Bryan Adams is coming to Portland with Bon Jovi. I looked at the tickets and they are $104 for nosebleed seats. Don't think so. A couple of my friends had expressed interest in the concert on facebook and that is what caused me to look. And then remember.
I saw Bryan Adams along with Journey, Sammy Hagar and Sequel, during the Oregon Grand Slam in 1983, at the Autzen Stadium in Eugene. It was an adventure. My friend Tom had won tickets on a local radio station. He wasn't very interested in the bands and gave me the tickets. Kim, Patti and I went and only had to buy one ticket.
The drive down was smooth. We parked in a grassy area where lots of other cars parked. Watched the concert. I just realized this must have been when it started. I always leave just a little before the concert is over...to beat the traffic. Ha. We get to the car. We start the car and decide to drive off the curb and high centered. Wait...what? A flat tire will do that on a not too high curb. Oy. I had had a flat tire the week before so my spare was on the car. I learned a great lesson about immediately replacing or fixing spares and tires. The concert ended and every one left. And we were stuck.
Some guy who had been at the concert got stuck also. I do not remember what happened to his ride. But he helped us take the flat off and rolled it down to a gas station and got it repaired. This obviously was back in the day when you could do that. Now you would have to wait for the morning or have Triple A. The tire got rolled back and put on the car and then the car would drive off the curb. And we were good to go. But that guy that helped us was still stuck.
As luck would have it he was from Vancouver so we gave him a ride. And I was very tired so at some point we let him drive us back to Vancouver. We dropped him near the hospital on Mill Plain and went on our way. If we were to do that today we would be called crazy. We would be "lucky" he wasn't a human trafficker. I know there are traffickers, but I don't think they touch my world much. And so I probably would do it again today.
My friend Patti was suppose to work at 6. She called in saying we were stranded in Eugene and she couldn't make it. We were roommates and worked at the same place. So since she lied I could not tell my fabulous story of the adventure to see Journey and Bryan Adams and Sammy Hagar. I honestly don't even remember Sequel so they didn't impress me much and I wasn't there to see them anyway. The rest of the concert was spectacular. And what a great memory.
Thanks again Tom for the adventure.
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Addendum; buying the tickets through ticketmaster are now $61.50 for nose bleed seats. Still too rich for my taste, but a lot better than the resale website at $104.
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