VRR midnight concert--Statesboro Blues
turn your lamp down low
“I an’t good looking baby.”—Greg Allman
The first time I seen Greg Allman was at a concert called Summer Nights at the Pier. I was standing directly in front of Greg on his organ for the entire concert.
Prior to the Covid bullshit scam I saw Taj at Jazz Alley in Seattle. I arrived late. A lone table was vacant, dead center to the stage in the front row with a light shining down on it. That was my seat. Who set that up? I became an instant fan of Taj Mahal after that show. I tipped the staff well.
For the pandemic they went to extremes to remain open. Spacing, shields at tables, vaxx cards required, and a giant fucking shield in front of the band. Insane and stupid. Didn’t work. GOV said FUCK YOU.
I’m torn. Do I play Greg, or Taj?
morning Mike, you always get my brain thinking, possibly a connection from my brief time in the pacific NW.
speaking of concerts, the first ever for me was Elton John in a big venue in Seattle. So thinking the Kingdome? Woulda been around 1980 -81
Best I can recall it was supposed to be my father and mother but for whatever reason my mother could not make it (they fought a lot, especially when we lived up there), so it was my father and myself. don't recall much about the concert, other than about as soon as it started the couple sitting next to me 'rolled one up' and offered it to me. for better or worse, I did not take a hit... did not even know what the hell it was! but this would come just a few short years later, after the old man brought us down here to Texas, as the next concert I went to was The Who in the Astrodome. Definitely remember this one even though my head was spinning from alcohol and my first taste of the ganja
On a more somber note, shortly after rising this morning, my wife comes in and says she has to go over to see our neighbor across the street because she has a big thing going, but cannot tell me cause her husband does not even know yet.. Later as i am walking out to go to work, my wife says our neighbors oldest son was just diagnosed with some rare blood cancer--- myelo... something or other.
I know the mother partook in the shots and so did the father, so. naturally I told my wife I am pretty certain how this came about.
Well... Jazz Alley has a COVID-19 compliance officer! WTF? Typical Seattle woke fascists... The officer is probably armed and ready to terminate any spike proteins that rear their coronas... I would never ever visit such an establishment. One would probably die due to the spike shedding from "compliant" Karens before you made it to the bar...