Well, everyone has heard about my writing debut with my review of the concert so here it is!

The Shames From the Teenager's Point of View
By Alyssa Barnes
(AKA Lil' Shameless)

Most girls my age, which by the way is fifteen, are all nuts for groups like the Backstreet Boys, 98 degrees, Blink 182, and of course *N Sync. I, however, am into the sixties groups. Now, of course I like the 90's groups also, but unlike the Shames, I have never meet them. So, when I tell all my friends that I am going to a concert, they don't even ask anymore who it is because they know it's going to be The Cryan' Shames.
After all the concerts I tend to get on line and write down what I thought of the concert in the message board, however, by this time I have become very well known and get to write outside of the board. Tonight was my lucky break, Pat pulled me off to the side and told me I could write a review so everyone could see what a teenage girl thinks of them in concert. So that is what I'm going to do!.
The concerts in Valpo tonight were possibly the best concerts they have done all season! They seemed to be having so much fun during both sets. Despite the fact that more than a few times Mother Nature tried to rain on us. Now, at all the concerts I'm always zipping all over the place taking pictures so the guys like to ham it up for me. The stage that they were at tonight was a good one because I could get good pictures of Rocky behind the drums and of Paul behind the keyboards. The sound was terrific! You could hear everyone quite well. During the first show at noon, all the people around the stage were pumped and ready to sing along. They were dancing to the music and having a fantastic time! And of course, tonight was no exception for my pictures. While running from side to side of the stage getting pictures, the Shames got even more energetic!.
The last show at three was perhaps the best. After taking an hour break to let another group sing and so they could possibly get something to eat, they came back out better than ever and even more, hyper shall we say? During the first show they had to leave a few songs out so that they would be done in time for the other band that came on after them, so the songs they left out were the ones they started off with. At one point in the concert, Jimmy came to the edge of the stage with a box of popcorn and poured it over Larry's head while saying, "At Popcorn Feast!" Afterwards he tossed the box of popcorn into the crowd. Of course, Ron's version of "Up On the Roof" was great as it always, but, it wouldn't have been complete without a little water fight between myself and Jimmy. Jimmy'll think twice before soaking me with water I can tell you that.
In other words, what this whole article is supposed to be about what a teenage girl thinks of a 60's rock and roll group. Well, I think that they are some of the greatest performers out there and are the nicest group of guys I know. They always put on a great show and I know that all of the fellow "Shames Chasers" will be waiting and going through a long cold winter without seeing them. For alas, This was the last concerts of the summer season. However, I'm sure that they will be playing at RORY's in Addison, IL. (don't quote me on that yet because we still aren't sure about it). I grew up listening to this music because of my Mom, if you want to know what a teenage girl that has never seen them before thinks of them, give me a little while and I'll have my best friends over to watch the tapes we have and I'll let you all know.
With such dedicated fans as Shameless and everyone else, how could their concert not be great!? As part of Shameless, Diane, Sue, my Mom and I try to make it as fun for the guys as it is for us. For instance, while Jimmy is singing his Steely Dan song, we hold up our feet and sing along with 'Where did you get those shoes' just to see if we can get him to laugh. It never seems to work, however. Until next time.

Alyssa Barnes
Lil' Shameless

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Photo for Animated graphic by Jules Follett

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