Favorite concerts:
Bruce Springsteen's BORN IN THE USA tour, playing at Three Rivers Stadium. Open air, great show, four hours plus. . .
Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall (IT'S BETTER WITH A BAND) - the first of five times I've seen Ms. Cook. Carol Burnett bumped into my on my way to the rest room. I can be heard applauding the opening bars of "I Never Meant to Hurt You" on the sublime cd.
Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner (RAW AT TOWN HALL) - everything came together that night, hmm. . .I wonder who was the man behind the curtain for this one?; Emily remembered me from CMU, Alice and her husband remembered me from the previous summer's TOMMY at Pittsburgh's CLO. The fine after-party at Cafe Un Deux Trois.
Betty Buckley at Pittsburgh's Benedum Center - because, my former pastor Judy and I, became Betty Lynn's guests to the $500.00 a plate dinner/concert (just the concert, though) and Betty Lynn dedicated songs to us. She also had us stay in her dressing room, before, during and after the show. . .this was my fourth time seeing her live. (the concert coincided with the cd "Heart to Heart").
Betty Buckley at Westminster College - the first time I saw Betty Lynn in concert and befriended her afterwards in her makeshift dressing room. The concert coincided, by mere days, with the release of her live at Carnegie Hall cd. What a magical night it was. . .
