How this happened, I have no idea, but I ended up on a hill in the middle of western New York watching this:
Or, better yet, this:
That's Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band!By "all-star" they mean that guy who did "Frankenstein," that guy who did "Rock-n-Roll Hootchie-coo," that guy who did "Dreamweaver," the lead singer of the Romantics, and the lead singer of Mr. Mister. So, yeah, it was a rather broad definition of "star." Still, it wasn't as bad as you'd think, especially for the price and the amount of alcohol that you got for $10 (not that I was paying for any of it, but I am aware of these things because I don't like to be a leech -- or at least not an expensive leech).
You had to drink a lot because, for a show with lots of dudes from the '70s, there was a sad lack of hippies BYOJ, if you know what I mean. Years ago, I went to a concert of Paul Simon and Bob Dylan and, between the neuvo-hippies and the aged hippies, all you had to do was inhale and you were feeling groovy. Here, well, this is what the audience looked like:
Lots of people from the '70s with their grandkids. Isn't it usually a babe on her boyfriend's shoulders at outdoor concerts? Here, it was a literal babe on her grandma's shoulders.
This was the only grass in the area:
Nonetheless, with a few glasses of wine, after the sun went down, we were all groovin' and having a good time. Then, we drove home singing along with Abbey Road on the CD player. It was an evening well spent.
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3 comments:
i bet the grandkids were there in case ringo decided to become mr. conductor again.
Fun! I saw Ringo and his All Star Band about ten years ago and it was pretty much the same thing, but really entertaining all around!
Dykewife: Of course! I hadn't thought (or really known much about) that. No wonder the kids were actually singing along and completely ecstatic when he came out. That's so charming!
English Adjunct: Really, snarkiness aside, the fun-to-price ratio very much favored fun!
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