Concerts
I love hearing live music. Lisa and I used to go and see a local band called "Trout" whenever we could. They were a lot of fun, played good music, and every now and then had a saxophonist with them who could flat wail. There's something about hearing an artist perform his stuff live that you just can't find in a studio CD. In fact, most of my favorite CD's are concert CD's.I'm nutty about saving certain things. I have the ticket stub from every concert I've ever seen, with the exception of the Fresno Philharmonic performances for which I had season tickets, the Huey Lewis concert at the Tulare County Fair where Huey sat on a folding chair for, like, half of the show, and a few shows that I'm just too embarrassed to keep a record of having seen. Okay, here they are, for the official record: Kenny Rogers/Lee Greenwood/Sawyer Brown, Kenny G, Richard Marx, and...gulp...Michael Bolton. Some of those were attended to make lovely ladies happy, okay? And as long as I'm being totally honest, I should amend an above sentence to admit that I did keep ONE Fresno Phil ticket: the concert that Leonard Nimoy narrated. Spock. Cool.
Anyway, since this whacky blogthing is mostly for myself anyway (seriously, why ARE you reading this?), and since it's music week, herewith are the concerts I have seen.
8/11/82: Simon & Garfunkel
12/15/84: Huey Lewis
8/14/85: Huey Lewis
3/21/86: Los Angeles Philharmonic w/Andre Previn
5/19/86: Neil Diamond @ The Greek Theater
8/8/86: Huey Lewis
11/22/86: Billy Joel
7/18/87: Boston
2/28/88: John Mellencamp
3/1/88: Yes
4/22/88: Bruce Springsteen
8/3/88: Huey Lewis
6/30/89: Neil Diamond
7/27/89: Rod Stewart
3/31/90: Billy Joel
10/17/91: Huey Lewis
11/26/91: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2/4/92: Dire Straits
4/28/92: Huey Lewis
5/14/92: Van Halen
7/7/92: James Taylor
9/20/92: Def Leppard
12/13/93: Billy Joel
6/3/94: Eagles
7/19/94: Yes
8/23/97: Garth Brooks
8/24/97: BB King/Robert Cray/Jimmie Vaughn
(check out the dates...two concerts in two days...sweet)
9/13/97: Huey Lewis (hey, I like Huey, ok?)
3/14/00: Bob Dylan
8/1/01: John Mellencamp
8/18/01: Eric Clapton
10/10/01: James Taylor (our anniversary w/JT)
1/15/02: Aerosmith
6/10/03: Matchbox 20
11/11/03: Matchbox 20 (they were good)
5/30/04: Eagles
6/24/04: Fleetwood Mac
10/12/04: Newsboys
5/4/05: Maroon 5
10/1/05: Green Day (can't wait)
Lisa just accused me of posting these to show off. I object. And, to quote Demi Moore in "A Few Good Men," I strenuously object. It was fun to look through those stubs and remember some good times.
Now I just need to get myself to a Pink Floyd show. And U2. And Jeremy Camp. And...
posted by Thurman8er @ 4:25 PM
4 Comments:
Some day your going to walk in a room and all your family and friends are going to be sitting there with very grim faces.
You will realize you have just entered a concert junkie intervention. The only one not there will be your big brother because he too is addicted to concerts!
Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, even the Eagles; wow!
You missed the great "no show Jones." George Jones--even if country--puts on some great concerts, at least when sober.
Was wondering if you might know my cousin, Carolyn Wilson, who meets with the College CoC in Fresno?
I not only know Carolyn (and am good friends with Rick and Wendy) but we've had some great chats about you!
Somewhere along the line Carolyn mentioned your name, but I thought there might be another Thurman hiding out in the Fresno area.
Only believe the good stuff Carolyn tells about me! :)
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