Train Keeps-A-Rollin’ at Ravinia Festival

Let the train keep on rolling as they say…another beautiful night at Ravinia Festival tonight, as a sold-out crowd scatters into the pavilion to experience Train! As I mentioned, it was a packed house, and we were all waiting for Pat Monahan’s unpredictable voice to soar.

As the band entered the stage, they went right into their song “Parachute,” which was a song I didn’t know, but it was really upbeat and the audience seemed to love it. Next they went into one of their hits “Calling All Angels.” The crowd was getting into it even more. As the night progressed, the audience was on their feet for most of the show and Monahan was just soaking it all in.

Throughout the night, Monahan was very interactive with the audience by taking “selfie” pictures on people’s phones in the front row. At one point he was even throwing out free T-shirts to the audience. He even took off his own shirt, had the entire band sign it, then threw it into the crowd.

Some of the crowd favorites that night included a lot of their well-known hits including “Save Me, San Francisco,” “Meet Virginia,” “When I Look to the Sky,” “Hey, Soul Sister” and “Drops of Jupiter.” They even performed 2 kick-ass covers, Led Zeppelin’s “What Is and What Should Never Be” and the very last encore of the night, Aerosmith’s “Dream On.” The covers were honestly my favorites of the night not only because they nailed them but Monahan’s voice was just superb!

Train really knows how to put on a show for its fans and it showed on night 1 of their 2-day residency at Ravinia Festival. I only hope night 2 was just as good as night 1. I would highly recommend seeing Train live if they come to a city near you. Ravinia was a perfect venue for them as usual. The only thing I was kind of hesitant with was the new material from Train. One thing that aggrivates me about bands always coming out with new material, is they tend to switch styles. I only wish Train could have stuck to the same style they originally came out with. But that’s only my opinion.

Overall, definitely worth it, and I would see them again anytime.