Crimson And Clover

"Ahh..My my such a sweet thing...Crimson and clover.." I was crazy about that song.I remember listening to it at night on WLS from Chicago, when I lived in Monterey Tenn. my best friend larry poteet, and I used to sit in his Uncle's black, 2door,57 chevy, and listen to the radio for hours on the weekends, and during summer..Every night. Am radio was our window on the world.

I got a call from him one day letting me know Tommy James &the Shondells were coming to Cookeville."They're going to play at Tech, man" He told me. (Tennessee Technological University...a fine school, whose engineers have worked with NASA on several occasions) Long story made longer..We copped tickets that week.

We got decked out in our hippy best clothes..bellbottom jeans tie dye t-shirt, and brown suede vest, and headed over to Tech. At five o clock in the afternoon. The concert started at seven. We checked out the auditorium, and our seats, and still had too much time on our hands so we went to Tech billards. A popular hippy hang-out across from the campus.

We shot a few games of pool, and were just leaving when this tall lanky guy came strolling in. Since we were both in the doorway at the same time we exchanged hellos, and ended up striking up a conversation. He smoked a marlboro, and asked if we were students. (high praise for highschool boys) He asked if we were going to the concert, and said "You like those guys? I don't listen to them much."

So we parted company with him ,and made our way to the gym. It was filling up fast as we made our way to our seats. The lights went down,and a local radio anouncer came out, and said. "ladies, and gentlemen please welcome Roulette recording artists..TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS!!!!!!

And there he stood. Onstage in front of the Shondells...The guy we had been talking to at the pool hall. Tommy James




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