{"id":5503,"date":"2012-07-18T12:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T19:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2015-07-25T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T21:08:43","slug":"foreigner-jackson-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/2012\/07\/foreigner-jackson-county-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreigner @ Jackson County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7251foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7251foreigner-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"foreigner jackson county fair 2012\" title=\"foreigner plays between storms in central point medford oregon \" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7251foreigner-800x528.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7251foreigner-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7251foreigner.jpg 1634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night I headed up I-5 for about 20 miles to check out Foreigner at the Jackson County Fair (Lithia Motors Amphitheater). I thought Foreigner was decent when I was about 10 or 12 years old in the late 70s, but they were too bland and boring for me soon thereafter. However, we don&#8217;t get many acts to choose from in Southern Oregon so I went to last night&#8217;s show and enjoyed myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7313foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7313foreigner-463x800.jpg\" alt=\"foreigner singer vocals Kelly Hansen\" title=\"Kelly Hansen foreigner\" width=\"463\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7313foreigner-463x800.jpg 463w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7313foreigner-144x250.jpg 144w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7313foreigner.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>None of the Foreigner members from the 1970s, or even the 1980s, were there last night. This is almost more of a Foreigner cover band at this point, but they sounded good and probably showed more energy and enthusiasm than the original members would have.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7283-foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7283-foreigner-800x689.jpg\" alt=\"lead guitar foreigner 2012  Bruce Watson \" title=\"bruce watson guitar foreigner\" width=\"800\" height=\"689\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7283-foreigner-800x689.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7283-foreigner-250x215.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7283-foreigner.jpg 1253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7287foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7287foreigner-800x448.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Pilson dokken foreigner bass\" title=\"foreigner Jeff Pilson bassist\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7287foreigner-800x448.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7287foreigner-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7287foreigner.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7292-RAW-foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7292-RAW-foreigner-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Schulman foreigner drums\" title=\"foreigner drummer Mark Schulman\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7292-RAW-foreigner-800x557.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7292-RAW-foreigner-250x174.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7292-RAW-foreigner.jpg 1551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The South Medford High School Choir joined Foreigner on stage for one of their sappy ballads. It&#8217;s rather brilliant marketing when you think about it as most Foreigner fans from the 1970s and 1980s are at the age now to have kids in high school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7305foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7305foreigner-800x359.jpg\" alt=\"foreigner central point medford oregon jackson county fair 2012 july 17 lithia motors amphitheater\" title=\"foreigner tour 2012\" width=\"800\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7305foreigner-800x359.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7305foreigner-250x112.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were threats of thunder and lightning, but none of it materialized during the show. The sky was very nice and the temperature was great compared to the normal heat of the Jackson County Fair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7308-RAW-foreigner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7308-RAW-foreigner-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"jackson county fair fans foreigner stormy skies\" title=\"foreigner crowd\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7308-RAW-foreigner-800x530.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7308-RAW-foreigner-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/127_7308-RAW-foreigner.jpg 1630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More photos (and the setlist) from the show can be found <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/foreigner\/>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I headed up I-5 for about 20 miles to check out Foreigner at the Jackson County Fair (Lithia Motors Amphitheater). I thought Foreigner was decent when I was about 10 or 12 years old in the late 70s, but they were too bland and boring for me soon thereafter. However, we don&#8217;t get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[87,11],"tags":[140,388],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5503"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13524,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503\/revisions\/13524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}