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The clean air and city streets of Atlanta surprise me as much as the Ferris wheel located downtown.
\nIt’s as good a place as any for the last day of two thousand and fourteen.<\/p>\n

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The skyscraper lights twinkle in the early night sky, and the festivities haven’t even started yet. I wander safely between buildings until I find a little place to grab a pint and a bite. Table 1280 <\/i>has glass walls on all sides, comfy lounge chairs to relax in, and southern belles to serve you.<\/p>\n

“Stout and lobster sliders please.”<\/i><\/p>\n

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After a second pour, I take my last selfie as the year is fading fast. I don’t even remember what I was thinking about, as age is crippling my faculties. I might consider myself lucky to just make it back home after tonight.<\/p>\n

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The empty sculpture outside the Atlanta Symphony Hall<\/a>\u00a0seems a cruel joke as I walk past. Sometimes the lone journey is not easy for me.<\/p>\n

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Yet here I am, another town, another show.<\/p>\n

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I suppose not every show I see can be amazing. The drunken revelry of the crowd wears thins, conversations of strangers whispering in my ear are muffled under the guise of beer. I smile and nod, not having a clue as to what they are saying. The band plays on….<\/p>\n

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The stroke of midnight comes, and everyone turns to kiss someone, the entire crowd, except for one lone person. I stand uncomfortably, waiting for an eternity for the music to start up again. The girls on either side of me wish me a Happy New Year, and rub my shoulders.<\/p>\n

I can feel the pity and it crushes me.<\/p>\n

Gregg seems to see only me, and picks up a guitar. Screams of delight from the crowd, \u00a0yet he seems in his own world. Silently he starts to play one of my favorites tunes….<\/p>\n

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The “come and go blues”, and ain’t it the fucking truth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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