Jett didn’t pull any punches in this show. Her setlist included “The French Song,” “Naked,” “Fetish,” A.C.D.C.” and a Replacements cover, “Androgynous.” “Fetish” is a particularly hardcore song. She commented that she was checking out the crowd before she took the stage. X Jett sure seemed to know her audience on this night. The neighborhood’s gay community hasn't needed an excuse to have a good time, but this was a good one. District Court’s recent overturning of California’s Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage, played a role in that. The street festival attracted a huge crowd in a celebratory mood. X While Grant Park served as the center of the music universe for Lollapalooza this past weekend, plenty of people were left to jam together shoulder-to-shoulder at the Market Days stage located in a 7-11 parking lot at Halsted and Roscoe. Jett’s longtime manager with bubblegum roots, Kenny Laguna, performs double duty by supplying keyboards and background vocals on some songs. The bassist known as simply Enzo lays down a big bottom. With hair spiked high and guitar slung low, Needles rips off cutting notes while jumping and windmilling like Pete Townshend. Lead guitarist Dougie Needles is a fitting foil for Jett. He plays with a quickness and force reminiscent of Keith Moon. Drummer Thommy Price has been her backbone for almost two decades. The members of the Blackhearts have changed over the decades, but the current group has been a unit for years now, and it clearly follows Jett’s lead that less is more. Three chords and big hooks were enough to get the job done. She remains a no-nonsense performer, ripping through 20 songs in a shade over 80 minutes. To this day, she sings “Bad Reputation” and “I Love Rock ’n Roll” like she means it. She treats the music like her religion when she plays it. Thirty-five years later, Jett is now viewed as a rock icon. X Joining the staple “Cherry Bomb,” Jett played three more songs from her Runaways days - “You Drive Me Wild,” which she introduced as the first song she ever wrote, “I Love Playin’ with Fire” and “School Days.” Together, the four-pack made a case for The Runaways as serious rockers regardless of their age or sex. On Sunday night, Jett treated a packed crowd at Northalsted Market Days with a rare dose of Runaways songs in her set. Jett was involved in its making, ensuring its accuracy from her point of view, and the time spent looking back no doubt caused her to re-examine her songs from that formative period of her career. X The Runaways, a movie about her all-girl band from the 1970s, was released earlier this year. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Aug Northalsted Market Days Zo By Dave Miller X Joan Jett must have liked what she heard when she looked into her past.
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