Part of being addicted to Rock and Roll is the constant checking of newspapers and listening to radio for their “surprise” announcements of shows or ticket information. In the late seventies, before the Internet, local radio was usually the best way to get ahead of the crowd concerning concert information. I had two friends, David and Eric, who were very up to date on that stuff and kept most of us informed. These two guys were a couple of years older than me, and by the time I was a junior they had both graduated, but remained my live music buddies of choice. Eric was always calling radio D.J.’s to find out the scoops, the stuff they couldn’t say over the air yet because it was unconfirmed. I remember a Bad Company concert in Dallas in 1977 that David had gotten 3 tickets for, one for me and the other two for him and a girlfriend. When the girl canceled, we convinced our friend Kevin to lie to his parents, telling them he was going to work then going to the show with us. So the three of us went.