My one and only visit to the Suffolk Forum was to see Robin Trower for a second time that year (the first being a Radio City Music Hall concert with Derringer opening). The opening act on this night was former New York City police officer Eddie Mahoney better known now as Eddie Money. The journey from Queens to the Long Island ice rink venue was also my one and only concert experience with a school buddy, Frank C., If memory serves, the floor was general admission and we found ourselves down front for Eddie Money’s opening set. Robin Trower was the headliner and I was already a big fan of “Bridge of Sighs” and the live album. The only specific recollection of the show was looking straight up and seeing Trower playing guitar right above us. The only other recollection was that on the ride home Frank, who lived in Whitestone, demonstrated the slingshot maneuver from the Cross Island Expressway to the Whitestone Expressway across three lanes of traffic to the seemingly very short run to the first exit off the expressway. I have seen Robin Trower and Eddie Money perform in concert on other occasions separately through the years but this show by far made the biggest impression of all those other Trower/Money concert experiences that were to follow.

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GQ