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ELizabeth · 02-13-2007, 02:23 PM

Sir John,
Perhaps I am giving away my age but I recall w/ great clarity seeing Buddy H and the C.s live at the Brooklyn Paramount. For $1 you could see BH, the Everly Brothers, Sam Cook, (honey for a voice) Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers and the list goes on and on. No way today could you see almost all the top pop musicians for that little money. Musicians had not yet discovered that a few of them (greedy musicians, only in it for the $) were starting to turn 'music into gold'(John Stewart). Of course none of the greediness would have been fed w/o the huge number of well-heeled teenagers on the horizon...and then there were the stadium power ballad groups! An amazing story!

02-13-2007, 02:23 PM	#2
ELizabeth Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dumfries, VA Posts: 392	Sir John, Perhaps I am giving away my age but I recall w/ great clarity seeing Buddy H and the C.s live at the Brooklyn Paramount. For $1 you could see BH, the Everly Brothers, Sam Cook, (honey for a voice) Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers and the list goes on and on. No way today could you see almost all the top pop musicians for that little money. Musicians had not yet discovered that a few of them (greedy musicians, only in it for the $) were starting to turn 'music into gold'(John Stewart). Of course none of the greediness would have been fed w/o the huge number of well-heeled teenagers on the horizon...and then there were the stadium power ballad groups! An amazing story!