I Rocked!

Thank you mother for taking care of the kids for us! We had a really good time and kind of went back in time. Well I did anyway, (read on) because Huey Lewis and the News is practically 80's royalty. I know you were thinking that I must have graduated from high school just a few years ago but it was really the 80's, so hard to believe I know.

Tony came home from work on Friday telling my mom and I that it was going to be the Eagles. OK, cool, I thought. So when we get there of course we learned about Huey. We had greatest hits Cd's wrapped in gold foil and bow waiting for us at our table. We sat with and chatted with the contingent that traveled from Alabama, had dinner, then the music. Tony and I were walking around, closer to the stage after dinner and I happened to notice that you could just walk right up to the front and that they had a dance floor right in front of the elevated stage. It started with that amplified heartbeat that begins the song "The Heart of Rock & Roll" and my insides started to get all giggly and before I knew it I was movin', really movin'!

It was then that I thought of the Alabamans way back in the back remaining at our table and I decided to make it my mission that they have a memorable experience and a rockin' good time. We went back to the table and shared the dance floor information with them and we danced our little butts off right up front with Mr. Lewis and those News! I kind of bonded with a woman from AL that was exactly my same age and H.S. graduating year. When I told her where I was from originally, she called me a southern girl, what a sweet thing to say! Maybe I am at heart. We laughed HARD about how much fun it was and how silly we were.

Tony missed all the excitement because he stayed a good distance away where he could chat and be friendly with his "work people." We would go back to the back to say hello to the guys and remind them where we were, then Huey would call us back up to the front with something like: Iwantanewdrugthepoweroflovestuckwithyouifthisisitdoyoubelieve
inlovedoingitallformybabybackintimeworkinforalivin'. It was almost as much fun as that Metallica concert Renee took me to in '94.


Bigger than TBB's, maybe not. Different era. I think of TBB's as I don't know, classic. I think of Huey as big 80's pop star. The guy is really very talented. He sounded EXACTLY like what you hear on the radio, he is not a young guy anymore and he works super hard. You know it's got to be difficult to be known for one (really cool) set of songs and know that your meal ticket is to sing those same songs over and over and over again without looking bored out of your mind for people that want it to be just like it was.

Too darn funny: As we walked to our car afterwards, Tony leaned over to me and said, "what was the name of the band again?"

Anyway, now you can be happy for me. I rocked! Seriously!