What are you listening to ?

[Smokin Okie]

 

[Smokin Okie]

 

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[Smokin Okie]

How bout the GOAT ........... with Winwood

 

[daspyknows]

How bout the GOAT ........... with Winwood

I caught 17 of those shows (recorded 14) and had tickets to the final Japanese tour but passed due to work and Fukoshima spewing radioactivity. Some of those shows were spectacular.

 

[Smokin Okie]

 

[Smokin Okie]

I saw Eric in 2013 from the front row, middle section. I got the tickets at face value at the ticket window when they went on sale.

That was the good ole days, before Ticketmaster took over.

 

[Smokin Okie]

I could've sold those tickets for a LOT of money. But Mrs Okie says no, she wants the experience of Clapton in a sold out arena from the front row.

And she was wise, cause its still today, a great memory for us both.

We were sitting next to two couples, oil people from Midland, Texas, who had flown in for the concert in their private jet.

And there was Mrs Okie and I rubbing elbows with this class of people .............but we were true Clapton fans.

 

[daspyknows]

I could've sold those tickets for a LOT of money. But Mrs Okie says no, she wants the experience of Clapton in a sold out arena from the front row.

And she was wise, cause its still today, a great memory for us both.

We were sitting next to two couples, oil people from Midland, Texas, who had flown in for the concert in their private jet.

And there was Mrs Okie and I rubbing elbows with this class of people .............but we were true Clapton fans.

One of my bucket list items was seeing him at the Royal Albert Hall and first made it over in 2011 for the run with Winwood. I made it back a few more times. I always go for the experience over the money. What show was it? I probably have a recording of it in my collection.

 

[Smokin Okie]

One of my bucket list items was seeing him at the Royal Albert Hall and first made it over in 2011 for the run with Winwood. I made it back a few more times. I always go for the experience over the money. What show was it? I probably have a recording of it in my collection.

It was Feb 2013, Chesapeake Arena ( now Paycom ) in OKC.

Eric did a short tour beginning in Texas and worked his way to NYC for the Crossroads Festival at MSG.

 

[daspyknows]

It was Feb 2013, Chesapeake Arena ( now Paycom ) in OKC.

Eric did a short tour beginning in Texas and worked his way to NYC for the Crossroads Festival at MSG.

I will have to look. I was at Crossroads in MSG.

 

[Smokin Okie]

Well, how I got those front row seats, is kind of interesting story.

I heard Eric was coming to OKC. And being frustrated with purchasing bad seats to concerts, I called the arena and asked how I can get good seats for Eric Clapton.

The guy I talked to was helpful. He told me tickets were going on sale Friday at 9am. And I needed to be at the arena ticket office at 8am

Well, I follow his instructions. I get there at 8 am and I'm in line at the ticket office. I'm number 10 in line.

About 8:45 , " the man " comes out of the ticket office and he hands us this raffle ticket looking thing, that puts us in numerical order. Its verified now, that I'm number 10 in line.

Then he comes back and calls out the first five people in the line and tells them they have to go to the back of the line. By that time, there had to be 50 people in line. They were angry, but they complied.

That boosted me to number 5.

And then " the man " opened the ticket office and allowed us inside where there were 5 ticket windows. And I got in front of one of them.

So there I was , at 8:55 standing in front of a ticket window waiting for 9 oclock to buy tickets.

I just bought two and walked out without looking at them. There was another guy standing there who had just bought tickets, he had four, and he said they were on Row B.

My tickets said Row A. I asked him where that was at .......... he said " man, you on the front row " .

I laughed all the way to the truck where I called Mrs Okie and told her, it was kind of euphoric to have that kind of good fortune.

Won't ever happen again, Ticketmaster now controls those seats in the front, and they're not gonna let some Average Joe like me purchase those tickets for measley face value.

 

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[DougE]

Wouldn't interest most, I don't expect.

 

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This would be better on a Friday night, but since Mrs Okie and I are retired, every day is Friday

 

[oregonrider]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd
10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

 

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wrong link

 

[JckDanls 07]

 

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Taj Farrant, the 15 yo who was at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival ....... covering a Gary Moore classic