By Andy Argyrakis
photos by Dan Machnik
T
echnically speaking, this may be the
30th anniversary of Chicago rock
mainstays 7th Heaven, but mention
the milestone to founder Richie Hofherr,
and it may as well be a passing footnote.
Sure, the band’s performed alongside
everyone from Bon Jovi and Kid Rock at
Soldier Field to Journey, Def Leppard,
Cheap Trick, Styx, REO Speedwagon,
Neon Trees and eons more, but with at
least 250 headlining shows on the books
every year, a continuously swelling catalogue, and of course, the band’s signature
"30 Songs in 30 Minutes" medley that regularly gets reworked, there’s simply too
much coming down the pipeline to get
sidetracked reminiscing about yesterday.
"It’s not necessarily a [nostalgic time]
because our train is still moving at such a
fast pace and it's really blazing right now,"
the guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist shares
during a late night dinner at the
Stonewood Ale House near his home in
Schaumburg after playing to more than
10,00