Concerts Galore

We took full advantage of the free concerts in Prospect Park this summer. Much better than last year, when we went to ZERO concerts. Last Saturday was a tribute concert to Bill Withers - a 1970's songwriter, singer, etc . He wrote "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone)" and "Lovely Day", just to name a few. The concert featured songs performed by lots of different singers, most of them we had never heard of. Maybe that's because we were only babies in the 70's.... The main reason we went to the concert was because The Swell Season was scheduled to perform. (The singers from the movie Once).

Ethan ran into our eye doctor while in the concessions line, who proceeded to get us into the VIP section of the bandshell. We were given wrist bands and got to stand right by the stage. It pays to get your eyes checked!

The summer season ended with a final concert on Tuesday night - Bob Dylan! We didn't have tickets - the show sold out quickly and tickets were selling for hundreds of dollars on the street. We were okay with standing just outside the bandshell- we didn't need to see Bob Dylan, just hear him. I think everyone else in the city had the same idea - I have never seen so many people sitting outside the fences of the bandshell. We stayed for a few songs - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (the song from Forrest Gump), Lay Lady Lay and a couple we didn't know. That's one nice thing about this city - you can step out of your apartment, walk a block and listen to Bob Dylan play in the park.