Looking back on the summer of fun

Just got back from walking yammy to school and started thinking back to the summer of 2001. Why that year you may ask? Because that was Jay and Kath's summer of fun! Thats what we called it anyhow. That was the summer after we got married,we finally made it to our first fan expo and we went to 4 awesome concerts. It kicked off with a free concert by Sass Jordan and Colin James in Niagara Falls. Did i mention it was free to see 2 of my favorite singers? It was awesome.

In July we saw Colin Hay of Men at work play a small club in Rochester. That to was awesome. Some of the people outside were goofy. I remember 1 conversation of 2 fans,one of the guys had a porn mustache I remember him saying

"i used to smoke up and listen to men at work and now i sit down with a glass of wine to listen to Colin Hay."
Of course Kath and i ran with that joke and we changed it to stuff like

"yeah i used to do crystal meth when i listened to Who Can it Be Now and now when i listen to his solo stuff i drink pop."

I should also mention that at the time Kath was still waiting for her papers so she could legally live in Canada and work there as well. So we had to sneak into The United States as the government didnt want you travelling betwen the 2 countries while you waited for your papers. So i had to take my ring off at the border and pretend we werent married and that sort of thing. We never got pulled into the Border office or anything like that.

Anyhow it was a great Colin Hay show and somewhere there's a photo of Kath and I with Colin Hay. We look good and he looks insane. Oh yeah in the audience we were sitting behind the band Great Big Sea. They had gone to see him because at the time they had recently covered one of his songs.

Next up for the Stewarts was a Huey Lewis and The News concert out in the boonies. We drove an hour outside of Rochester to see them. They were actually promoting a new cd. Yup a new cd. At that time ot had been 10 years since a new studio cd. Its actually been 9 years since he had a new studio cd. Regardless it was an awesome show.

The final show of the summer took me to Darien Lake for the first time. It was a great double bill. The Wallflowers opening for John Mellencamp. We had missed the wallflowers in 2000 due to back injuries to Kath. So it was good to finally see them. I'm a huge Mellencamp fan so was happy Kath finally see him live.

I should also mention that at the time i was working a shitty midnight shift at the donut Diner. The owner was a workaholic and i actually had to pretty much beg the dude to get the Mellencamp show off. I was working 6 shifts a week. It was pretty gruelling. Everyone else had gotten weeks at a time off from work. I asked for 4 days throughout the summer. I had even asked for Mellencamp off at least a month in advance and the bastard still scheduled me. I remember having to get up on my day off and going to the Diner to talk to him about it. I went so far as to even mention that Mellencamp had won a grammy. Long story short i got the day off and shortly later i quit.

Anyhow i like looking back on that summer. Its been 2 years since I've been to a concert of any kind. That may be changing soon. Details to come. Have a great day everybody!