We just finished up with our local County Fair this past weekend. Saturday nite, ZZ Top was scheduled to play (I had 6 VIP tix reserved). Bassist Dusty Hill needed to have kidney stone surgery 5 days before the scheduled show, so the concert was cancelled.
The Fair staff had to scramble to try to find a replacement for the Saturday nite show (the biggest money making event for the Fair). Turns out, the Guess Who contacted them and offered their services. (They were in Michigan on Friday and had nothing scheduled for Saturday).
2 days before the concert, it was announced that Blood, Sweat and Tears would open for them - with Bo Bice (runner-up to Carrie Underwood on American Idol) singing lead.
All in all, it was a very good show. I had forgotten just how many hits the Guess Who actually had! And what an amazing job our Fair did re-booking a concert in less than 5 days!