Various David Cassidy Comments

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE ELEVENTH EDITION OF "THE BEAU ZONE" ON THE HARD ROCK HEROES WEBSITE FROM MARCH TO NOVEMBER 2008.

For the space remaining before we get into the wrestling section, maybe I'll throw in some comments regarding David Cassidy's recent Winnipeg concerts at Club Regent on February 13 and 14, 2008:

1) Before the show, I was singing, "Point Me In The Direction of Club Regent....."

2) Originally, David was only booked to play on Feb. 14. When that show sold out quickly, the promoters added the Feb. 13 date. Since he was in town overnight, I wonder if he decided to wander around the casino with a guitar. Maybe he would have seen guys playing cards. Maybe he would have gone up to them, strummed his guitar, and sang, "He's bluffing with a pair of sevens." (Partridge Family viewers would get that.)

3) Now, when I arrived at Club Regent for the show, where was that Partridge Family bus that someone in this city owns? I fully expected to see it in the parking lot as a gag. (Unless it was there the previous night.) As well as a photo-op in one of the papers with David Cassidy walking off that bus. Someone blew a great opportunity.

4) Not related to the show, but a cute nostalgic story I e-mailed someone: Several of my albums were bought at the late, great Stereo Swap Shop that was formerly at the corner of Osborne and Gertrude. It's now a hair salon who's name my brain has a mental block of not remembering. My friends and I rode the bus from St. Vital all the time to buy records there. I once bought a John Mayall album at the now-former Fernwood IGA for $3.00 and got $4.00 credit at Swap Shop for it. Unfortunately, in the late '70s, my friends convinced me to take all my Archies and Partridge Family and Brady Kids records there for credit and trade them in for Aerosmith or whatever. So that's basically how and why I now seek out greatest hits collections of those groups on CD today. At least I have the best songs on CD now, back in my collection.