Vegas Posh

Three Dog Night showed why they were considered one of the premier groups of the late 60’s and early 70’s when they played at the Star of the Dessert Arena inside the Buffalo Bill’s Casino and Resort. The voices of this melodic group were still as clear and strong as they were forty years ago.

While there are many of the older musical groups still touring and performing, Three Dog Night can boast that it still has the majority of its founding members: Danny Hutton and Cory Wells on vocals, Michael Allsup on guitar, and Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards. The familiarity of playing together for so many years shines through when they are on stage as the music flows with the greatest of ease.

While Wells and Hutton share anecdotes and stories of the group and their years together, when they begin playing their music, it is like listening to a greatest hit album being played live. They play an anthology of hits from their twenty-one top 40 hits and three number one Billboard chart toppers: “One”, “Mama Told Me not to Come”, and “Black and White”. There could not be a Three Dog Night concert without them playing the song they are most recognized for recording, “Joy to the World”. Everyone left the arena humming along to their favorite Three Dog Night “Old-Fashioned Love Song”.

Big & Rich, who are known for what is quite possibly the most high-energy concert in country music, hit the stage of the Star of the Desert Arena at Buffalo Bill’s Casino and Resort in Primm, Nevada. Big & Rich brought their Hillbilly Jedi tour to the multitudes of awaiting fans and entertained them from the opening note until the last note was played in “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”.

The popular duo had been on hiatus from 2008 until the end of 2011, but they returned where they had left off with gusto. Their new single from the Hillbilly Jedi album, That’s Why I Pray, was well-received by the audience. A touching moment during their show was when they brought a Vietnam veteran on stage to “share a shot of Crown” when they sang “8^th of November”.

Big & Rich played all the hits they are known for: “Coming to Your City”, “Holy Water”, their number one hit, “Lost in this Moment”, and the AC/DC classic, “You Shook Me All Night Long”. Cowboy Troy joined them on stage to sing his popular song, written by Big & Rich, “I Play Chicken with the Train”. He added some humor with the group when they played off his “Cowboy Rap” persona by doing various rap versions of popular songs.

What would a Big & Rich concert be without them playing the song that put them on the map, “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”?Their most popular song was played to close the show and to send every fan in the arena away with a smile on their face and a song in their heart.