Chris Christie Wept over Springsteen Hug

Time ^ | Nov. 07, 2012 | By Emma O'Connor

[Mozilla]

But did he weep over Mitt Romney’s loss? I’d say No.

[dfwgator]

Bet he weeps when McDonald’s runs out of bacon.

[supremedoctrine]

Thanks for that vivid story-—but I don’t know whO Robert Lockwood Jr, is/was and Why! You’re white! means.
One fond memory of mine is being part of a created-on-the-spot group (called The CHicago Boxcar) to perform only one time and open for Chuck Berry
at the Washington U. homecoming concert right around this time FORTY ONE YEARS AGO. Most of us were from the original production of Grease in Chicago that ran almost the entire year prior to this C Berry concert-—this concert was the brainchild of two Wash U students who fancied themselves as budding rock producers, We had in addition to the Grease members one vocalist who was a leftwing storefront attorney in Chicago who has been part of a locally well-known doo-wop group in Brooklyn about 10 years earlier. We had to drive down to St. Louis and perform on virtually no sleep, in addition to having all of 24 hours to put together and rehearse enough songs sufficient to be called an opening act. Our lawyer diva, (who was also a friend of mine at the time) said he would come down but demanded to have roundtrip airfare paid. That was granted, and we finally put on the opening act, having no choice but to stand there, try to smile and sing, as we ducked catcalls and a couple dozen beer cans thrown at us, because after all they were there to see the Merry Mr. Berry, and not The Chicago Boxcar. Ahhhh, good times!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Chuck was notoriously hard to work with! The stories are amazing! Yours sounded like a very tough gig, and you didn’t even have to play with Chuck, which would have made it worse!

Here’s Robert Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lockwood,_Jr.

I was sitting in the acoustic section of Sam’s Music, around the corner from the front desk. So I couldn’t be seen by anyone at the desk. I was playing some hard-core Delta Blues. I finished up, and this old Black guy with a goatee and a beret leaned around the corner. His eyes bugged out, and he exclaimed, “Why you’re White!” I held out my arms and answered, “Shit! I’m screwed!” The old guy was Robert Jr. Shoulda quit playing pedal steel in the Country band, and started hangin’ with him. From him? My best compliment ever!