Rockin & Roll at The Hollywood Bowl prt 2

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Rockin & Roll at The Hollywood Bowl prt 2

Note: Yep, I'm having a hard time finishing these posts..

Today, was the day. The 1st of 2 gigs at the historic Hollywood Bowl. Excitement filled the air!

note: starting this posty tomorrow eve, Friday~ :) oops Saturday.. Gig day, wooohoooo...

I couldn't sleep well the night before wondering, what exactly, was in store for the Hollywood Bowl.. I looked forward to hearing Rock Show as the opener. I met Barry, a huge Santana fan, who told me a cool story of meeting Carlos Santana on his birthday- he, Barry, picking up Carlos and giving him a huge hug, after Carlos tapped him on the shoulder wishing him Happy Birthday. Shoot I wish I could hug Paul, I told him. This was the 1st Paul McCartney gig for Barry and his wife Paula. I told him, you are in for an incredible night. I still had an extra ticket for Wednesday's gig I wanted to sell, for the Terrace section.. would I be left with an extra ticket..?

April 19th

I don't have a valid reason why I haven't finished these bloggy posts. I suppose it's because.. I am having trouble with piccies.. also, to much work lately. Yes, that must be it. I am also recalling it was the year ago today. Paul played the Joint in Las Vegas.. another wild, tiring, foot burning- dehydrating night. lol Yes, I remember it well... YOU, remember it well too, those of you, who were there.

April still-ha!
Hey people.. How are you? massive work lately has prevented me from clearly writing this blog post ..so I will commence. I was waiting for Elizabeth & Keith who had drove from Sac.. to join them in The Macca festivities at The Bowl.. as we entered the Hollywood Bowl and made the small climb up the hill. I was impressed on how serene and woodsy the place felt, a cool vibe, not far from the venue the Hollywood Hills. There were countless booths everywhere, selling McCartney tour memorabilia, with lines an hour deep. Scratch that. No way, was I, going to wait in line from pushy fans. I wanted to take it all in, the scenery, the sites and the excitement about to take place in one hour or so.. From all the beer & spirit booths I wittnesed one can guess, those of age were feeling no pain, as I was about to partake in the drink fest of a pint- care of Barry & Paula.. We went to take our seats.

last row of the Terrace section
Sheeesh as I hugged Elizabeth who left to take her seat .. she & Keith were in the bench section.. Me in the last row of the Terrace section far left. What!! I paid $390 for this seat? the stage felt a mile away. Me, being concert spoiled. I Love being on the floor close to the stage were all the energy, excitement and action is happening . dusk settles and the video show begins - of Paul McCartney, his early years, Linda & family and The Beatles, many fotographs that were incredible- which I have never seen before. Back ground remixes of Macca's work- danced in time to the scrolling video .. Freakin Awesome !!! Great Job on the video

This gives you an idea where we were sitting the first night. ha!

May 17th
having a hard time completing this post..duh...

The lights dim and out comes Paul and the band pint sized from my vantage point. It was brilliant, they opening with Rock Show.. the crowd was ablaze.. and so were the people sitting next to me. Come to find out it was one of the boardies from Paul's webby. He and his family had flown a 17 hour flight from Peru.. Their first  Paul McCartney gig! Wow!

 

 Rodrigo Guerrero- and family left from Peru. They had a sign that said 'Paul Come to Peru' I believe? They were great. The couple in front kept yelling for them to shut up and sit down. What a freakin ass. Why do people go to gigs if they cannot enjoy themselves?

My memory is getting fuzzy from that night since, I had wayyyy to much to drink afterwords at the Hide Out,  where, I met some of Paul's people that work for him. A brilliant bunch... as me and some friends entered, they were playing Beatles & Paul McCartney music, Right on!!!

Met some of Macca's crew 

So. I walk up to the bar and I hear some guys say brilliant hat! Well thank you, I tell them.. I mentioned how  Paul's voice sounded a bit rough in the beginning of tonights show. A man with a British accent, told me.. Well, Paul, uses his voice for many hours. From the sound check of almost two hours. Meet &  greets which takes a few hours too an almost 3 hour concert..

Wow, I never realized how Paul, used his voice so much before a show as  "Grubby" told me. It put it all into prospective... ha!! They said 'we see you at every show'..  Every show? well no. We are at every show they tell me... huh? We work for Paul... ahh. A Nice bunch of fella's. I met Grubby, not sure what he does- sound checks? the Piano guy- never got his name due to some female who kept interrupting. Shaky the pyro guy.. and Omar who had bought me a drink... what does Omar do? lol I did show them a piccie of Paul on my camera from the Dallas show.. they said it looked professional..Well, I got lucky my camera died once again at the show~ also one of Paul's security Brian was there - He seemed like he didn't want to be bothered- Sometimes security is friendly and other times?......Well you know how that goes. there were so many questions I wanted to ask. but I felt kinda shy asking them~ lol

 

So thanx to the guys behind the scenes Grubby, Piano guy, Omar, Shaky~ and? for all the wonderful work you do, in your efforts to put on a brilliant show!! clap clap clap! You're a great friendly Bunncch!!

it has been difficult to add piccie's so once again it will take time-  

McCartney/harleyblues~ xx

part 3 soon to come this coming month`

 

Rockin Roll at The Hollywood Bowl - Oh yeah! prt 1

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Hollywood Bowl sign- Hollywood 3-30-10

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Hey people, just got back from LA- seeing Paul McCartney at The Hollywood Bowl.. Tuesday was great but, last night-last night, that was freakin fantastic! Paul & the band were on fire! please stay tuned. I'm bushed...

Check out this video blog- with Paul and his band- talkin about the tour..





Hey people, while Paul and the band are about to sound check for Miami tonight, I best be starting this blog post. No, I'm not in Miami. I seemed to have recovered from sleep and those surreal gigs at The Hollywood Bowl-so please bare with me :)

Your Flight has been canceled

As I had to work that Tuesday- I could hardly stand it. Looking forward to seeing Paul and the band at The Legendary Hollywood Bowl. The Boss let me off an hour early.. rushed home, got my bags.. Your flight was canceled do you think you can make it to the gate thru security in 15 minutes? I will try - I made it. The plane left 5 minutes later. whew! lucky for me .. I closed my eyes imagining what was in store for Hollywood?..The flight, didn't take long from northern Cali. soon, we were landing at Burbank airport. An added plus -was, it was 10 minutes from the airport to the hotel. The easiest trip I have taken so far to see Paul McCartney to date- yeah!


So I thought I'd walk around Hollywood Blvd for a bit. I found this cool lil shop of tees & gifts called Capital Rock bought a few things, than continued my journey down the road looking for a place to eat. I walked past this lil venue, Guinness Book of World Records museum & took a piccie of it. Loved the lights :)

also snapped a piccie of Charlie Chaplin's star. The only star- I took a pic of below...very cool!







more later been working on pics all DAY!

Mon the 5th - I'll be working on this post & the next 2 ~all week. please stay tuned~

I'm having post gig(s) with drawls  .......after piccie's I walked back towards the hotel to have some pasta and a slice of pizza- which took two days to eat. I went to bed late that night near 3am - looking forward to the 1st of two Macca events at the Hollywood Bowl. stay tuned... 

hb~

A Few short days until Macca kicks off Upcoming Tour

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A Few short days until Macca' kicks off Up Coming Tour

Hey people. Woohoo, just a few more days until, Macca's brand spanking new - Up & Coming Tour.. Now, who, has tix to Arizona & The Hollywood Bowl? I'll be at the Hollywood Bowl. The Terraces seem so far away for the amount of a ticket at $390.00 would be nice to be closer. But wait!! Why is Ticketmaster offering front row tix at - watch this now, $2000.00 a pop? Us fans already got burned on this pre-sale with no tickets available. Now, they wanna lock us out of the front row packages too? $2000 bucks is alot for a front ticket, dinner, and sound check. Damn already, why are they, ( The Promoters ) charging so much? Please, don't tell me it's the location- Hollywood ~Bullchips!
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Ticketmaster has claimed in the past "the Artist's" have control of ticket prices. Yeah ok, tickets are so much cheaper in Europe..
If I was going to meet Paul, it wouldn't hurt so badly.. Just another example for the haves & have nots'.
Most of the diehard fans, always travel.. more dollars to shell out etc..

Truly, I think it's a bunch of crap for charging and gouging fans of music- for sky high ticket prices & package deals. AGAIN! seem to get higher & higher every year. It also appears to be greed $$ to me, for that all mighty dollar, attempting to take advantage of people- is pure crap. This really pisses me off. In years past, other packages - for music fans included, hotels & other perks for a decent price, a bit on the high side- semi affordable but do-able Give us a break geez~ I always go round and round about this now don't I~ Lucky for those of you who saw the Beatles for $2.50 -$ 5.00 all those years ago..


more later lol
Sat March 27th

Hey people, how are you on this glorious, beautiful day?

whew, I just pulled off a quick one trying to upgrade one of my tickets for the Hollywood Bowl..Still have the one ticket for the 30th in the Terraces-

Picce right David Lynch Charity Gig- New York 2009

I shall be enjoying some cool beverages at that location and taking notes for my blog. Do we need binoculars or what? On the 31st I scored me a POOL ticket expensive but not as much as some brokers wanted. damn!

hassle upgrading Paul McCartney tickets

I ordered the ticket last night. They call me, early morning, EST. leaving a message stating 'something is wrong with my credit card'- huh? yeah, I'm on the fone ASAP. I get on the fone and they wanted me to send them a copy of my drivers license & credit card. Hell no. I'm not doing that- what? Stub - Hub doesn't ask for these details I tell them. I don't have access to a scanner, printer etc at the MO. After much debate they cancel my order than attempted to complete the order for a second time. Success! Your ticket shall be arriving Tuesday. Um, what do you mean Tuesday? Can you not send my ticket today, since I paid the $15.00 express payment, Oh, we don't send tickets out today they told me.

So we will be sending the ticket to your residence..the lil voice, said over the fone

Great, how are people to get their tickets so close to the concert date? Well, you can provide us with another postal address. This was starting to become a WTF moment. Well, I said, let me call the hotel directly and see if the ticket can be shipped to their location. You'll have to email us with an updated delivery address said the girl on the fone..Heavy Sigh.

Look, I said, emails can be lost. Let me call the hotel -than call you back, OK?. Called the Hotel and they had no problem with a package being delivered. Called the Ticket broker back. It took another 20 minutes to get thru. This time around- the girl was much more co-operative. I still had to send an email to her- confirming the address of the hotel, verbally, over the phone, wasn't acceptable... Do you ever get a 'bit stressed' making arrangements to see Macca & Co? :)

more later, Please feel free to add a comment- HA!!

McCartney~ hb

Will you be in hollywood this week Sgt Pepper revisted

This week at the Hollywood Bowl will be a special celebration of the Beatles 40th anniversary release of Sgt Pepper August 10 and 11. The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra presents a celebration of the Beatles album with special guests “Cheap Trick”

stay tuned