Seether Geezer

  Seether, Idaho 2021 T ouring strikes me as being told where to go every day for months by a sadistic travel agent.  In the continuing saga of seeing Seether on tour, we start our second Summer of Seether waiting for concert dates posted on their website.  The very first one I saw was for the Welcome to Rockville 2022 in Daytona Beach Florida.  I approached my husband, who is my plus one on these trips, to discuss the merits of this choice.  For us, these are our vacations for the year, so although seeing Seether is the focus (for me at least), the location is also a consideration.  I described the event, more like Aftershock than a single concert.  It's a four day festival with pretty much all the hard rock/metal bands I've ever heard of.  A four-day general audience pass is $1,039.00 each person.  It's Florida in May.  Airplane tickets plus accommodations.  I said, "I'm not sure about Florida."  My husband just said, "Well, ...

  Just before the next band came on, the couple on the other side of our small table arrived.  They had driven about 60 miles to see Shinedown.  We chatted for a little bit and they, like us, have three children, but their youngest is about 10 years younger than ours.  They are Shinedown fans and this is the sixth or seventh time seeing them.  I showed off my Seether Vicennial hoody and the lady was enthusiastic about Seether as well.  I began to think I should have become familiar with Shinedown.  They have the energy and camaraderie of Ayron Jones and The Way, but are much more polished and the staging elaborate in comparison.  The drum set is certainly more complex.  Sort of comparing the Starship Enterprise to a shuttlecraft.  The shuttlecraft works wonderfully but isn't as fancy. (No offense meant Mr. Jimmi!)  But they have been playing together since 2001 and the 2022 version Ayron Jones and The Way had been together only sinc...