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B minus 7 Days

1985: The one that got away

Having had such an awesome time at the 1984 show, I decided when Bruce came back to the DC area the following year, I had to try for tickets.

Remember, this was pre-Internet, so in order to get tickets you had to call them, hope you got through, and then deal with credit card nonsense.

Never did get through. Show sold out in less than a half hour.

I checked the Washington paper for a few days after that, and people were selling front row seats for over $2500. Now, I'd pay that for Bruce tickets... but in 1985, I don't think I had 1% of that in my bank account.

It turned out the concert was the night before a summer school math exam anyway, and it was probably best I didn't go so I could pass the class. But I would have.

We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender