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I saw America last night at a local restored theatre.  Gerry pointed out that this was the first show of this decade and the very first show of their 50th year as a band (branded as such on the tickets), so they both talked a bit about their history.  I was blessed to see them (never have before), and the seats were only like 10 rows from the stage even though the tickets were not much more in cost than a nice steak dinner which is forgotten the next day.  If you get a chance to see them, I highly recommend it.  Plus it's fun to get out of the house once in a while and mingle.  I sit at a screen way way too much.  There were 2 extremely attractive women (30 years old or so) in the seats in front of me, and even though they were talking to each other, I didn't mind as they were talking about their love of America.  One of them got excited when they did "Ventura Highway" (her favorite song), and she whipped out her iphone and recorded it.  The energy of the crowd adds to the experience.