I recently saw an add. For $50, you could BUY A RAFFLE TICKET to win two tickets and a hotel stay for one night to see one of the biggest arena concert acts going right now.
To each their own.... but seeing something like this really makes me appreciate all of the concert experiences I had back when I was going to a lot of shows.
Let me tell you what I got in the early 2000s for $50.
In a small, classy bar (Club Cafe) in Pittsburgh PA, it was winter I THINK 2002. Room capacity 150. The "Winter Solstice Acoustic Cabaret" was held.
We went because of John & Mary. If you don't know John & Mary, look them up. This is one of my all time favorite musical duos. Folk rock at its best. They're most known for being members of 10,000 Maniacs, but they have released a few incredible albums on their own.
I've mentioned it here before, but 10,000 Maniacs is one of my all time favorite bands, and John and Mary's first couple of albums are still frequently played in my house.
Anyway, it was $7 a ticket. I remember buying 2 CDs at the show and having the artists sign them. I had a nice long chat with each of the performers that night. The show started at 10 and I think ended at 2. Oh, and we bought cake and coffee at the Club Cafe.
I don't remember the exact details, but I remember thinking that we had an incredible evening of seeing live music and poetry and we did it all for under $50. We saw 2 musicians that I greatly admire. We discovered the great folk rock of Mark Dignam (another musician I still love and listen to often). We got two CDs directly from the artists, autographed. We had cake and coffee. ALL for less than $50.
Oh, AND the staff let me take one of the show promo posters home. The other acts that night were great too, and worth seeing in their own right.
I am amazed these days at the ticket prices for concerts... and those artists aren't going to stick around and talk to their fans, or sign CDs after the show.
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