I love Catch A Wave!

It was a very hot sunny day (for once!). The event started late morning introduced by a well known dj called Johnnie Walker and featured a quirky English band called Stackridge; Rufus with Chaka Khan; Joe Walsh; The Eagles ;The Beach Buys and Elton John! The Beach Boys came on late afternoon and produced one of those magical happenings which brought SoCal to London for a couple of hours. The joy of seeing them in the flesh cmbinex with the magical harmonies and the weather .....!! We sang along for a couple of hours of pure unadulterated joy. Most of us had never been to California but fir that short time we were in LA; on Venice Beach and strolling on Santa Monica boardwalk. It was with heavy hearts that the set ended but at least we had Rocket Man to look forward to. However Elton began with Funeral for a Friend and then continued with a load of new stuff that no-one knew. We left along with many others ling beefore the end. Its forty years ago now and I had just left college.. I have just retired but that day still lives long in the memory...

Yes. A fabulous English summers day ... a plethora of acts .. the boys came on about 4 in the afternoon and thousands of English people sang along for a glorious two hours of magic. Then Elton jhon came on and .. well you know the rest!

Palace theatre  manchester late 60s ...... wembley stadium 75 ....  wembley arena. 78 ( I think!) ... brian in Barcelona 2006 and then the boys in 2012 same venue. All totally different experiences but that summer of 75 show...off the boodle!

Bluebirds

Be still

Made to love her... just the least necessary

New to the board as a poster and just slightly pertaining to DW; on holiday in California last year and found we had booked into a hotel opposite a somehow strangely familiar sounding bar called ..Chez Jay. Changed the whole mindset of my stay.