>At 13:38:36 PST on 07-25-06, Steve '75 wrote: > >>Back in the summer of 78 I really dug alot of what we'd now probably lump into >"alternative" music. I like to think of it as just plain nice music. Even though I ran the >town as much as I could afford, I'd listen to Kenny Rankin, John Klemmer and Al Jarreau >while I was getting ready to go to the disco. What can I say, I was musically conflicted. >Anyway - Kenny Rankin was going to play at the old Roxie theater in Pacific Beach. I went >to the theater early to buy my tickets. When the night of the show came, boy did my date >and I luck out. Front row seats!!! There couldn't have been twenty people in the audience. >After a forgettable opening act Kenny took the stage and threw one tantrum after another. >>I still like the records but dude, you stunk the place up. > >Greetings Steve, >Thank you for your honesty. >What troubles me is that you have had this resentment for almost 25 years. >Not very healthy my friend. > >The night you are refering to was something that I am grateful is behind me. Cocaine is >something that can make an asshole out of anyone, and on that night ......it was my turn. > >Fortunatly, I left that fast lane in 1980. >Today my life is a beautiful thing. >Come on over the next time I am in your neck of the woods, and say hello. > >Thanks for the memory, >Be safe and well, >Kenny > > And thank you Kenny for your honest appraisal of my health. If I did have any resentments they have have long since faded. After I got over the few bucks squandered I thought the whole episode was funny. I haven't exactly been stewing over that summer evening. I just found your website after some free flowing web surfing.
