Here's a few photos taken from inside the Chameleon Club in Lancaster last Saturday night... My brother-in-law, Michael Troy, is the keyboard player for Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.
For those of you just meeting Mike... he grew up in Halifax, just like me... And he's married to my sister, Jen. When he's not touring Europe, South America, and cities big and small across the United States, he and Jen live in Millersburg, Dauphin County.
And here's a recent article on Mike printed in our hometown paper, The Upper Dauphin Sentinel:
For those of you who don't know of Yngwie, he's a rock/metal guitar legend.
I sure wish my BlackBerry took better pictures, but this next photo should give you an idea of what I was up against... This was a big-time heavy metal show, in a relatively small venue.
In this next picture, if you look through the stage smoke, you can see Mike playing keyboards on the left side of this picture... That's Yngwie going bananas with his guitar up front...
Following the stop at Chameleon, Yngwie, Mike, and the rest of the band will round out their U.S. Tour with shows in New York City, Nashville, and Fort Lauderdale, FL...
Thanks for a great show for your hometown fans here in Central PA, and see you at Thanksgiving dinner, Mike...!
Until next time,
-- Mike
mikeparker@cbs21.com
