I was 12 or 13 when I took the TTC 2 hours to downtown Toronto, Maple Leaf Gardens.
I won tickets from
Q 107, floor seats for
Rush.
My first concert .
Was absolutely amazing, I was hooked.
Both on Rush , already and live concerts.
I've seen almost everyone who came through Toronto in the 70's and 80's.
Wild stories too.
Sneaking back stage to
Gold Record parties .
Singing
Sledge Hammer with
Peter Gabriel at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Oh the stories.
I was afraid of nothing growing up heights , speed , danger , authorities and rules.
You know that little switch that says nope don't do that.
I had a major concussion when i was 6.
Damaged the impulse control segment of my brain.
But I didn't find all this out until much later.
No wonder my old man beat the daylights out of me.
I was 11 years old when I started skipping school to go to the Blue Jay games, their Opening Season.
School never phone called back then,
and I loved baseball.
But none of that mattered.
It all gave me an adrenaline rush, didn't have that sense of fear most people get.
Thats why I took to racing motorcycles at such a young age.
My old man made me a deal if I behaved he would buy me the RM I wanted.
It was used by then , fairly cheap.
Mistake
That just had the cops chasing me all over the place.
Great adrenaline rush, till they figured out where I lived.
Was only 11 the first time I had the cops show up at my door.
Wish i still had that bike.
But i loved racing the most .
Id rip over the biggest jumps i could find, ride full throttle regardless.
It made for an interesting child hood.
But it wasn't just concerts.
I even snuck into the
Kansas City Royals Dug Out. During the payoffs.
The look on
George Brett's face was priceless.
Jays got knocked out in the ALCS that year.
That story is absolutely crazy i almost got arrested 3 times that night.
Did spend an hour in hand cuffs though.
I was only 7 the first time I was handcuffed.
SOB cop, handcuffing a bunch of kids.
That's when I learned the phrase " you fit the description "
I been 6'1 with long blonde hair most of my life, nobody fits my feken description.
PRICK gave me a healthy distain for authority.
Especially cops.
Never spent a night in jail though.
Night!!!. Hehe.
Some might say an ill spent youth, but I'm terrible at pool.
Take care my friend.
Talk soon.