{"id":92850,"date":"2019-06-08T18:29:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T22:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=92850"},"modified":"2019-06-08T18:44:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T22:44:21","slug":"now-is-the-time-for-gin-blossoms-and-collective-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=92850","title":{"rendered":"NOW IS THE TIME FOR GIN BLOSSOMS AND COLLECTIVE SOUL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f2c7cc3fba6\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"3\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div 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class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday night fans of the Gin Blossoms and Collective Soul filled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandseventcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sands Bethlehem Event Center<\/a> as they helped celebrate the \u201cNow\u2019s The Time Tour\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s somewhat surreal to think how far this version of alternative\/grunge age is behind us, yet both of these bands\u2019 music held strong against the test of time, and still receive solid airplay on their best-loved hits.<\/p>\n<p>Gin Blossoms opened the show, as they kicked off with \u201cLost Horizons\u201d, a song that hasn\u2019t held the opening spot that often.\u00a0 For some of the hardcore fans, the song holds bittersweet memories of the co-founder, Doug Hopkins, who penned this song along with several of the Gin Blossoms hits.\u00a0 Hopkins suffered from depression and alcoholism and was removed from the band on the cusp of the Gin Blossoms\u2019 rise to stardom.<\/p>\n<p>Lead singer Robin Wilson was determined the full house had a good time.\u00a0 The set contained all of the Gin Blossom hits, \u201cUntil I Fall Away\u201d, \u201cFollow You Down\u201d, and \u201cAllison Road\u201d. They performed a tribute to Tom Petty with \u201cEven The Losers\u201d, and Wilson\u2019s vocal style was a perfect match. The set closed with \u201cHey Jealousy\u201d, the crowd rose to their feet and sang along.<\/p>\n<p>After a brief intermission, Collective Soul took the stage.\u00a0 Besides celebrating their 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, the band is also supporting their tenth album release, \u201cBlood\u201d (available June 21<sup>st<\/sup>), and performed several new songs, that included the opener, \u201c Observation of Thought\u201d, with Ed Roland donned in a gold glitter jacket on the far side of the stage on piano. The classic hits followed with \u201cHeavy\u201d and \u201cShine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarists Dean Rowland and Jesse Triplett playfully covered the stage in \u201cBetter Now\u201d, and the crowd rose to their feet as more favorites like \u201cDecember\u201d, \u201cAYTA (Are You The Answer)\u201d and \u201cThe World I Know\u201d played on.\u00a0 The first single of their new release, \u201cRight As Rain\u201d with a pop vibe felt completely fresh and welcomed.\u00a0 The set closed with a R.E.M. cover of \u201cThe One I Love\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Collective Soul returned for a three-song encore, \u201cGel\u201d, \u201cWhere The River Flows\u201d, and \u201cRun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cNow\u2019s The Time tour\u201d continues throughout the summer, and Collective Soul will continue on the road probably until the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to discover all the concert offerings this summer in the Lehigh Valley!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2290,69,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diane-fleischman","category-in-the-valley","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/coollective-soul.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}