"Oh Well" brought the house down and brought back memories of 1980 at Pine Knob and 2 sold out Rockets shows. The audience clearly enjoyed seeing McCarty and Badanjak on the big DTE stage, where such iconic players belong, and Edwards sings their Mitch Ryder songs ("Rock and Roll") as well as the Rockets' own catalog with ease. I hope Dave's widow, Dee and the kids were on hand to see this show. My new friend, not only did you do Dave and your new band proud, but I'm sure Dave was smiling down on all of us this night. Jim said "I was channeling Dave all night and hope I did him proud". Jim Edwards and I spoke in the VIP and out on the concourse a couple of times after they completed their set. As an old friend of Dave Gilbert's, and a long time original fan of the Rockets, my boy's exceeded all of my expectations. The newly reconstituted Rockets, with singer Jim Edwards joining veterans Jimmy McCarty (guitar) and Johnny Bee Badanjak (drums) from the original outfit, was the perfect opening band, each song a hit, executed perfectly and without an ounce of excess. When we started tailgating at 4:30, the skies were blue, the crowd pumped up, and Geils and Rocket tunes were blaring all around us. The Dogg told all the sun would shine on the Rockets and Geils, and once again the Dogg was spot on. With the Dogg Pound consisting of over 30 friends on this night, I was glued to the weather channel all day. Saturday looked bleak all afternoon overcast and light rain. Last weeks Kid Rock extravaganza's set a nearly impossible standard of concert excellence for J. My expectations were set high for Geils, but low for the Rockets, due to the replacement of frontman Dave Gilbert and the many years removed from major venue performance. This was the 21st Geils show for the Dogg and likely the 20th Rockets show. The Detroit Rock Dogg and his entourage from the burbs of Detroit, are among the biggest fans of J.