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  • Blending punk, hip-hop and Southern rock, Kid Rock put on a dazzling 105-minute performance Friday night at Rock Fest.

    The singer, born as Bob Ritchie, took the stage in blue jeans, black jacket, and a top hat, as he immediately ripped through songs like "You Never Met a (expletive) Like Me" and "American Bad (expletive)." Along with the usual array of guitars and drums, his stage show featured backup singers and a saxophone player, but Kid Rock was the center of attention throughout his show, ripping through quick rap beats and rock tracks, mixing the styles seamlessly.

    When Kid Rock

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  • A few weeks ago, a reunited Limp Bizkit released “Gold Cobra,” an attempt at a comeback album that has only shone a brighter light on the band’s crippling irrelevance. On Wednesday night, Kid Rock performed to an adoring crowd of young and old at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, in support of “Born Free,” his latest in a long string of hit records.

    How is it that this guy’s career is healthier than ever, while his old contemporaries can’t hope for more than a revived interest in ’90s compilations?

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  • Since 1998, when he broke through to the mainstream with his head-rattling, rump-shaking explosion of rap-rock swagger, “Bawitdaba,’’ Kid Rock has shown remarkable staying power.

    Others may be better songwriters, singers, or rappers, but few artists work as hard and have as much fun as the relentlessly proud son of Detroit. Over the years Rock has shrewdly, and sincerely, refined his good-time sound to land comfortably at a spot where Bob Seger intersects with Run-DMC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and AC/DC.

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  • Kid Rock was a gregarious, bold and energetic performer bouncing regularly across genres - always with an intense enthusiasm.

    After finding his first career success as a rock-fueled rapper, Kid Rock has turned his focus toward the sounds of country and Southern rock in recent years.

    Sunday night at the Marcus Amphitheater, Rock blended all aspects of his career into a high-energy show of bawdy and rebellious proportions.

    On a saloon-themed stage topped with a gold eagle that looked like the world's largest belt buckle and flanked by two giant rifles, Rock (real name Bob Ritchie)

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