Memory Lane

[Guest guest]

Dear Iris...you have such a wonderful heart...thank you for trying to

help that young fellow. They really out-price the common folk for

tickets these days!

My favorite Beatle's songs...Saw Her Standing There, Norwegian Wood, And

I Love Her, I'll Be Back Again...

Guess what??? When Lennon was killed, the Portland Oregonian did a

big story of course, and included photos and pieces on their 1965 stop

here. Guess whose picture was in the paper???? ME!!! There I was, in

a daze, wearing my sailor shirt - popular in those days...my hands up in

the air!!! I had NO idea there WAS a picture like that. Of course I

cut it out, and keep it in my Bible!!!! If we ever have an RA FAmily

get-together I'll bring it!

My parents were very conservative, but they always encouraged my love of

music. The first concert I ever saw was Bobby Dylan & Joan Baez when I

was only 12. It was a strange & interesting time...the beatniks were

hanging on but the hippies were coming in. I'm sure a lot of the

political stuff went over my head! The last song they sang

went... " Well, if you gotta go...well it's alright...but if you gotta go,

go now...or else you gotta stay all night! " Oh yikes, I was SO

embarrassed!!!

I've seen Dave 5, Herman's Hermits, Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher,

, & , The Who, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Janis Ian,

whoever the group was that originally sang " Gloria " , Revere & The

Raiders, the oiginal Broadway cast of " Hair " . Others, too.

I took my little sister who was 13, to the Rolling Stones on my 15th

birthday. First embarrassing thing was I was all dressed up in a

beautiful nehru shirt & white bell-bottoms when I fell down the steps at

the colliseum...the security rushed over...I was fine...though

red-faced! But what was worse was when Mick Jagger came on stage..I had

my LITTLE sister with me, and we had GOOD, ClOSE seats, and let's just

say I worse undies under my bell bottoms, Mick DID NOT!!!!! YIKES!!!!

MY sis thought it was funny I was so embarrassed.

Gee, Iris, thanks for helping me have a happy trip down Memory Lane.

Many groovy hugs : )

Tess