LAKE COUNTY — Air drums and guitars filled the Joe Mazzola Indoor Showroom on Friday night at Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa. Though many fans recall Night Ranger as an ”80s phenomenon, two women remain faithful to the band for more than a quarter of a century.
Patricia Gilman, research psychiatrist, and Linda Huskey, general manager of an audio visual company, both came in from Seattle to see Night Ranger.
They say Night Ranger is their favorite band and has been since they heard the band as teens, when they attended Helix High School in La Mesa.
The two women sing-along, word-for-word, to every song and sway, as though the culminations of shows and times in their lives are playing like a movie in their minds. They have seen Night Ranger more than 100 times and traveled as far as Florida.
Gilman and Huskey represented a majority of the demographic. Most of the fans were introduced to the band in the early ”80s when “Sister Christian,” hit it big as an anthem for graduations. The band encouraged the crowd to sing the hit and the crowd obliged anxiously.
Aside from the trademark hits, like “Don”t Tell Me You Love Me,” Night Ranger also played an acoustic version of the Damn Yankees song, “Take me Higher,” that was beautifully eerie.
On a sentimental note, Night Ranger played the song “Goodbye,” dedicated to Amy, saying “We know you”re out there sweets.”
The show ended with the early hit “You Can Still Rock in America.”
For more information on the band visit www.nightranger.com.
