I still have family in Caddo & Bossier Parishe; my Mom & Dad live barely a stones throw down the road from KW's digs in Benton.
I will always call Shreveport/Bossier home; I know way too many people there and have too many memories and connections there. I may never live there again but it will always be home. Everyone I grew up with that's dead now is buried there; nearly all my extended family is either living within a 100 mile radius of there or buried there. I go back once or twice a year and it's really good to see old friends I still know that I went to first grade with.
My first concert was in Hirsch Coliseum, July 28, 1976, when I was 15. It was Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow with Dio & Cozy Powell; they were touring for the Rainbow 'Rising' album. My second concert was also in Hirsch the next month in August; the KISS 'Destroyer' Tour!!!!!! We used to smuggle in EVERYTHING into that place, even with all the cops there; fifths of whiskey, six packs, bongs, bags of everything that one could smoke, pop, or snort; it was the 70s after all.........I remember walking into Hirsch sooooo many times you didn't even need to smoke to get a buzz, it was nuts, contact high city. Just some of the bands we saw there; Styx, Rush, Ted Nugent, ZZ Top, Bob Seger, Judus Priest, Van Halen, every band that played from 76 to 86 that played there I saw 'em. I saw Randy Rhodes play with Ozzy there in March 1982; he only played 3 more shows after that one and he was gone
.........One of my favorite shows was in 1978 at the Municipal; Rush touring for Hemispheres and UFO touring for Lights Out, Micheal Schenker!!!!!!!
Well, I had to grow up and be responsible, ****........................................ :roll:..................couldn't keep livin' that 70's show................