This is, without a doubt, the best...night...ever!!! We drove all the way down to Santa Maria, California from where I was vacationing (near Sacramento) to the Santa Barbara County Fair. Five hour drive was totally worth it!

We got to the concert at 5:30 and it was set to start at 8 PM or so. Shortly after we arrived, Joan Jett did a sound check with the band, testing the equipment with a few songs! At 7:45, I left my seat to stand up by the stage, where a crowd was already gathering. When the concert kicked off, it was so awesome to see her so close up, it was like she was singing to an exclusive group. Even after all of these years, she is still a fiery rocker pushing the limits. She sang all of the greats like "I Hate Myself for Loving You", "ACDC", "Crimson and Clover", "Fetish", "Schooldays", "Do You Wanna Touch", "I Love Rock & Roll", and many others. It was one of the most thrilling concerts ever! During her third song ("Light of Day"), she threw out one of her guitar picks and it landed close to me. I looked for it and found it lying next to a guy's shoe. I almost had to fight to retrieve it, but I got it (I almost damaged my glasses for it, but it's MINE!!!). Shortly after I got the guitar pick, she looked straight into my eyes and pointed at me in a mischievous sort of way. <3 The rest of the concert was truly memorable. For two songs (one of them was "Cherry Bomb"), Cherie Currie (the lead singer from Joan Jett's first band, The Runaways, way back in the late 70's) sang in duet with Joan!

I'm now at a hotel, resting after the 80 minutes of awesome stimulation. I have taken a picture of the guitar pick with my webcam and I will post the picture here momentarily.

Rock on, DA!