songbird's crazy world

so the evening began on the deck outside the theater...local DJ's "the Wise Man and Frank" from B-103 hosted a pre-show party. they asked trivia questions about the music of the 60's...and I won a pass to Dangerfield's Comedy Club because I knew that the Foundations recorded "Build Me Up Buttercup". Westbury is a small venue, theater in the round, with a rotating stage, so everyone gets a good view of the performers. Five acts, each a superstar in the 60's, each performing for 30 minutes.   Mark Lindsay joked "I'm back in the 60's...MY 60's."  and Rob Grill referred to the evening as "the Senior Tour".  Everyone knew the songs, we'd heard them all a thousand times.  I think the best acts of the evening were Mickey Dolenz and The Turtles. If they bring back the tour next year I am sure we will go.

picture it.  summer 1985.  A pair of 20-somethings, anxious to relive childhood memories, head to the Jones Beach Theater (before the days of corporate sponsorship) one evening for a concert featuring The Turtles, the Buckinghams,  the Grass Roots and Gary Lewis. that same couple will proceed to the Westbury Music Fair...er, the Capital One theater at Westbury...tonight to see:

 The Turtles Featuring flo and Eddie, Felix Cavelieri's Rascals and Tommy James and the Shondells.  three groups whose popularity peaked when I was in elementary school. 40 years later, they're still going strong. concert was at Westbury Music Fair. small venue, not a bad seat in the house.  10 rows from the stage and we had a perfect view. it's theater in the round, the stage in in the center of the room and it rotates 360 degrees.  makes for an interesting performance. but I thught it was really rude for the audience to leave before the show was over -- 1/3 of them walked out while tommy was singing Mony Mony and missed his encor of Sweet Cherry Wine .  I know parking is a pain at the Muisc Fair, and there's only one exit, but still...please stay until the show is actually over. enjoy the music: