My First Concert

The first concert I ever went to was Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA on March 30, 1989.

I was four years old at the time.

I remember it.

I remember my dad taking me, I remember riding in his corvette with the top down, I remember the auditorium, I remember the balcony, and I remember peeing in my pants.

I loved Edie Brickell; I owned a copy of Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars on tape and I would play it over and over again. I knew all the words.

I remember being in the first grade at M. M. Pierce elementary school and the teacher asked me who I admired most. I didn't understand what the word admired meant so she explained it and I told her, "Edie Brickell". She told me that I didn't get it and explained again but this time hinted that I should probably say someone historically famous or mommy or daddy. This time I told her, "Wilson Phillips."