuck.  Nobody should go to a benefit concert, play for free, and have bottles thrown at them!  He WAS a trooper, I gotta hand him that.

Now this whole time I'm shooting with this new lens I had.. actually a 2X extension which makes my 200mm into a 400mm.  It was like looking through a telescope!  I thought I would have had some amazing shots BUT they all came out looking like shit.  For some reason, everything I shot on auto exposure did NOT work out so all the above mentioned bands did NOT get documented.  It wasn't til it started getting dark that I took off the 2X and started shooting AC/DC and the Stones with the 200mm straight up that I started getting ok pics.  Angus and Malcolm joined the Stones for a tune and jammed with them.  That was really cool.  No pics of that though.. the crowd went fuckin nuts at that point and I couldn't see past the heads and hands.

I hope AC/DC tours again soon.  I wanna see them one last time for a FULL SET.