So after 30 years, I finally got to hear the song I was obsessed with in the late 1980s and early 1990s, “RED HILL MINING TOWN” played live in concert in Chicago – and I cried all the way through it. Oh I wish I could go back and tell my 14 year old self this, so I would not have been SO [continue reading]
My love for U2 is pretty much known. Heck, I’ve even written a book about it – On the Road with U2: my musical journey. But for the few of you who don’t know, I have seen U2 in concert 90 times since the ZooTv Tour in 1992. I first fell in love with U2 back in 1987 with [continue reading]
I have been an avid U2 fan since 1987 when I was 14. Some say obsessed, but I like to say passionate. I discovered U2 in March 1987 with the release of The Joshua Tree. I heard With or Without You and liked it. I realized U2 was the same group that sang that song Pride I had heard a few years [continue reading]
I love drums! I love drummers! When I listen to music, all I hear is drums and lyrics. That is what moves me – literally and figuratively. I am the one at the concert watching the drummer and not the lead singer or guitarist. When I first moved to Memphis, one of the first places I visited [continue reading]
I had a lot of fun in April blogging about 26 of my favorite things in the A to Z challenge. So much fun in fact that I wanted to list all of my favorites in this one blog post, each highlighted with links back to the original posts. I have also included some honorable mentions to truly include all [continue reading]
A favorite of mine that begins with U is U2, my favorite band. More than my favorite band, U2 is one of my greatest passions. And as such, U2 has two shelves of memorabilia in my place as well as walls of posters and a display of hundreds of cds and dvds. My passion for U2 began 25 years ago. I [continue reading]
A favorite of mine that begins with L is Larry Mullen Jr, U2’s drummer. He is my favorite drummer, and my second favorite man – a close second behind Elvis. And ironically Larry is a huge Elvis fan and even named his son Aaron Elvis. I have been a U2 fan for 25 years. I was a freshman [continue reading]
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