Many Concerts: Melissa Etheridge and Bon Jovi
Having not been to a concert for a long time (I actually just don't remember the last time I had been to a concert), I went to no less than TWO in just a few days time. On Wednesday night, I went to see Melissa Etheridge in concert at the WaMu theater at Madison Square Garden. It was a blast. She has a lot of bluesy elements in her music, a dash of folksy, in an overarching framework of rock 'n roll. In the end, she puts on a really good show, and seems to connect well with her audience. One of the fringe benefits of being a male at her concert is that the line for the men's bathroom was nonexistent. Tons of middle-aged women there... And I had never been to the Garden before, so it was a new experience. Then last night we happened into some tickets for the free Bon Jovi concert on the Great Lawn of Central Park--this concert was in conjunction with All Star week, since the All Star game is going to be played in Yankee Stadium this year. There were something like 50,...