Seeing concert made me appreciate the musician's hard work!

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So, hubby and I saw Maroon 5 w/ Counting Crows last night. The entire show was awesome! They all worked really hard, but it dawned on me while watching Maroon 5 just how hard they really do work. When I was younger I went to a few "boy band" concerts, and I remember there were parts during the concert where most of the members went backstage while one stayed on stage just talking to the audience, so they all got a bit of a break. Or else one musician would stay on stage playing a solo number while the others took a break or changed outfits... Well this didn't happen last night! Maroon 5 was on stage for about an hour and a half, and didn't take a break for anything! The only "talking to the audience" was near the end when the lead singer introduced the rest of the band, but the rest of the band was still playing during that time. These guys really rocked their butts off!! I honestly don't know which of the 5 worked harder. The lead singer not only sang for an entire hour and half straight, but also played some guitar himself (and they spent a good few minutes at the end of each song just totally rocking out with JUST music). The lead guitarist was working extremely hard, and there were a few points I was just saying "WOW" while watching him. The drummer had the same "WOW" effect, and of course he didn't stop, a few times it looks as if his arms were going so fast that you couldn't even see them! He had worked up a sweat before the end of the first song! I guess the keyboardist didn't have to work as hard... but as he was being introduced we were told he wrote the majority of the songs, and spends his time backstage playing his keyboard and working up new songs... so without him none of the concert would have existed! The part that really gets me... they do this almost every single night!! If you look at their tour calendar, they have a show almost daily, they might take a day off here or there when they have to travel really far, but otherwise they are doing this every night, and putting on the same show at the same level of performance each time!! I could never do that. I think after just a couple of shows I'd be too pooped to pop, and I'd think to myself "If I ever hear that song again I'm going to break something". These guys work really hard to entertain us!!