Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:00 am by b4autodark
CB, I agree that the small venues are the best, in the late 70's Kris and Rita were booked for 2 concerts at a small college hall in St. Paul. We had tickets to the 1st show at 7:00pm. The 2nd show was scheduled for 9:30pm. The band showed up for the 1st show at 9:pm, set up with a bottle of Jack Daniels on every amp, and played till 11:15pm. When we walked out there were a lot of 2nd show ticket holders very p.o.'ed. I have no idea when that show got done. The older I get the more large venues suck, I don't find it enjoyable to have to stand for 2 hours to see when I have paid big bucks for a seat. Screaming dancers are also an irritant, we left the John Mellencamp concert about an hour in, call me a curmudgeon, I probably won't hear you anyway.
Regret not ever seeing Waylon live, or Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, or Boozoo Chavis. I did get to see George Jones, Tanya Tucker, Hank Jr., Doug Kershaw, and Bob Seeger. Memory is not what it used to be, neither is my hearing, I may think of a few more, thanks for jogging it nikki.
On my bucket list is a local (Duluth MN) artist Charley Parr, I have a couple of his cd's and really like him.