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Hey Tony, I was in a band and we backed the Lettermen at a fraternity party :thirsty: at Okla State U way back then. Always loved the Kingston Trio. Would have gladdly donated a nickle (I think it was) to get help Charlie off the MTA.
 
may he ride forever neath the streets of Boston....
 
You youngsters!!

My first Rolling Stones concert was at the San Bernardino National Guard Armory. This would have been around 62 or so.... I was a paperboy in Riverside and one of my buddies and I taxied over there. Cost us around 17 dollars.. And around 10 for the tickets(apiece).

Used to go to Dick Dale concerts at the National Guard Armory in Riverside or San Diego. Nobody plays the guitar better!! Jimi Hendrix learned from him....

Santana, Beach Boys, The Lettermen, Kingston Trio,.....
 
1962 your first concert!!

In the early '60's B. J. Thomas owned a night club in Jackson, MS...through a friend who was related to him, I got a summer job there (I was still in high school at the time & not old enough to work in clubs in New Orleans - but that's another story!)...one summer, The Angels came for a week-long series of shows in the club....B.J. gave me the job of escorting Bibbs (the little blond Angel) everywhere, his cousin escorted one of the others, and a co-worker escorted the 3rd Angel...though we weren't old enough to drink, etc., we were out all night every night at clubs with them...we kept the slime balls off them, drove them, etc.

When they left, they were heading to Europe so Bibbs gave me her cat...cat died while I was in Vietnam.
 
My first concert was also in'62, I saw the Four Seasons! The next concert was the Isley Bros. and guess who was their back-up guitarist back then!
 
bugimike said:
My first concert was also in'62, I saw the Four Seasons! The next concert was the Isley Bros. and guess who was their back-up guitarist back then!
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I saw the Four Seasons around that time too. Somewhere near Bayonne with the local YMCA group.

The Isley Bros were/are The Bomb....a great band.

As for the backup guitar player.......I'm guessing the lad who was famous for playing <span style="font-style: italic">The Star Spangled Banner</span> holding the guitar over his head
(I don't want to give it away!.....I have *that* one on my iPod too. Good for early mornings at the race track.)
 
You are a bunch of old fots! <span style="font-size: 8pt">I rememeber Glenn Miller.</span>
 
'You are a bunch of old fots! I rememeber Glenn Miller.'

I still listen to Miller and all the rest of the swing era grets.
 
Yep, love Glenn Miller....recently went to a concert of the Glenn Miller Band - great time was had by all!
 
'k.... I grew up with Miller, Dorsey, Ritter... Jo Stafford(!)

I still like "The Marvelous Toy" and all the rest of th' fifties as well...

Rolf: "Hang me 'ide when I die, Clyde..."

"Telstar"

"Itsy bitsy, Teeny-weeny"

"Wagon Wheel"

"John Henry"

"Purple People Eater".... "Play'd it from a horn on th' side of his head..."

But has anyone heard the Linda Ronstadt recordings she did with Nelson Riddle?

Her voice and me mum's are *spooky* similar... when Linda an' th' Stone Ponies did the first release of "Different Drum" I thought me mum had a ~secret career~!

Now when I hear Linda's voice singin' "What's New" I just melt to tears..................

I miss those folks. The "Greatest Generation" ones. We don't KNOW "sacrifice".
 
AH, YES!


"It went 'Zip' when it moved
and 'Pop' when it stopped,
'Whirrr' when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will."
 
Fun, wasn' it!
 
Bit later. Not much, tho: "Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Heard"

...but you can be happy if you've a mind to. :laugh:
 
Or "Johnny Hubcap"?!?!

:devilgrin:
 
"Schmok! Schmok!!!"
 
DrEntropy said:
Bit later. Not much, tho: "Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Heard"

...but you can be happy if you've a mind to. :laugh:
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"All ya gotta do is put your mind to it;
knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it."

Ah, they don't write 'em like that anymore!
 
How is it we're so, ummm... err...

DISparate?!?!


:jester:
 
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