Surprise Front Row and Autograph in Boise

[Watchdevil22]

Okay, this is long, but I think a pretty good story if you have time for it, lol.

So I just got back from Boise, ID and what turned out to be the most surprisingly wonderful day of my life! After going to the Auburn show and being totally blown away, I decided on Monday to buy a ticket to the Boise show. I ended up with 5th row, on Stevie's side. I was completely happy with that. When I got off at the exit for the Idaho Center, a local radio station was giving out tickets for the show. I signed up, just in case they had something better. Turns out they had some front row seats, and there was a guy there (40s, Tusk t-shirt, in case he's on the list) that was going around making deals with everyone to get the front row seats if someone else won (he'd give his ticks plus cash). When he tried to make the deal with me, I declined saying I'd hold on to such good seats at all cost, but when we realized we were both on our own, we made a deal that if he won, I'd get the extra ticket and vice versa. BUT, neither of us won. However, I did win the next pair of seats, (mediocre first level). I sold them to some people there for $100. Then headed over to the show. Soon after I arrived, who showed up next to me but hyper deal making guy who had somehow traded his way up to the 5th row. We noticed security was giving the front row bracelets, so it didn't look like we'd be getting up front. Dealmaking guy said he'd start asking people to trade tickets with us. We'd offer $100 each+our fifth row seats. I was okay with this since I'd unexpectedly just got $100 for the tickets I won. So my new friend goes up to a young couple sitting front and center, right in front of Stevie's mic--the perfect seats. He talks to them for about 5 minutes and came back--they accepted!! I was so excited, my legs were shaking. We switched tickets with them, got our front row bracelets and I was now standing in front of Stevie Nicks, just as they walked out on stage. This was complete heaven!! I had brought my Buckingham Nicks album and I waived it in the air after the Chain, Stevie looked down and smiled with a sort of surprised look on her face...this was my first "Stevie eye contact moment," I only managed 3 of them though I was right in front of her, it's hard to get her attention--she just looks out into the crowd mostly. Lindsey of course, is another story. I had the BN album sitting on the stage in front of me and he spotted it and looked at me, seemed to be asking if it was mine. I nodded and pointed at it, he smiled and gave me a "woah, that's an old one" look.

Now moving along to the autograph bit. I was hoping to get the BN album singed. So towards the end of the set, I put the album along with my black sharpie right up by Stevie's feet, easy for her to grab and sign, I thought. She looked down at it but showed no sign of doing anything. Things weren't looking good. When she and Lindsey came back out for "Goodbye Baby" I grabbed it off the stage and held pen and album in the air at Lindsey and motioned, asking if he would sign it. He smiled and nodded (God, I love this guy!!) saying he'd get it after the song. I gave him a thank you and a thumbs up (I was a dork, but a very happy dork, lol.) Sure enough, as soon as the song was over Lindsey came over and grabbed the pen and album and signed his name, and then signed for two others, and then gave me my pen back. Excellent, but still no Stevie. She came back by and was standing right in front of me. In a last ditch effort, I looked up at her and pleaded, "please, Stevie." She avoided eye contact but looked right at the album and said "I can't." I thought it was a little weird, didn't seem like it would have taken too much effort. But hey, 1 outta 2 ain't bad!! (Anyone have any ideas for getting Stevie to sign?) All in all the coolest concert of my life--never have I been near that close!

Highlights/Interesting tidbits
Stevie had tears during "Say Goodbye." She put her chin up on her microphone looking over at Lindsey at the end of the song and had a few tears rolling down her cheeks.
Lindsey was great all they way though the show--I got to play his guitar--awesome!! And as I think someone else mentioned at a different show, I got to do the "It's Alright, alright" along with him for a line or two during "Stand Back."
Stevie, though she didn't pay as much attention to us in the front row as we may have liked, continues to be in excellent voice. "Silver Springs" blew me away!! This is my favorite song of all time and she nailed it. "Stand Back," "Rhiannon" and "GDW" were all excellent.
I'm loving the live version of "What's the World Coming To?" and pretty much the whole show....this band rocks!!


Sorry so long, Erin