Sounds like a sports score doesn't it!
I know we go to a lot of concerts, but this trip was different. Way different. We went to Nashville this weekend for the Carole King- James Taylor Troubadour Reunion Tour. The Tour is celebrating the 40th anniversary of a concert by them at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles in 1971. We have seen both of them in concert separately in outdoor venues but this was in the round, indoors. It was magic!
The other anniversary was our 42nd wedding anniversary that is June 1. You see James Taylor was big while we were in college and three years later when Carole King's Tapestry album was released, she had a major impact on our young marriage. In 1971 I was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and Carol stayed in Oklahoma. We got the Tapestry album and played it for about six months straight. It was our soundtrack when I got to come come on weekends and has remained special to this day. "You've Got a Friend" became a hit for her and James Taylor. In 1971 the idea of ever seeing them live was as crazy as going to the moon. S0 this trip wasn't another concert notch on our belt, this was part of the fabric of our life.
So when I saw them last night, It was as good as a moon trip.
When I hear Carole King sing, I see Carol Martin and the great life that began with a few good songs. "I feel the earth move under my feet!"
Oh, the concert? It was a magic point in time.
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