In a message dated 10/1/2004 9:33:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Donmand@aol.com writes:

> Subj: Re: Official Raspberries reunion 
>  Date: 10/1/2004 9:33:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>  From: Donmand@aol.com
>  Reply-to: audities@smoe.org
>  To: audities@smoe.org
>  Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm not planning on making the trek to Cleveland to see this one-off 
> Reunion. 
> I saw Raspberries Live back in their prime in 1974. They'll never touch that 
> 
> Concert.
> 
> Besides Eric Carmen has made a habit of canceling out of shows in the past. 
> I 
> had tickets to the following Concerts he canceled out of:
> 
> 1977 Boats against the Current Tour (opening for Hall and Oates)
> 1989 Dirty Dancing Live
> 2002 A Walk down Abbey Road (Beatles tribute band)
> 
> I've probably went to over 500 Concerts in the past 30+ years. I don't know 
> of any other band or performer who has canceled out that frequently.
> 

sly stone smokes that record for canceled gigs.