Chapter 3“Lucky Star” by Madonna, “1999” by Prince, “Alone” by Heart, I could still play those songs if I wanted to. I could also play “We Built This City” by Jefferson Airplane, or Jefferson Starship, or just Starship—the exact name they called themselves by then eluded me, even though Gail—Miss Coolidge—made a lesson out of the evolution of the band.
Chances were slim I’d ever want to play anything from the 1980s again.
The lineup for the first concert I played with the high school band wasn’t etched in my mind, but this one, three years later, was. A seventh grader by now, I was only two years behind the youngest members in age and still miles ahead of the oldest ones in talent. Gail said that, not just me.
Cabaret Night 2003 had a theme: Rockin’ the Eighties. Round tables were set u
