First, the good news. I saw Heart tonight. It was fucking rad. I'm not even much of a concert-goer, I'm the Steely Dan type, I prefer to listen to the polished and professionally produced studio version with all background noises off. But for some old farts (these Rock and Roll Royalty are 70+ now!), they did rock pretty hard. Actually, they're cute about it, too. For all the cred Nancy Wilson gets as a rocker, she's sweet as a peach, and Ann even more so. Ok ok so I saw Heart, big whoop, the real reason I'm sharing is Nancy shared a good story that @holla2040, maybe @Malice and others would appreciate.

• Note to self: Replace with better pics that wife took later, after she posts them to FB for me to steal.

There was a break where the lights came down, and it was just Nancy sitting on a stool by herself in a spotlight, and she recounted a story to the audience. She said back when their band was off the ground but still pretty mid, their agent booked them as the opening act for Van ...