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It was April 2002, Ray, his sister Sherree and I (all life-long Beatle fans) were going to see Paul's second show of his Driving USA tour.  In our hands were the hottest tickets of the year.  As we walked through the doors of the Staple Center in San Jose, California we were treated like VIPs... "your seats are right this way maam".  We were personally escorted to the FRONT ROW! And then Paul played the first note of, Hello, Goodbye. Our seats were so close you could see what note he was playing on his Hofner Bass.  It was like being transported into another stratosphere.  Paul was electric.  He connects with his fans and his fans connect with him.  And from the front row he winks, waves & acknowledges your T-shirt or homemade sign.  It's the kind of evening you never want to end...and when it does end, it leaves you with a longing for more... So that's what we did...in May we flew to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the last concert of the tour.  We were not disappointed.  Again the mood was electric...the anticipation was building...the fans, the performers and Paul knew this was the last waltz. The preshow began.  The Cirque de Soliel-like performers let go of their staunch veneer and shared beers with the audience.  They grabbed popcorn and threw it in the air.  There was no holding back tonight! And Paul and his band did not hold back.  They rocked the Casbah!  Paul also thanked everyone that helped make the tour possible.  He then pounded out the first notes of, The Long And Winding Road on the piano.  To his surprise, all the crew, roadies and preshow performers rose to their feet.  They were sitting in the first 10 rows and they raised cards with red hearts printed on them....As the crew waved the sea of red hearts back-and-forth, Paul was clearly overwhelmed.  There wasn't a dry eye in the house, including Paul.  He barely made it through the song. Then Paul started to share what it was like to be on stage for this tour.  He expressed how he wished his fans could feel the love he feels standing there.  He announced he was going to bring up two fans from the audience and they don't know who they are...every person hoped, prayed and longed for Paul to call them up.  The two girls were from the Seattle area and had attended 7 of the tours shows.  They danced on stage next to Paul as he and the band played, I Saw Her Standing There. After they took their seats, Heather walked on stage with Paul's next guitar... It was clear that from this point on all the rules and protocal of the tour were now ancient history...it was time to par-tay! Paul played his encore.  Paul, Rusty and Brian shredded as they took turns outdoing the other on guitar playing the Abbey Road classic, The End. And then it was the end.  Confetti rained down on the screaming fans.  Paul signed two albums tossed on stage (Revolver and Ram) and walked out of our lives...until Another Day.