tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post7815934417937281973..comments2024-03-28T06:46:33.132-05:00Comments on Meet the Beatles for Real: John Long in Jacksonville, FLSara S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09709390264536530164noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-91566498140716800522022-06-19T20:17:29.574-05:002022-06-19T20:17:29.574-05:00my favourite readings are stories like these my favourite readings are stories like these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-17464549708992366302022-06-18T19:33:27.960-05:002022-06-18T19:33:27.960-05:00I was there...11 yrs old....still have the black t...I was there...11 yrs old....still have the black turtleneck shirt I wore!!! It was the best moments of my life at that age...until I got to meet & shake Paul's hand in 2001! Beatles forever!!!! Rhonda KellamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-61848512460244351012013-06-08T20:20:53.299-05:002013-06-08T20:20:53.299-05:00Thanks for sharing those memories! I was just list...Thanks for sharing those memories! I was just listening to interviews conducted at Jacksonville the other day, by coincidence! Wow, you got to stand in front of that crowd?!!! What was THAT like??!!! <br /><br />The pictures of them playing that night definitely have major windage!! There's a great snapshot that a fan took, somewhere on this amazing blog. <br /><br />Do you happen to have retained any of your air checks from their visit, or from that period in general?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-36348461751911723982013-06-08T14:43:43.997-05:002013-06-08T14:43:43.997-05:00I was a nitetime dj at wape when the Beatles
came....I was a nitetime dj at wape when the Beatles<br />came. I introduced Jackie DeShannon on the <br />show. I did not meet them...they ran to and<br />from the stage that stormy nite. The nite<br />jocks got no respect at the APE.I later worked<br />at several stations...including WMBR. Thanks<br />for listening...see you on the flipside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-70646444951890868372011-08-19T08:24:59.097-05:002011-08-19T08:24:59.097-05:00I grew up in Jacksonville, experienced Hurricane D...I grew up in Jacksonville, experienced Hurricane Dora and had front row, center seats at the Beatles concert; I was nine years old. My aunt ran the ticket office in Jacksonville and my father worked for the recreation department, which ran the Gator Bowl. They always said there were 12,000 people in attendance...who knows. The Beatles stayed in a house trailer, on the Monroe Street end of the Gator Bowl, behind the stage. The following January, while running around the Gator Bowl, I found a support beam, where Paul McCartney had signed it...it was authentic. 45 years later, Paul McCartney played the Gator Bowl again, as the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl, in 2005.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-72151889582639908032010-08-10T23:14:54.901-05:002010-08-10T23:14:54.901-05:00That is such a Fantastic story...
Thank you for sh...That is such a Fantastic story...<br />Thank you for sharing! You provide wonderful imagery in your words. It made me smile. If it were only that easy these days...<br />I am a photographer and would love to get the chance to cover such events.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-32516629071244789782010-07-25T20:42:40.223-05:002010-07-25T20:42:40.223-05:00I attended the 1964 concert in Jacksonville and I ...I attended the 1964 concert in Jacksonville and I had tickets on the field. I took movie film, the old 8mm - about 3 minutes. Its not good,its shaky and dark, but its not bad - afterall, it is the Beatles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-19652881354882787902010-02-01T21:51:02.606-06:002010-02-01T21:51:02.606-06:00That is awesome that you saw the Beatles in concer...That is awesome that you saw the Beatles in concert! That Gator Bowl show sounded like it was a crazy one with all of the wind from the hurricane. Wow!<br /><br />There are photos from that show here (you will have to join, but we are a harmless bunch)<br /><br />http://beatlesdaybyday.freeforums.org/11-september-1964-jacksonville-t2448.htmlSara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09709390264536530164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119778215437215.post-91303897038488115872010-02-01T08:22:34.449-06:002010-02-01T08:22:34.449-06:00Are there no photos on the internet of them on the...Are there no photos on the internet of them on the stage in the Gator Bowl? I was so high up, there are only little dots of light inthe middle of my photos. What a laugh. Must scan them to see if there is any discernable human shape recorded. But now 45 years later, I'm finding I am remembered as "cool among my friends just because I went to see them. Too funny. I was so immersed in them, it stunted my normal teenage social growth! ha.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312754881512166930noreply@blogger.com