Oh What a Night, late September back in '63....Yes, last night was pretty good. I had bought tickets to a concert downtown. We didn't ever really celebrate our wedding anniversary in a big way for our 40th last year for various reasons. So this was a 'make-up' for that. We don't normally do this, one reason is the pricing is just not something we like to spend money on. Well, I don't, the wife would go to everything she could. So I splurged a bit. We took in a performance by Frankie Valli. More on that in a bit.
Also, downtown this time of year, it's much much hotter than where we are just 25 miles away. It was still 93* at 11 PM when we left. WE hadn't gotten to far out of downtown and the temps dropped 5 degrees immediately. It is also pretty difficult to get around down there. The rumor is that the streets in San Antonio were laid out be a drunk riding his burro in a blinding sand storm at night. At least that's the legend. It certainly isn't laid out to get around in today's world and there is little to no mass transit. The only available being the city bus service that doesn't serve our area. Those buses draws some undesirables I wouldn't expose my wife to anyway, especially downtown.
Back to the concert. Most every knows who Frankie Valli is so I won't go into his history. I had never seen him before last night, but have listened to his music since the early 60's. You can still hear his music on any 'oldies' radio. He has the most recognizable voice in music IMO. We were wondering just how old he was. He is now 81. Doesn't look it at all. And that voice, he still has it. never missed a note and didn't fake anything. Just incredible that he can still do that. It was hard to hit those falsetto notes as a young man. By the third song all my reservations about going to this, were gone. I was pretty happy that I went, instead of letting the wife go with someone else. My youngest son really wanted to go.
The theater this was in is my favorite, as it is with most in this area. I have nothing to compare it to, but for me it is pretty cool to say the least. Quite decorative and has been around way before my time and still looks much the same. It survived a period of it being converted to a movie house until someone got the brilliant idea to return it to an performing arts theater.
I'm still humming all those Frankie Valli songs. Yes, I have to hum, I can't hit those notes anymore.
Happy Trails
2 comments:
Glad y'all had fun, and yes, the streets down there make NO sense! :-(
I've always liked the guys music. I did not know he was still performing, though. Sounds like you had a really good time. Every once in awhile, you just have to get out and do something special.
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