Dear Kara,
I was SO HAPPY to see you Saturday night.
In general, of course, but also because you too wanted to wear a mask to see our brother Lodell play in his Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band.
Diamond Music Hall was SOMETHING ELSE.
I had no idea this place had COVID repellent. They need to bottle it and sell it.
I mean, CLEARLY they have some kind of protection because there were 4,352 people inside and no mask in sight.
I walked in and started hyperventilating. I told Lodell that he’d be the last person I’d see pre-infection.
It was a super-spreader event, for sure. Great for the band to have so many fans. Not great for my health.
But you showed up and normalized mask wearing.
I am grateful.
I’m also oddly grateful to the nearby couple who decided a Southern rock show was a good place to practice the dance moves they learned after Bible study.
They were fascinating.
And Freebird USA put on a great show.
I’m willing to go out again, but only if you are with me in mask solidarity.
Deal?
Your sister,
Beth
Observe and report 
I’m disturbed by the idea of a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band. OH! And in the process of evaluating books for the contest, I happened on one the author of which said Dead Kennedys played California Uber Alley in 1975. Very, very, risky when a little research would have saved him from making that egregious mistake.
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They are good! Do you not like tribute bands? And EEESSH.
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I like tribute bands, but I’ve been scarred. I remember a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band that played a barn dance in the town I lived in in CA and they played an extended version (imagine) of Freebird, and they played it three times (requests). That kind of put me over the edge. 🙂
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Oh NO! I mean, it’s a fine song, but not on repeat.
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The black masks look kinda cool in that setting. Surely I don’t have bad taste?
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Black is always cool!
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