And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
1968. I would have paid ten times the asking price of $3 to see Cash back then. Now I wouldn't pay 1/1,000th the asking price of $1,000 to see Springstein today.
Closest likely set list: "Folsom Prison Blues" Busted "Dark as a Dungeon" "I Still Miss Someone" "Cocaine Blues" "25 Minutes to Go" "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" "Orange Blossom Special" "Long Black Veil" "Send a Picture of Mother" "The Wall" "Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog" "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart" "Joe Bean" Jackson "I've Got a Woman" "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" "Green Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel"
Mrs. azlib and I went to a show called "The Million Dollar Quartet" a couple of years ago. It was a musical based on a true story. Paraphrasing....Sam Phillips ran Sun Records in Memphis, and he had Carl Perkins on his label. So Sam hired Jerry Lee Lewis to play piano alongside Perkins, and they were getting to know each other in the studio. In walks Johnny Cash, who was then also a Sun Records artist, and he joined them. A little while later, Elvis walks in, and the four of them just jam the night away. The four of them were never together again....nothing was ever recorded, but somebody (Phillips, maybe?) did manage to get a picture. Good show....we enjoyed it. https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.F4xdcrw0yRkX3vuZfth5IgHaGO?pid=ImgDet&rs=1
In the 60s 10-12 country grooups and solo artists would tour together during the week before making it back to Na$hvegas for The Opry on Saturday. Used to go to the Friday night show in Jackson with a friend once a month. In the summer we would ride our bikes.
1968. Original posters are 2-4K in collectors market.
ReplyDeleteIf it was 68 then Luther Perkins of The Tennessee 3 was already gone. He died Aug 5 of that year. RIP.
DeleteThree dollars plus $997 for "the convenience of being allowed to buy a ticket" fee these days.
ReplyDelete1968. I would have paid ten times the asking price of $3 to see Cash back then.
ReplyDeleteNow I wouldn't pay 1/1,000th the asking price of $1,000 to see Springstein today.
Closest likely set list:
ReplyDelete"Folsom Prison Blues"
Busted
"Dark as a Dungeon"
"I Still Miss Someone"
"Cocaine Blues"
"25 Minutes to Go"
"I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail"
"Orange Blossom Special"
"Long Black Veil"
"Send a Picture of Mother"
"The Wall"
"Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog"
"Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart"
"Joe Bean"
Jackson
"I've Got a Woman"
"The Legend of John Henry's Hammer"
"Green
Green Grass of Home"
"Greystone Chapel"
I saw Led Zeppelin in '69, tickets were $4, $5, and $6
ReplyDeleteMrs. azlib and I went to a show called "The Million Dollar Quartet" a couple of years ago. It was a musical based on a true story. Paraphrasing....Sam Phillips ran Sun Records in Memphis, and he had Carl Perkins on his label. So Sam hired Jerry Lee Lewis to play piano alongside Perkins, and they were getting to know each other in the studio. In walks Johnny Cash, who was then also a Sun Records artist, and he joined them. A little while later, Elvis walks in, and the four of them just jam the night away. The four of them were never together again....nothing was ever recorded, but somebody (Phillips, maybe?) did manage to get a picture. Good show....we enjoyed it.
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In the 60s 10-12 country grooups and solo artists would tour together during the week before making it back to Na$hvegas for The Opry on Saturday. Used to go to the Friday night show in Jackson with a friend once a month. In the summer we would ride our bikes.
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