Glendale High School
March 29, 97
By Vickie

The show was held at Glendale High School, which is about 20 minutes from my in-laws house in Burbank. (I had enough tickets to take my husband, his mom and her girlfriend.) Glendale Community Concerts Series was the group which sponsored the show, and they're made up of people who are probably two or three (or more) generations older that I am. There was a lot of blue hair reflecting in the lights. The auditorium did not fill, and I was somewhat chagrined at that - I somehow felt personally responsible that Glendale was unresponsive to the jewels condescending to be in their midst. The program itself was delightful, and we had terrific seats - four rows back and right smack dab in the middle. I spent two blissful hours not twenty feet from Ranger Doug! Of course, they had their "campfire" in front of which basked a stuffed armadillo. They sang a well-rounded selection from the CD's that I already have, and some from Public Cowbow #1 which I bought prior to the show. It's now one of my favorites (Cowboys in Love and The Cowbow Way are two others; Songs of the Sage is still growing on me). Ranger Doug asked for questions toward the end of the show and, while I didn't have a question (duh), I requested that Too Slim recite "Reincarnation", which he did! Too Slim also broke out into "Surfin' USA" which really tickled my husband - he's a real Beach Boys fan, and designs the Brian Wilson newsletter, Breakaway. We haven't had so much fun in forever!

Afterward, I waited around and they signed a picture and my new CD liner notes, and my husband took a picture of all of us together - super neat. Woody seemed a bit tired - I suspect that this is all pretty boring after 3,000+ appearances. But my husband said I was just beaming, and I don't doubt it. I grinned for an hour before, two hours during, and who knows how long after! Their music is constantly in my head.