BOB Dylan. Van Morrison. Joni Mitchell. These are the names of the three Rock and Roll legends that rolled into town last week to kick off a concert tour that will stretch down the west coast of North America in the next few weeks. It was unheard off three music giants on the same stage in the same night, kind of like the famed Three Tenors performances, only baby boomer style. And while Van, Joni, and Bob didn’t perform together, it was a phenomenal draw for rock and roll fans fron all over the province. My older brother Steve came across Georgia Strait from Comox to sce the con- cert, and our buddy Paz drove all the way down from Prince Rupert. Why even this gray- haired-and somewhat chub- by middle aged housewife was enticed to venture across the rickety old Lions Gate Bridge ro General Motors Place to hear them. My bachelor little broth- er (with the constant cash flow and no financial obliga- tions to speak of) bought the tickets weeks ago for the four of us and put. himself in charge of the evening. He's a high-end guy through and through, so of course our seats were among the best in the house. Both of my brothers are themselves musicians. My ., big brother had his own band off and on from 1968 through 1988, and he played school sockhops when he was young and later the bars in the Prince Rupert srea to great acclaim, I'll never forget the lunchtime gig his band per- formed at our high school Close ta home when I was in Grace 8. The Purple Wedge could crank out a smokin’ renditi Susy Q that stirrest ; bopper’s soul PH tell vo My vounger brother cut his own CD a couple of s ago. He“ sa stockh ing 3 and performing country and western songs, and his CD is really pretty good, athough it sever made the charts. I still have a case of these Cis in my garage if you're interested. As for me, I sing and play a few instruments well enough to impress the half- baked crew thar assembles around the evening camp- fires where we spend our summer holidays. A reservation for dinner was secured at one of the best sushi restaurants in town from which we were able to walk to General Motors Place, and we met there early for some pre- concert priming. Naturally there was some catching up to do. I men- tioned to the lads that I was going to Weight Watchers ; on: AL PYG *PROFES IONAL | VISIT OUR 1293 Mal lusive spiri and made the mistake af telling them thar at my ini- tial weigh-in ] had broken through the 150 harrier. Immediately the one liners began. “Gee Shanny,” older brother mused. “That means you can't fight Sugar Ray Leonard. You're too heavy for his weight class.” Uproarious laughter ensued. “Nope, you can fight Marvin Hagler but you can’t fight Sugar Ray,” added a chortling younger brother. I scratched one of them hard and vanked a fistful of the other’s hair, leaving them both shrie ing in pain. A gal has every right to now and then. nversation quickly {to music, and over Kirin beers and miniature cups of warm saki we estab- lished our favorite songs trom all of the rock and roil greats, There was intense specu- lation about what the per- formers would be playing that evening, and with great hope and anticipation we agreed that cach would, for sure, satisfy our craving for nostalgia with a line-up of old time favorites. When it came time to make the march to GM Place, one brother paid the bill and we stepped our into the warm light of carly evening. Linking arms, we started down Georgia Street, a veri- table phalanx of pudgy, Tae: Sat 1-5 4 Wyman wellfireplacey Extended Hours: Enjoy the North Shore's finest selection of colourful bedding plants. shrubs, flowers and trees... always value-priced. North Van: , — 9am-Spm, Monday to Friday. 9am-6pm, Saturday & Sunday. 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