I was just talking with my buddy about how I didn’t bother going to see Zeppelin and he says:
“If jimmy page’s finger was still a-hurtin’ at the concert, you would have had the chance to get up on stage and replace him, dude! You blew it! ;)”
This brought up one of my favourite stories of yesteryear. I was back home for the holidays and the night before Dad drove us home (for some reason I remember Randy and Carol in the car…don’t know why Carol would have been with us. Maybe getting a bus to Oshawa from Ottawa?) we ended up at the Sunshine with Double Time (was that their name?) on stage. Double Time comes through town a few times a year and they are a great act.
So as the night weared on, I decided to hit the road as I was feeling good but a few people stayed over. Of those people, Randy stayed. Maybe Carol also? Carol, let me know in the comment section why the heck I remember you in this story! He ended up partying with the members of the band up in their room for the night and didn’t get home until 5 in the morning and we were picking him up between 6-7 in the morning!
He was in rough shape when we were cruising out of town. He was recounting this tale about how he was showing them some stuff on guitar but he was so drunk that he couldn’t play at all and it was horrible! We all laughed when Dad brought up the fact that Randy blew his one big chance to make it big! Ha ha, we kept razzing him about that for the rest of the trip. I’m sure he looks back on that day and realizes he could have been touring with Double Time by now!
iplaying: First Days of Spring – Neverending White Lights (Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies)
2 replies on “Memory: Randy’s Big Chance”
This should definitely be made into a movie. :o)
i do remember that! They are a band i think from toronto…I was working at the sunshine that night and met up with you guys and when i was done work, we all went upstairs where they were staying and they jammed, i left and i think randy stayed till the wee hours of the morning….