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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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8. They Played The Field House...

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:57 AM

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...at the biggest high school in the city where I grew up.
'74 or '75. I was in college at the time.
They were as good as I expected them to be.
We had backstage passes, but when we got there we realized we had left them at home. Since we were in, we no longer had the ticket to get in. So, out of luck
That was dumb, huh?

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Ahh, memories. Shit, regrets. But, did you get into The Field House? George McGovern Friday #9

Yeah! ProfessorGAC Friday #11

Living up to expectations, they must've been really good. 'Cause expectations would've been really high. George McGovern Saturday #14

That's a really good song MIGuy Thursday #2

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Terrific ProfessorGAC Friday #7

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For A Song Not On Aqualung... ProfessorGAC Friday #12

How could you have known, that as I write I'm listening to this very album?!? George McGovern Saturday #13