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Message: [QUOTE="Bonpland, post: 2554453, member: 6000"] I was in the Garden that same night that Bruce turned thirty (it was 1979). I went to see Jackson Browne ( whom I've seen repeatedly over the years) and when Bruce came out to start his set he announced "Today's my birthday and I can't trust myself anymore." For those of you too young to remember a mantra of our generation was [I]Don't trust anyone over thirty[/I]. (twenty years later after dealing with a series of blood thirsty millenials over business deals I started telling associates of about my age; [I]Don't trust anyone under thirty[/I]). I continued to see Bruce and Jackson over the years but like many others I couldn't rate the best concerts that I've seen other than to say that Bruce put on a better show than any of the sixties acts I liked (and I was at Woodstock, Watkin's Glen, saw The Who, The Band, CSNY, Paul Simon, Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, The Dead, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Elton, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffet, and many many other acts almost all of whom I liked and returned, when I could, to see again) I recently (by chance through a friend) met a very well known star who was on break from her currnt tour and she said knowing how much it takes to put on her show in front of twenty thousand fans a night, (knowing that you can't let them down) she can't believe that Bruce has done what he does for more than forty years. The recent Rush documentary focused on that same topic relative to their work. Live music is its own reward and deciding what evening stands out when choosing between a night when Tracy Chapman holds you in the palm of her hand or when Bruce spills it all out on stage is not really possible for me. [/QUOTE]

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