Because
Goodkind was managing us, he spoke with the press, record companies, and
agents. One agent, a sweet and very cute, tall guy named Michael, talked to Tom
about getting us on a leg of a Beach Boys Summer Tour in 1986. I don’t know
what deal was struck or what if any strings were attached, but what a coup!
At
the time, I was temping in offices as a secretary -- in an era when the men
didn’t type their own correspondence yet, for the most part. The move to word
processing was underway, and the most used program was MultiMate (followed by
WordPerfect by Microsoft). More anon about that. . .
Being
on the Beach Boys tour was a dream come true, though in its own way stressful
and harrowing. Funny that I never felt unsure or nervous about performing on a
large, raised stage in front of thousands of fans. Thousands of fans of the
OTHER band might have given pause to most sensible performers but to me, it was
all good and once we opened our mouths and sang in that lovely, tight harmony
with our songs of inspiration and fun -- how could they NOT love us?
I
confess to only being nervous to playing in smaller venues when I can see the
faces of the people, especially if I know them personally.
At
any rate, the opportunity and the exposure when playing in the large stadiums
on tour opening for harmony-singing legends The Beach Boys was pretty huge. . .
I bought a new little easy focus camera, an Olympus, that had a slide out panel
for the lens and a flash attachment that screwed in to the side. It was small
and easy to use. We still had to buy film (usually 100 ASA B&W), but
snapping away on a once-in-a-lifetime tour was definitely a given for me. . . I
just HAD to document it.
We
played Milwaukee, Chicago, Pittsburgh, PA, Ohio, and Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
. . and perhaps a few other stops.
(photo
of “big arena ‘87” above & “View from wings” below)
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