I wanted to see Linda Ronstadt badly. I talked my girl friend into coming with me all the way to Long Island Forum to see Linda Ronstadt in concert. I did not have yet have a driving license much less a car. She did but refused to drive there.

We took three trains to get there: The Lackawanna, Path And Long Island Railroad. What I did not tell her and conveniently omitted was we would miss our last connection back. This was probably in the early eighties.

We made it to the concert finally. Andrew Gold opened for her. He was Linda Ronstadt musical director. The guitar solos in “When Will I be Loved” and “You Are No Good” are his and he duplicated them perfectly during her concert. He was part of her band.

Linda Ronstadt was great. Now we had to take the trains back. We made it as far as Lackawanna Station in Hoboken.  We were stuck there until the morning train left.

All I remember about that night.  It was bitterly cold and the warmest place was the women’s bathroom and I kept getting kicked out of there.  Finally we made it back home and I called off and went to sleep.