Thanks Mom!

I am a week away from another Elton John concert and anytime that I am going to a concert it brings back memories of the first show that I saw him. It was on October 25, 1975 at Dodger Stadium.

I remember Mom sent the 20 dollar check in for the 2 tickets. In return I had to cut back all the hedges that was between us and the Rathburn's. I am also amazed she would let her 17 year old son drive into Los Angeles without adult supervision. It was the correct decision and was something that I needed at that time!

It was just a fantastic day and have never seen a better show. I was right down on the left field grass along with whole bunch of other people. You could not only hear the music, you could feel it. It was the loudest show that I have ever been to. I saw Aerosmith and Van Helin at the L.A. Coliseum a few years later and it wasn't even close! I remember when the show was over that it seemed so quiet as I think I was suffering from a little bit of temporary hearing loss!

This was the young twenty something Elton, before the vocal chord surgery, and before 40 years of singing! He was all over that stage that day. On top of piano, underneath the piano, on his hands and knees pounding away on the key board! He also played for 3 hours and 45 minutes (a 1 hour encore). The other thing I remember every song was dead on as far as sounding pretty close to the original recording.

So this week I get to go back and relive some of those memories and I will be thanking Mom for that great day nearly 35 years ago!