If I had a chance to see Heart perform tonight, I'd just go and ask Nancy and Ann to come over to my place for a pool party, dinner and drinks, supply them with a couple of acoustic guitars and then lock the door so they couldn't leave. But that's just me
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Yeah, we'll raise an InBev product to that.
The USA is one year older, and this year's celebration was oddly subdued in much of the country -- massive drought conditions led to the cancellation of fireworks displays all over, including many in the St. Louis area.
But the show downtown went on over a big, wet river with some assistance from rock and roll badass Heart. RFT Music photographer Kholood Eid was among the thousands braving the heat to bask in all the glory -- a few key moments from the night's festivities follow:
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Nancy Wilson of Heart plays the hell out of her guitar on the 4th of July in Downtown St. Louis
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Fans at Fair St. Louis
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Ann Wilson of Heart.
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It's a little bittersweet, but whatever.
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