Emerson Drive

We're at Six Flags/Kentucky Kingdom, the latest stop on Emerson Drive's apparently endless tour. They rolled into town at 5:30 this morning, just in time to crash for a few hours in their hotel. It's two o'clock now, and sound check -- a multi-hour ritual before each gig -- is about to begin. Bassist Patrick Bourque and drummer Mike Melancon are onstage in the open-air venue, jamming through their ...more