FanGirl, FanMom and FanGram Action in Del Mar! 
The venue for this concert was the San Diego County Fair, or as my mom dubbed it "Heart Attack on a Stick". I had never seen so much fair fare before, and this is coming from someone who's attended the State Fair several times. Everywhere you turned was a booth for "Deep Fried Frog Legs" "Deep Fried Twinkies", "Deep Fried This" and "Deep Fried That".
Despite my effeciency at getting ready in the morning, my travelling companions were lacking a bit in this department. We made it on time for the 11:00 concert but not in time for the primo seats. Oh well, another concert followed at 1:00, we could move up then. Soon the DJ of a local oldies radio station ("The Walrus") came out to introduce...
From
offstage we could hear him singing "Here I come...", then ran onstage to wild applause and screams (and that was just from my mother! 
) Micky didn't hesitate to get this party started, and launched
into four hits in a row, "That Was Then," "Little Bit Me", "She" and "Words", a duet he did with keyboardist Dave
"Loafy" Alexander, who has a pretty decent voice himself. After finishing these, Micky sat down at the edge of the stage and panted "I'm
getting too old for this".
At some point in the show there was a little problem with Micky's vocal monitor and while it was being adjusted, Micky turned the microphone stand
upside down and balanced it on the palm of his hand to entertain the audience! 
Those things aren't light, either! Other songs he did were "Johnny B. Goode" and "Clarksville" while Coco
handled the leads on "Different Drum" and "White Rabbit". Both were exceptional treats to hear and my mom was blown away at how well she
could sing.
About halfway through the show, Micky got up behind the drum kit. As he was adjusting his headset, Coco turned to him and said "What's this, an
apparation?" He performed "Mary Mary" and "Steppin' Stone" while on the drums. I tried calling home during "Mary,
Mary" so my son could have a listen, but alas, no one answered the phone, so I left a snippet of it on the answering machine. After the pulse-pounding
sounds of these songs, Micky toned it down a little with "D.W. Washburn." Interestingly, it's not one of my favorite songs on a record but I
enjoy the way he does it live. Somewhere in there he threw in "Purple Haze" and everyone did an awesome job on it, especially Wayne Avers. But I
have to say it's just kind of weird to look over and see your mother rocking out to this acid-trip of a song, even though my mom was living in S.F. and
taking frequent trips to the Filmore the year this song became a hit. 
(She also claims she saw Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Grateful Dead and Bill Cosby perform before they got
famous).
Micky continued with "Daydream Believer" and honored John Stewart with a few words about him. He and Coco looked like they were having a lot of
fun doing this one together. Next was "Pleasant Valley Sunday", another big crowd pleaser. Micky left the stage after that then came back to do an
"encore" of "Gimme Some Lovin'", which I think is a great showcase for him. As Micky told the audience "I do that song just
because I like it!" The last song of course was "I'm a Believer", and he invited all the kids in the audience to come up on the stage and
dance with him. Unfortunately my own daughter got a case of stage-fright and refused to go, in spite of my offer to go up with her. (I admit it, I have no
shame. ) About a dozen kids took him up on the offer and
it was really cute. That was the one moment I had regretting not bringing my son with. He would have been up there in a flash. Oh let's face it, he
would have been up there from the moment the concert started, tugging the mic away from Micky!
Coming soon: Between the Shows and Show #2! (and pics!)
