The Rolling Stones had not gone out on tour in awhile so anticipation was high when Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood formed a super group and played Madison Square Garden with the New Barbarians.

The Madison Square Garden crowd was rabid as we made our way down to the front part of the orchestra facing left of stage. Everyone in the orchestra were standing on the folding chairs and I managed to scoot up and balance myself on the metal seats a few rows from the stage. The much rumored Stones ”reunion” never materialized and Mick Jagger never showed up but the concert was a rock and roll tour de force. When the show ended and the lights came up it looked like a bomb had exploded in the orchestra; the audience filed out in a smoky haze and mangled folding chairs littered the Garden floor. Slightly disappointed that no “special guests” joined the Barbarians on stage this night, it was still a memorable and somewhat historic nigh of rock and roll provided by legendary performers and witnessed by true believers.

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Rock on!

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