13 December 2018

Addendum to last post


Addendum

Barry and I were already a “couple” by the summer of 1971, travelling as frequently as we could between our parents’ homes in New York and West Hartford. So I wondered why we had not gone to Carnegie Hall to see Carole King. Barry just reminded me: that same evening (coincidentally, the night after his birthday), he had bought tickets for us to see B.B. King at The Filmore East, one of the last shows performed there before its June 27th closing. So we were so close and yet so far….




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