Bad Company ended their North American tour at The Joint, inside the newly renovated Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The band performed like a well-oiled machine and rocked the capacity crowd with a mixture of Bad Co’s greatest hits and favorite album cuts.

Led by vocalist Paul Rodgers, the band was flawless on their execution the entire evening. Rodgers, most famous for his amazing vocals, was so good that people were in awe of his skills after the concert, openly talking about how great he sounded as they crowded around the merchandise booth to snatch up the remaining 2010 tour t-shirts. Rodgers, also a multi-instrumentalist, performed on piano, guitar and harmonica and was the focal point and emcee for the entire evening.

Guitarist Mick Ralphs was all smiles as he jammed out on classic Bad Company songs and shared lead guitar duties with former original Heart guitarist Howard Leese. The best musical moments of the night were when the two six-stringers hammered out the classic lead guitar harmony sections contained in many of Bad Company’s most popular songs, including opening number “Can’t Get Enough.” Drummer Simon Kirke and bass player Lynn Sorenson kept the groove tight, allowing Rodgers and Company to push the energy over the top.

Bad Company has always been a great live band and tonight was no exception. The set list was stellar. “Honey Child,” “Young Blood,” “Oh Altanta,” “Gone, Gone, Gone” and “Electricland” were met with massive approval by the band’s diehard fans while “Seagull,” “Burnin’ Sky,” “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Shooting Star,” easily the group’s most recognizable songs, saw the crowd singing along to every note.

Ending the main set with “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Shooting Star,” “Rock n Roll Fantasy” and “Movin’ On” performed all in a row is too much musical bliss for people to handle without expecting them to foam at the mouth, go into a frenzy and demand more music. And demand they did. The Tulsa crowd was not going home and the band knew it.

Rodgers reentered the stage and took his place in front of a grand piano and began the ode that started it all, the band’s namesake song, “Bad Company.” The second song in the encore was “Simple Man,” not a classic but an often-overlooked masterpiece, nonetheless. The band, once again, took a bow and left the stage. The crowd, however, would not let the evening be over as cheers of “one more song” echoed throughout The Joint. Bad Co emerged once again, this time performing “Deal With The Preacher” from the classic album Straight Shooter. Once the song was over, however, Bad Company retired to the shadows for good, officially bringing the 2010 North American Tour to an end.