On the Playlist 11SEP2018…

Carrying on the thread from the other day listening to the second ever album I ever purchased and another one that was heavily influenced by my older cousin - Heart - Little Queen. Although the band hails from the Seattle area it was when they moved to Canada that they had their earliest success. Little Queen is their second album (sort of) after Dreamboat Annie. The heart of the group (bad pun there) are the two sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Their first album was recorded in Vancouver at Mushroom studios which is just a couple blocks down from the apartment I own there. 

I remember seeing them live at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium at the Rock Circus on August 26, 1979. I would have been 14 years old at the time and worked at the stadium as a hawker in the stands. The Rock Circus was absolute mayhem and I made about $400 that day which was a lot of money back then. The hawkers were absolutely forbidden from going down on the floor of the stadium but we all knew that we was where all the serious stoners and drunks were and thus where the real money was to be made. So, we would ditch our uniforms and go down there anyway. Just had to keep an eye out for our supervisors and not get caught. I made several large tips from people who were so out of it they had no idea what they were doing - ah the 70s. It was quite eye-opening to say the least. Good thing my parents had no idea what it was all about as they would have freaked out!. Working as a hawker in the stadium during the summer lead to a part-time job in the winter working at a concession stand at the hockey rink next to my high school as it was run by the same company. I made some good impressions with my hard work ethic at the stadium. Worked at the stadium one more year before moving on to better jobs but none quite as fun since I attended every major event at the stadium for 2 years. 

Heart - Little Queen