I've been talking to an old friend on facebook in the last few days, we went to see Huey Lewis and the News in the late 80's and he was regretting that he hadn't kept his old ticket stub for that night. I'd kept mine from that night but he didn't know this, he told me (I already knew this) that Chris Hayes, the guitarist in the band was the reason he took up playing the electric guitar. I was also with him the day he bought it, a cherry red Fender Strat ..
I'd resigned myself to sending him my ticket stub in the post, I had a sneaking feeling I actually had two of them so was delighted to just find out now that I have indeed got two of them. Then I noticed the date on the stubs, 21.11.88 ..
exactly 30 years ago today.
On a slightly more nerdy level, we would have listened to them play their song The Power Of Love that night .. as you all know, the film Back To The Future starts in 1985 then Marty travels back in time 30 years to 1955. Weird coincidences but very very cool, he's going to be buzzing when he reads the message I've just sent him, we were 15 years old that night, he now plays in a thrash metal band
.. GREAT SCOTT !!