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So, What the Hell Is the New World?

  So, What the Hell Is the New World? Every once in a while, somebody encounters the name The New World in the 31st Century and quite reasonably asks:  “What the hell is Ray Galindo talking about?”  The short answer is: The New World is a fictional world, but it isn't simply a fictional story.            It is a civilization, a culture, a history, a musical universe, a mythology and an ongoing creative project that has grown out of decades of songwriting and imagination. It has people, places, music, entertainment, sciences, philosophies, cultures, lifestyles, historical events and its own sense of time. And yet, exactly what kind of "fictional world" it is remains deliberately open to interpretation.    Maybe that's part of the fun. It isn't one particular kind of imaginary place                            Human beings have been imagining other worlds for a ve...

Concert Attendance Timeline

  Concert Attendance Timeline Date Artist(s) / Event Venue & Location Wed, Sep 2, 1970 "Whispering" Bill Anderson Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, OH, US Mar 17, 1974 Chicago / Lynyrd Skynyrd / Madura Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL, US Oct 3, 1974 Santana / Golden Earring Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL, US Dec 8, 1974 White Witch / Bacchus / Cisco Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL, US Apr 17, 1975 Alice Cooper / Suzi Quatro Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL, US Apr 20, 1975 Nektar Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL, US Mar 20, 1976 KISS / Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band / Atlanta Rhythm Section Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL, US Fri, Jun 3, 1977 Led Zeppelin (Infamous rained-out concert/riot) Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL, US Sep 30, 1977 Mahogany Rush / Rex Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL, US Jul 7, 1978 Patti Smith / Patti Smith Group / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL, US Mar 5, 1982 U2 / The J. Geils Band Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, ...