“They say we got time for one more,” Foreigner singer Lou Gramm told the Riverbend crowd at 10:40 p.m. Friday.

        Whoever told Mr. Gramm that fib is the merciful sort. Riverbend curfew is 11 p.m. Foreigner had time for a few more, but they wrapped up the last encore tune, “Hot Blooded,” well before 11 and brought a quick end to a night of second-rate classic rock.

        The double bill of Foreigner and Bad Company wasn't all bad. If fact, Bad Company, who went on before Foreigner, were pretty decent, but the show was nothing more than a nostalgia trip.

        Both bands loaded up their sets, each 75-minutes long, with past triumphs. For Foreigner, that meant “Urgent,” with the saxophone solo by Tom Gimbel that brought down the house, which on this night was a two-thirds-full pavilion and a thinly populated lawn.

        The six-man band followed it up with the set-closing “Jukebox Hero,” and the crowd went even more wild. It didn't matter that the band looked extremely spent after a mild hour of playing. The audience was into it.

        Mr. Gramm held up decently considering his recent health problems, yet — with his black tank top, blue jeans, his less-than-solid physique and a wondrous perm-mullet hybrid atop his head — he looked less like a jukebox hero than a jukebox repairman.

        His gravelly voice was giving out a little in the beginning of the show. He left the stage when guitarist Mick Jones sang “Fool For You Anyway,” and after returning his singing was fine through to the end.

        Bad Company, a four-piece with original members Paul Rodgers on vocals and Simon Kirke on drums still around, played no-frills rock 'n' roll, which sounded less dated than Foreigner's offerings.

        The set featured all the original hits: “Bad Company,” “Ready For Love,” “Shooting Star,” “Running With The Pack,” and more. Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Kirke were also members of Bad Company predecessor Free, and they did that band's hit “All Right Now.”

        The crowd's favorite Bad Company moment was a version of “Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy” with a bridge consisting of teases of the Beatles' “Ticket To Ride” and “I Feel Fine.”

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