Think you香蕉视频直播檝e seen a lot of concerts? Meet Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 Colin Hartridge, a walking, talking encyclopedia of rock n香蕉视频直播� roll.

By his count, he香蕉视频直播檚 witnessed close to 1,000 concerts in his 68 years, and has many of the ticket stubs as proof of his love for live music.

The kicker is, Hartridge is still an avid concert-goer, with two or three on his calendar every week. He also still frequently drums at jam nights around Metro Vancouver, as a blast from his past with the band Sparkling Apple.

In another music-related passion of his, he香蕉视频直播檚 hosted his own from his Guildford-area townhouse for the past four years, giving listeners new themed shows every Monday on mixcloud.com.

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Hartridge, a retired graphic designer who still creates posters for buddies in bands, moved to Surrey with his family when he was six years old, and has lived in the city ever since.

He started playing drums at age 16, a couple years after he saw The Beatles play Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The landmark show, in 1964, was his first as a concert-goer.

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As a teen in the late 1960s, Hartridge saw concerts by several iconic rock bands that travelled through Vancouver, including Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin and more.

Hartridge has a sharp memory for details of those performances.

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Earlier that year, the Coliseum also played host to Cream, with Eric Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass and Ginger Baker on drums.

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The band Hartridge has seen most often in concert is Blue Oyster Cult 香蕉视频直播� probably 10 times, he said.

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Not surprisingly, the music of many of the bands Hartridge has seen in concert is played on his Captain Maniac show.

Out of the gate, his very first episode was called a two-hour collection of songs recorded by Jet, Rose Tattoo, The Cult, The Sex Pistols, Big Sugar and others.

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to visit 香蕉视频直播淭he Captain Maniac Show香蕉视频直播� page on Facebook.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of , launched in 1969, just after Hartridge had graduated from high school.

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For Sparkling Apple, a final gig is in the works for later this year.

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Last Saturday night (April 13), in another of his concert-going experiences, Hartridge helped celebrate the 70th birthday of Doni Underhill, the former Trooper bass player, at in Guildford. The night included a four-song reunion performance by singer Ra McGuire, guitar player Brian Smith, drummer Tommy Stewart and Underhill on bass 香蕉视频直播� the band香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播渃lassic香蕉视频直播� edition, minus keyboardist Frank Ludwig. They played the classic cuts 香蕉视频直播淲e香蕉视频直播檙e Here for a Good Time,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播�3 Dressed as a 9,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淭he Boys in the Bright White Sports Car香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淩aise a Little Hell.香蕉视频直播�

Early Sunday, Hartridge posted on Facebook: 香蕉视频直播淲asn香蕉视频直播檛 that a party?香蕉视频直播�

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