In golf, an aspiration for long-time players is to shoot their age – that is, to complete 18 holes with a score equal to or less than their number of years on earth. What might the equivalent be for a rock and roll fan? I think it’s to see the same act play more shows than you’ve had birthdays.
As previously mentioned, Trip is coming to Kansas City this weekend to sample some barbecue (I’m planning to take him to
Oklahoma Joe’s, but my conscience keeps telling me he should experience the original
Arthur Bryant’s) and to catch Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on the next-to-last date of the current tour. We have a pair of general admission tickets for the floor, and if the lottery is good to us, we’ll be right up front in the pit, requests Sharpied on our foreheads.
Trip turned 51 recently, but he possesses the energy of any two men half his age. By the grace of the notorious
spreadsheet and
this post, it appears that this will be his 56th Springsteen show. The man has Bruced his age.
Can anyone else out there boast a similar achievement with any band? I can’t, not even close. If you can, leave us a comment, even if it’s the Grateful Dead or Phish.
