Lone Star Park, opening night...

Tonight was opening night at Lone Star Park. Too bad I missed it. :(

Lone Star's celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. Tomorrow night they have the band Foreigner playing. The concerts at LSP are pretty good, you get up close & personal to the band, there aren't as huge of crowds or big stage in the way. They're practically arm's length (not that you would want to touch guys from a band that went big in the 70's... not quite the young studs they used to be) . But still, I wouldn't mind seeing them.

A couple years ago it was Willie Nelson on opening night and then the Beach Boys the next night. While I was sitting at my window I saw Willie walk by, and at least one of the Beach Boys although I wouldn't care what his name was. By the way, MAN, is Willie short! Tiny wrinkly little dude.

It was funny how the crowd changed each night according to who the band was. On Willie night it was the drunken cowboy bar-brawl crowd. On Beach Boys night it was 'family' night with a bunch of baby boomers with kids in tow, very docile concert-goers (but danced as goofy as the drunken cowboys even while SOBER). And then there was weekends when a local alternative type band would play and it was drunken college (or high schooler with fake ID) night... girls were arrested left & right for flashing themselves like it was Mardi Gras. Made for interesting nights at work.

Alas, too bad I'll miss it all.