10 more things about me - the music edition

For no apparent reason, other than I'm thinking about music right now. See number 10.

1) The first concert I ever went to was Grand Funk Railroad, at the Providence Civic Center, 1973. I was 11. The ticket cost was $5.25.

2) I did not play a band instrument in grade school. We couldn't afford it.

3) I got a Tiesco bass guitar and Alamo amplifier with my paper route money in junior high.

4) My bass playing never took off, because my pinky fingers are curved to the point where you might call them deformed, and because I'm tone deaf.

5) My singing voice is truly horrible, much worse than my bass playing.

6) I know the lyrics to a lot of old country songs.

7) I was employed by Tom Scholz of the band Boston for about four months in the early 80's. We worked in the old Cambridge Music complex, across from where Alewife station is. All the local rock vagrants hung out/practiced/partied there at the time.

8) At the job noted above, I once shared a 5 pound cheesecake and two bottles of Moet with my night shift coworkers and our white german sheperd shop dog. The goodies were sent to Tom via Fedex by Eric Clapton, in thanks for sending him a Rockman guitar toy. We intercepted the package and I doubt that Tom ever found out it existed.

9) I have seen Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughn live five times each. Both are dead now. I also saw Kiss warmup for Black Sabbath in 1976. This was also at the Civic Center.

10) Rarely do I listen to music when on the trainer. Once of my goals for this year is to start doing so.

Thanks for reading.