Concert Memories pt. 4

A few summers ago I saw Los Lobos at a western New York venue called Melody Fair, an "in-the-round" concert hall that featured a rotating stage. The night before the motors that rotated the stage had fizzled out, so on this night, to ensure everyone in the audience got a good view of the band, every 15 minutes a crew would come running out and physically rotate the stage by a quarter turn. The band looked slightly confused by this at first, but each time after that they would break into a surf tune. This is but one of many reasons Los Lobos is the coolest band on earth.