I had originally listed the date on this Meat Loaf Westbury Music Fair concert for sometime in 2003 but this Saturday, December 7, 2002 date is more likely correct. My buddy Sandy reminds me that he and his lovely wife were sitting opposite my wife and I that evening as the stage was “ in the round” and rotating.
My best memory of seeing Meat Loaf, and my first time, was at St. John’s University. in the gym I believe, when he performed in a wheelchair for most of the show as he was recovering from a broken leg. Out of nowhere, during the encore, Meat Loaf was apparently so fired up by the spirit of rock and roll, he pulled himself up from the wheelchair then dramatically staggered and hobbled about the stage as a latter day rock and roll Frankenstein monster freed from his restraints. We didn’t get the tumblesaults or acrobatics Mr. Loaf had become famous for on that night, but a good time was had by all during this unusual performance at this somewhat unlikely university concert venue.

Bat Out of Hell

Rock on!

GQ