Sunday, May 24, 2020

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven - Madison Square Garden, New York City.

"WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM i"(ANTHONY NEWLY MEGA HIT BACK IN EARLY 1960"S??). SILLY, OLD, FORGETFUL ME. TO OMIT, LEAVE OUT, OVERLOOK, JUST PLAIN "DISS" THE MOST "FANTABULOUS SONG/GROUP, SINGER(AT THAT TIME-GEORGE MICHEAL HAD A SUPERIOR VOICE, ALONG W/ ELVIS PRESLEY(MY OVER ALL FAV MALE VOCALIST)(SUPERIORTO FRANKYBOY (THAT'S SINATRA & VALLI); SO MANY DAYS, NITES, HOURS, MINUTES, SWEAT EXPENDED, CALLOUS REINFORCED WHILE PLAYING ALONG TO THIS "TUNE". HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF THE COMPANY OF ONE "KOOL BIRD"(THE 2 PERSIAN COUSIN CATS ALWAYS RAN TO FARTHEST ROOM UPON OPENING MY SAX CASE,OR VIOLIN CASE & FIRING UP THE FUZZ TONE & AMP.(FOR THE YAMAHA_). "MIGHTY PETEY THE FLYING(OF COURSE,NEVER CLIP A BIRDS WINGS, WOULD U ENJOY HAVING ARMS "CLIPPED" BY " BIG BIRD")(LOL), HEARD HIS CUE W/ THE 1ST NOTES, LAUNCHING HIMSELF INTO THE FAMILY ROOM AIR, LANDING ON MY RIGHT(ALWAYS) SHOULDER, TAKING STEALTHY BIRD 2 STEPS UP THE ARM, HEADED FOR THE "SAX REED" UNDER THE "BERG LARSEN METAL 110/1 W/RICCO ROYAL #4 OR 4 & /2 REED; SHOOING HIM W/MY LEFT FINGERS, HE QUICKLY MOUNTED AN ASSAULT ON THE KEY PADS AS THEY WERE MOVING,YES, I SAID MOVING; SHOOED HIM OFF, WHERE HE AGAIN LAUNCHED UPWARD TO AN OVER HEAD KIND OF BEAM,SEPARATING THE LIVING/FAMILY ROOMS.NOTE: THRU TJE YERS I MET W/UTTER FAILURE WHEN PLACING HIM ON MY BOW, TRYING TO " SPIN HIM AROUND", AS SEEN IN VIDEOS. AT THE "88"S(MOM'S UPRIGHT,AGAIN ON RIGHT SHOULDER, PETEY LISTENED, THEN ACTED,TRYING TO PECK THE IVORIES, THEN RETREATING. HE WOULD PURPOSELY "NIP" MY RIGHT EAR LOBE IF HE KNEW I HAD MISSED A KEY, WAS PLAYING TOO FAST, OR TOO SLOW.UPON HAVING HIS FILL OF MY ATTEMPTS AT PLAYING "STAIRWAY" & "ATTACKING THE VARIOUS INSTRUMENT PARTS, HE WAS AIRBORNE, RETURNING TOOTHE OPEN DOOR PERCH, READY FOR A SNACK & DRINK, AS "MIGHTY PETEY" HAD WORKED UP A THIRST & APPETITE OVER SEEING MY PERFORMANCES. MISS HIM DEARLY. JUST MAYBE, WE WILL MEET AT THE TOP OF "THAT STAIRWAY" . TILL THEN, R.I.P. ,& TO ALL MY ANIMAL DEPARTED B.F.F.'S, R.I.P.,TILLTHEN, WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, TO "ROCK OUT".

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