Amphitheater concert features trio of rock acts

By Teri Greene • terigreene@gannett.com • July 3, 2008 Soaring gas prices may keep a lot of local music fans from traveling out of town to see their favorite big acts. But a joint effort between local club Off the Wagon and Montgomery's Riverfront Facilities is bringing big-time rock bands right here. It all starts Tuesday with a concert by headliner Shinedown, featuring Theory of a Deadman and Black Stone Cherry. The show comes just two weeks after the release of Shinedown's latest CD, "The Sound of Madness." It debuted on the heels of two successful albums, the RIAA-certified platinum "Leave A Whisper" and gold "Us And Them." Those two releases yielded seven consecutive top-five rock and alternative radio hits, including "Fly From the Inside," "45," "Save Me," and a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man." But the band's... [read full story]