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Re: The aching wonder of what it was like



That's a great story, Marius.

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Marius Wytenburg
<stampmad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    The next 3 hours were a blur. I had never heard this type of music =
> before and I just stood there mesmerised. It was over before I knew it. =
> We took advantage of the fact that the roadies knew us and stayed behind =
> after the crowd had left and hopped up on stage to meet the band and get =
> autographs. I didn't really know their names but it didn't matter. The =
> drummer gave me his drumsticks and the 3 of us went home in awe.
>    The next day I went out with the little money I had and bought all =
> four of the albums this group had out and a 36 year love affair with =
> this band and their music was born. Most of my mates had no idea who =
> they were and I was the sole preacher of their music in my group of =
> friends.=20