Posted by Rick Daly
on 3/31/2018, 10:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Who are you going to see live if not you know who? "
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: I remember in '95 going to see the Eagles on
: the "Hell Freezes Over" tour. We
: paid $150 a head to sit wwwaaayyyy back
: behind the seats on the grass at an
: amphitheater.......in the rain. It was 55
: degrees. Ugh.
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: I thought it was utter insanity to pay #150
: to see a concert. Now it seems common.
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: I've see three shows in the last 5 years.
: Marty Stuart, which was $75 a head and 60
: miles from home(and worth it), and Riders In
: The Sky and Mac Bailey(separate shows).
: Those were literally 75 yards from my back
: door and $10. What a deal!
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: I go see local acts now a days. We have a
: couple of good venues to have a beer and
: listen, and that's good enough for me.
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: My wife and I used to go see a show every
: year. It stopped in 2001 after 9/11.
: Broadway closed. When it reopened, the
: prices were sky high and we couldn't afford
: it. My wife's birthday was last month. She
: half jokingly mentioned wanting to see
: Hamilton but knew it would be too expensive.
: So, I thought it would be nice to surprise
: her on her big 70th birthday. I went online
: and looked for a Wednesday matinee. The
: tickets I could find started at around $800
: a seat. AND they went up as high as $1,400.
: Are you kidding me? That's absolutely
: effing disgusting! Are you kidding me? It's
: not even fair. How can an average person
: afford to go see a show? I don't even know
: how they can keep the lights lit. Do people
: really pay that kind of money to sit for two
: hours and watch a show? I can't figure it
: out.
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: I doubt that GBR will be regrouping.
: Personally, I'll probably see Bela Flek at
: some point, maybe Garnett Rogers, but most
: of my money will be spent on New York plays
: and shows. I try to get up there twice a
: year and figure out what I want to see when
: I get there.
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: Don't get to many shows.."Riders in the
: Sky" is my other favorite group.
:
: I'm still holding out hope that GBR will re
: group and do some touring.
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: So since most people who frequent this board
: have stated no interest in going to see the
: group some currently call the Kingston Trio
: play live, who will you be spending your
: folk music concert money on?
:
: Just wondering.
:
: I'll be catching the Punch Brothers as well
: as Peter Yarrow & Paul Stookey in the
: next few months.
:
: Also bluegrass mandolin player Sierra Hull
: (if I can swing a trip to the thousand
: Islands the closest she'll be to me this
: summer).
:
: Also hoping Makem & Spain (Tommy
: Makem's son Rory along with Mickey and Liam
: Spain) make it back to this area soon. To
: me they are the closest thing to the
: original KT out there right now, plus of
: course the lineage of Tommy Makem in there
: too. Last summer when I saw them at a
: festival I was talking to Mickey Spain about
: what was happening then with the Trio (he
: hadn't heard yet) and I joked with him that
: Shane should have just sold the name to
: them if he wanted a change. Mickey laughed
: but he, Liam, and Rory are all big Trio
: fans. I got to sing Tijuana Jail with them
: at a late night session a few years ago.
:
: BTW speaking of Tommy Makem's son Rory, he
: and Liam Clancy's son Donal Clancy have
: been doing shows together. Makem and
: Clancy all over again. Hope to get a chance
: to catch them together live sometime soon
: too.
:
: What about you all, who are you looking
: forward to seeing?
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