Review by A.E. Kieren
You may have noticed a certain scent in the air of downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday night.
It was the smell of reckless optimism and dreadlocks generated by the large confluence of
hippies that had descended upon the Intersection to take in Blues Traveler.
The hippies were out in force for what was a very well-attended show, with a very generous two hour set from the band. Blues Traveler played all its obvious hits as well as some unexpected covers, such as a harmonica-laced version of Sublime’s "Santeria."
Lead singer John Popper spent the show making sweet love to the mike stand. One might not expect the famously overweight (but nowadays reasonably average-sized) John Popper to be the sort of singer to make a sensual, pelvic-thrusting display out of his performances, but you would be wrong. The crowd, which skewed heavily towards late middle-age, were definitely experiencing a deeply aphrodisiac effect from the music. Blues Traveler is fond of their jams and their lengthy instrumental solos, all of which seemed to set middle-aged loins afire. The floor was awash with middle-aged hippies going to town on each other like teenagers. There you have it, Grand Rapids. Blues Traveler is in fact an unexpected facilitator of romance for a slightly older crowd that needs love too.
And, also, there was so much hot tail there I could barely walk straight.
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