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U is for Down Under

We are heading down under for today’s performance. Not literally – LOL. We are at our favorite Mountain Winery to see Men at Work. They were the opening act for Rick Springfield and it was another great show. Adele’s Garden … Continue reading

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T is for Tower of Power

Tower of Power is another local band, starting across the Bay in Oakland. We’ve seen them twice, both times they were the opening act on a 3 band bill. The first time was in 2014 where they were on the … Continue reading

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S is for Stop In The Name of Love

Diana Ross came to the Mountain Winery a few years ago but we didn’t add her to our list at that time. When I saw she was coming again I told my hubby we really had to go. She’s one … Continue reading

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R is for Rock, Paper, Scissors

I had an issue with this show. It featured Peter Gabriel and Sting and I wanted to do Peter Gabriel for “G” and Sting for “S” but when I started writing it, everything was so intermingled that I really couldn’t … Continue reading

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Q is for One Night of Queen

Unfortunately we never saw Freddie Mercury with Queen. We have seen Queen with Adam Lambert twice and thought they were great. One of the offerings at the Mountain Winery was “One Night of Queen,” a tribute band. We love the … Continue reading

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P is for Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde and her band, The Pretenders, was the opening act for Stevie Nicks. I try to see Stevie whenever she is around and we are sometimes treated to great opening acts. This was no exception. We are back at … Continue reading

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O is for One Woman Show

Most of the time the shows we see are well-known artists from our 70’s and 80’s rock genre. Every once in a while my husband will read about someone in the paper and get intrigued. This is what happened with … Continue reading

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N is for Night Ranger

Night Ranger was the opening act for Foreigner and Journey. That was a great show, made better by the fact that we went with some friends and had a tailgate before we went in. No video for this one either. … Continue reading

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M is for Mariah Carey

And so we begin week 3 of our A to Z challenge! Seems to be going pretty well so far. I haven’t noticed too many new visitors but I haven’t actually been very good about searching out new ones myself … Continue reading

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L is for Cyndi Lauper

Hey there A to Zers, another week down! I’m ashamed to say I haven’t even visited the main A to Z blog myself, have you? Once again we have an opening act that was almost as fun to see as … Continue reading

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