The Hits Just Keep On Coming

I don’t attend many concerts these days, and the ones that I do attend are usually in small settings with no more than a couple of hundred people in the audience.   That’s because I find that the odds are drastically reduced that I’ll find myself seated next to some obnoxious drunk who spent big money to show up and make a fool of him (or her) self while ruining the experience for those who are unlucky enough to be within a 30 foot radius of him (or her).  Also, ticket prices tend to be a bit lower at smaller venues which don’t usually host “name” artists or bands.

Leftynemesis and Interiors Maven at the Concert

BowlingWidow and I deviated a bit from that plan last weekend.  Along with our friends Leftynemesis and Interiors Maven we ventured a few miles north to the Tulalip Amphitheater to listen to the bands America and The Doobie Brothers.  Two bands that fit squarely within our demographic wheelhouse.  They may not have been the best bands of the 1970s, but are certainly among the most familiar as they were constantly on the radio.  America had 17 songs that made the US Top 100.  The Doobies clocked in with a remarkable 26.

I didn’t have high expectations for this show, but both bands actually delivered the goods and seemed to have a great time doing it.  If America ever gets tired of singing “Ventura Highway” or The Doobie Brothers are bored out of their minds doing “China Grove”, it didn’t show.  And between the two bands they clocked in at more than three hours (which included a half hour break to change the stage), making the $65 ticket stretch a bit further than usual.

The Doobie Brothers Rockin' the Amphitheatre

Finally, two more things about the night:  first, the horse still has no name.  And second, indeed right on schedule the annoying drunk guy was in our row a mere few seats away.