Part 1. Amsterdam 13-05-1972
When I met Els in the beginning of 1968 I didn't have music of JLL, I grew up with older brothers and sisters so I was familiar with the well known Rock 'n Roll stars and we had lots of records at home, but Els was a fan of the killer "Jerry Lee Lewis". One of the first things I've got from my new sweetheart was the "Golden Hits" LP and soon to be followed by many more. We married in 1969 and got a boy, Piet jr. born in 1971 and a girl Edith born in 1973. It was in between those two babies that I was at work and in luchtime I heard a DJ on the radio saying that Jerry Lee Lewis would perform a midnight concert in Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 13th of may THAT was NEXT WEEK. I forgot to tell you that we lived in a small town in the south of Holland and there wasn't much advertised in our part of the country. I called the venue and thank God there were still tickets for sale, we brought Piet junior to the neighbours and headed to Amsterdam, a big trip in those days, never been to that big city before, to find out we were way in the back, "never mind" said Els; "I'm going to the stage when Jerry comes on" I tried to tell her she would be kicked out but she didn't listen and when Jerry came down the stairs with his wooden shoes in his hand Els was sitting on the stage (thank you securityman) and she was the first one Jerry shook hands with and Els was allowed to sit on the stage the whole show (as she would stay calm). I saw the show from way in the back but I do remember a fine looking young lady just before me with a very short dress who watched the show standing on her chair, well I had a good view and heard Jerry somewhere. Before the show we found out there was a real fanclub in Holland (we had always thought we were they only fans in Holland) and so we joined it and became friends with Wim de Boer and Henk van Raaij who both live close to our town. Years later we went to see some shows by "The Shakin' Arrows", we told one of the bandmembers this story (after he told us he also went to the show), he said he had a surprise for us the next time and indeed he handled us this picture below, Els sitting on stage in the yellow/brown dress just in front of Jerry. Maybe that's the reason I want to share my pictures with all of you, just as that guy did, a big surprise from one fan to another.

To be continued.....