I am sitting in the breakfast room of an Indianapolis hotel after about 4 hours of sleep. I brought my son and a friend of his here to (at least my son's) first concert. It was a music festival that lasted 8 hours. My sister was able to get my son two VIP tickets for this festival and thankfully for my sanity was able to also get me a VIP parking pass so although there was 60 thousand people we got in and out of the parking mess within 15 minutes. This was an amazing experience for my son - who had been counting down the days for over 2 months and called it the highlight of his summer! He actually met 4 of the band members and had his picture taken with 3. He also came head to head with other peopes personality when a musician he idolized acted like an "arrogant SOB" according to my son. For those who have children it is one of those moments in life where you realize it doesn't matter what it cost or that this isn't a good time of year financially - it was all worth it just to see the look on his face!
As I was driving them back through the VIP parking - we saw all the trucks and tour busses and roadies and other associated with the band! My son even yelled - there is (who knows the name) , he is with (whatever the band name is ) :) It brought back earlier summer memories and new memories I am about to make ! It, once again, reminded me of how important my music has been in my life and the people I have met and the people I am about to me through our common music bond. I don't want to ramble on and on about my feelings - it was his day and it was a great day! I will say two things that are significant: the first one is that my sister is the real her here - when the opportunity for the tickets was presented to her - she remember how much my son wanted to attend this festival! I can't say thanks enough - for everything you bring to my life. You are truly my best friend, through thick and thin! I am and always will be your biggest fan! The other interesting momemt was after the concert, back at the hotel - when I said to my son... Now you know how I feel about the Moody Blues ..........he said yeah, now I get it." :)