Me and Dave have been Eddie Money fans for as long as I can remember. Yes, Eddie Money. Two Tickets To Paradise, Take Me Home Tonight, I Think I’m In Love… that Eddie Money.

Well, last year I had bought tickets for us to see Money at a little Indian casino in Oroville. We talked about it for a good two months beforehand. Dave decided to wait until the last minute to clear it with his wife, and failed to get a pass for the night. Dave missed an epic show.

Well, this year Dave redeemed himself. A few weeks ago we discovered that Money was playing at the Walnut Festival in Walnut Creek. Dave informed his wife that he was, indeed, going this time.

So Friday comes and it’s the day of the show. We headed out to Walnut Creek and found the place without incident, even though neither one of us knew how to get there.

The actual concert was on a soccer field. Money played Saturday Night Live back in the late 70s and used to play sold out arenas. And now he’s playing Indian casinos and soccer fields. But you know what? Money still rocks.

Dave and I drank way too much beer and acted like the fools that we are, screaming “MONEEEEYYYYY!!!” and “EDDIEEEEEEEEE!!!” from the 3rd row. We danced along with the crowd and sang the lyrics right along with all the true fans. When the show was over we could barely speak, our voices were so hoarse from all the yelling.

Back at Dave’s house we killed a 30 pack of Silver Bullets and played Tiger Woods PGA Tour on his Playstation until 5am. I barely remember walking upstairs to the guest room to crash out.

What a perfect evening, eh?

Here are some pictures of me and Dave at the Eddie Money show at the Walnut Festival in Walnut Creek.