Neil, thank you for being THE biggest part of my life…I first saw you in Red Rocks Park in Denver, and you sang Stargazer, from the Beautiful Noise album…that became my cb handle…and then around 1998, it became my internet nicname…
You just “filled me up”-I know you didn’t write that…with your music, your concerts. I wish I could have been at either of your Hot August Night concerts, but I WAS there every time I listened to the first…and now the NYC one.
Your music took me out of myself and into some magical places…
Haven’t been able to see you in concert since 2002, when I took a friend of mine in a wheelchair to the Pepsi Center…unfortunately, I had purchased seats on the floor…neither Kelly nor I got to see you-we were way in the back, and of course, everyone stands at one of your concerts…Kelly is gone now, but I am glad I took her with me as she was a huge fan of yours as well…Can’t afford them now that I’m retired…(sob)…
I did see that my friend David got to meet you, his idol…David Sherry…
Thank you for all the fun and sad songs…thank you for being you…
And thank you for the Hot August Night DVD…
Mary Pat
ps I always told David Sherry you wrote the song “Oh Mary” for me…!
GRINS