Rain Couldn't Dampen Better Than Ezra Show

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Alton Mayor Brant Walker said he was pleased with the attendance and outcome of another big event for the Liberty Bank Alton Amphitheater Summer Concert series.
The Better Than Ezra show lasted until after 11 p.m. with the St. Louis warmup group "the Hounds" kicking off things at 7:45 p.m.

The Hounds

Better Than Ezra is most known for its 1995 single “Good,” which hit No. 1, before their debut album Deluxe went double-platinum, before popular shows such as Desperate Housewives licensed their song “Juicy,” and Taylor Swift attested to their timeless appeal by covering their track “Breathless - New Orleans.”  
Better Than Ezra was once a pop-rock act paying its dues, traveling from town to town in a ramshackle van. Over the decades since the band formed, that vigilance still resonates strongly with the trio, who were finally rewarded after years of stubbornly chasing their dreams. “This band,” notes bassist Tom Drummond, “has never been handed anything.”  

Better Than Ezra created a participatory show, with the band asking the crowd to come to the foot of the stage early on and later asking the ladies in the audience to join the band on stage as they covered the Rolling Stones hit "Miss You".

Better Than Ezra

  Big events left at the Amphitheater this season are the solar eclipse viewing party set for Monday, Aug. 21, and Alton Food Truck Festival on Aug. 26.