By Shane Goodman shane@dmcityview.com

For those about to rock…

Big concert calendar brings Des Moines alive

If you are a serious rocker in Central Iowa and won’t be attending one of the many concerts that will take place this week, then you deserve to have your head bitten off. Get off the couch. Des Moines’ music scene is alive.

Gov’t Mule fans will rock Hoyt Sherman with a concert on Friday. And although I haven’t heard an Ozzy Osbourne tune for a decade or so, I am sure there will be a number of followers who will “bark at the moon” at Vet’s on Friday. People’s Court is stepping up to the plate with Cracker on Tuesday, which surely will have a strong turnout. Puddle of Mud will excite fans in their own fashion in the suburbs at the Val Air on Nov. 8. And for the entertainment of middle-of-the road aging white folks like me, John Mellencamp will play Wells Fargo on Nov. 9 (that’s John Cougar for those of you who missed a couple decades). Reporters Jason Hancock and Jared Curtis, along with editor Michael Swanger, provide previews of these concerts in this week’s cover.

These concerts are the types of events that Des Moines music fans have begged for. Take full advantage of these opportunities and support the music scene. For those of you who have already purchased tickets, we salute you. For those who haven’t, there’s still time.

So turn off “American Idol” and go see the real things while they are here. Let’s prove to the naysayers that the music scene is alive right here in Des Moines. Just get your rabies shots first.

Thanks for reading.

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