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The Old Folks In The Room

I love to listen to music. I love to go to live shows. One of my current favorite bands is Young and Heartless. When they announced a tour that would pass through my hometown of Raleigh I was very excited to see them again (I saw them at Wreckingball last summer.) The tour announcement said they were playing at The Radio Shack. Having been in this town for nearly 15 years, I have never heard of this venue. It turns out it is a house. In all my years I have never been to a house show. After discovering the address I went with Gina and my music loving son and his girlfriend.

When we arrived were the first patrons to arrive. I guess that is due to my desire to never be late. As we watched the house fill up my suspicions were confirmed. I would be the oldest person at this show. As a by product, my son and his girlfriend would be the youngest. This was a college house party/show.

Young and Heartless performed first. After their set I made my way out of the small room in which they performed and found Gina. We went to the merch room where I talked with a  band member and he seemed to be curious about how I found out about them. I explained my finding them because of Wreckingball and we discussed the festival of the previous summer. We talked about music and what our highlights were of that weekend in Atlanta.

As the other two bands performed we talked to other people. One guy in particular was curious about our presence at the house. He frankly asked how old I was and how I found out about the show. He asked if Gina was my wife and about our being there. We talked about music and some of our favorite bands.

I have been to many shows in which I am among the oldest, but this time it was definitive. I was the oldest person at this show.



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