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With the first few entries in this WIHAN series, I’ve managed to wallow in my glory days of the late 1970s. Time for something a little more current, I say. This birthday present of a show came courtesy of my son, Ben. He decided he wanted to take me to a club show where he [...]

or The night I thought I’d end up with a hunting knife in my belly OK, before I tell the story behind that subtitle, check out the ticket price! Ten bucks to see the Stones. Tax included. No TicketMaster or venue fees. What a freakin’ deal!!! Former Wailer Peter Tosh opened, supporting his Legalize It [...]

I had forgotten this was a Halloween show. There must’ve been people there in costumes, but I don’t remember it. I do remember a certain electricity about this show. As a colleague of mine from the East Coast delights in pointing out, Minnesotans are pathologically possessive about famous natives, so Dylan’s ambivalence to the state [...]

I have saved almost every ticket stub from concerts I’ve been attending since 1974. I’m not sure why, except that behind every one of them is a memory. Most of them are good, none are profound, a few make for good stories after a couple of beers. Some of the memories have gone missing – [...]