B-gock....b'gock....

Stephen Ray Perry!!
Where the HECK were you?!  YA BUM!!
Yeah, you stood me UP tonight, you CHICKEN....you didn't show up like I wanted you to! Tsk tsk tsk.
What am I gonna DO with you?!!

Ah well, it's nearly 2 a.m. and I am just now getting home from the concert!

I'll tell you all about it tomorrow, but the coolest thing was, Pete and I were the first people to get our photo taken with the guys, so I walked right up to each one, and handed them a thank you card, and SAID "Thank you!" and then I said to Neal, "Hey, I made a Journey-opoly board game for you---here are some photos of it, now go make it happen!" And his eyes lit up like, "WOW, never thought of that!!" And he said, "Hey! COOL!" like he was actually surprised and interested in the idea! Then as I walked away I shook Ross' hand, and said, "I love ya Ross!" ......and that was it.

Used to be, there WERE no "waivers" to sign, (they can legally use our image to promote themselves), and there WERE no scheduled or planned formulaic 2 minute photo shoots like a herd of cattle, ("Neal's a one-shot guy," Jeff said, and the dude next to me said, "His poor wife!" hahahaha)....there used to be just an unorganized, backstage hanging out, chit-chatting, photos being taken everywhere by everybody....now they have some guy named Jeff taking us around for a backstage tour, and then telling us to eat some food, gave us a bag of merchandise, and had a raffle for other cool stuff like an autographed drum head. (No, I didn't win anything....BUT....at the end of the concert, I found a Jonathan Cain guitar pick on the ground!

Now, here's the weirdest thing.....does Neal play the keyboards and the saxophone??  Because I SWEAR the guy in Foreigner was Neal....they had NOBODY from the original band that I recognized. The lead singer looked like Steven Tyler...the guitarist was from Night Ranger (long blonde hair), and then NEAL came out, played guitar, sax and keyboards!!  My jaw dropped to the floor!! I've NEVER seen him play anything BUT his guitar!!  However, we're not sure if he was introduced right by the lead singer...we aren't sure if he said TOM or SCHON......so I'll have to watch the video clips we took to find out...but I swear to you, that guy looked EXACTLY like Neal...

Well....there's lots more to tell, and photos and video too....but I must bid thee a fond adieu for the evening, as I'm nearly falling asleep right now....my ears are ringing....(no I didn't wear ear plugs)!! We sat in the SECOND ROW FROM THE STAGE!! I've NEVER been that close!!  It was like having them all in my living room, playing just for ME!!!

I had a friggin' BLAST....and I want to tell you all about it.....but for now, I'll wish you a goodnight and be sure to sit down tomorrow to dish the dirt.

Love you, ya chicken-stander-upper....I prayed to you with the words, "I MISS YOU SO MUCH WITH THESE GUYS, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE FOR SO MANY YEARS...."   I hope you got a shiver down your spine when I prayed it.

Love, Rebecca