Monday, June 10, 2013

Bonzo Bash- Bergen PAC, NJ 6/1/13 (Part 1)


The John Bonham/Led Zeppelin tribute (Bonzo Bash) finished it's 3 show east coast run (NY&NJ) at the Bergen PAC in NJ. Brian Tichy led 30+ musicians to one incredible concert experience.

With such a large cast of different musicians I did not know what to expect performance wise but it was one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. Usually drummers do not have the spotlight but that was not the case for the Bonzo Bash. They all had the spotlight and New Jerseys own Brian Tichy was the mastermind of this event and did he pull it off. Each guest drummer played their favorite Led Zeppelin song along side the house band, the "Moby Dicks". Carmine Appice and Eddie Trunk hosted the show and introduced all the drummers.

Part 2 with additional photos:
http://rockoutwithmyshotout.blogspot.com/2013/06/bonzo-bash-bergen-pac-nj-6113-part-2.html

Shooting info: I've shot here before and there is no photo pit and the lighting is OK at best. The entire night the drummers had decent lighting but for the most part the rest of the performers were almost in complete darkness. Once in a while you would get a couple seconds of light on the rest of the band but I'm not sure why they had it this way. I shot at 3200 ISO and hoped for the best.
Camera gear: Canon T2i, Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 & Tamron 70-200mm F2.8





























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Set list- Coming soon.

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