Today is Thursday, October 5, 2017… a full four days after a crazed gunman rained bullets down on thousands of concert goers and claimed the lives of many innocent people and injuring hundreds. The Las Vegas massacre not only shook the music community, but the entire world.
Today I woke up like any other day and went about my normal routine. Today was the same as it had been before the shooter took all those innocent lives. The two old, very tan men were posted up back in their normal spot at the pool chatting about the weather perhaps. The lady in her white bikini was sunbathing on her pink towel, top off, smoking cigarettes without a care in the world. The mailman had just finished stuffing our mailboxes with more bills I would assume. Everything and everyone was getting back to normal…but I am struggling.
The flashes of videos and horrifying pictures of the scene still running through my mind. Still able to hear the non-stop blaring of the sirens in the background. The thought of people simply enjoying music taken so traumatically. The continuous thought of the pain and sorrow the families must be going through just sickens me. The insane amount of questions left unanswered. But the worst question of all that I can’t stop asking myself is… WHAT IF??? What if I was there that night? I could’ve been one of those concert goers.
I know all of you. You’ve seen me at hundreds of shows over the years here in Las Vegas. I attend local shows and headliner shows. I attend festivals, clubs, arenas…you name it, I’m there! I’m twiggy…that insane rocker chick! I can’t explain or express the feelings I get when I’m at a live show. It runs through my veins and keeps me going day after day. I’m always making my way to the front of the stage to see how the music is being played. Yes I’m that concert goer. The feeling of appreciation after the show when the musicians hug me and thank me for supporting their music. Yes I’m that concert goer. I will NEVER let him or anyone take that feeling away from me and neither should you.
I can’t help but think that it could’ve been me out there. Out of all of the hundreds of shows that I attend, thankfully I was not at Route 91. And my life was miraculously spared. I could’ve easily been part of the victims list, but I was not. I received so many messages from friends who thought I might be there, but I was not. And not because it was a country concert either. Countless friends of mine attended the show and thankfully got out alive. The others were not so lucky.
All of this has shaken me to my inner core. Many members of our local Las Vegas rock community have expressed that they are scared to attend concerts in the future. I myself, was, and even considered not going to live shows until things calmed down. But the thing with today’s world is that this could happen anywhere, at any time, at ANY event. I refuse to let this horrible act of one crazed gunman take away what I truly love the most in this world and that is live music. We as a community cannot let the acts of this madman dictate how we live our lives. We here in the local Las Vegas rock are all family to one another. We must stick together and still support the music that brought us all together in the first place. And we also need to show the victims and their families that we are #vegasstrong and are here for them.
With all this being said…please come out tonight and support our live local music. Otherwise, Elvis Monroe and Honor Amongst Thieves have turned their show into a full blown tribute show for the victims and their families. It will be held tonight at Red Rock Casino in the Rocks Lounge starting at 7 pm. 100% of the proceeds raised will be donated to the families of the fallen. Hope to see my rock family out doing what we all love so much, and that is celebrating live music and life. Come be Vegas strong!!!!
May the fallen ones rest in peace and may the families also find peace.
Love, twiggy 🖤
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Great article Twiggy! Even those of us in other states and cities have been affected as well. It hit home in many ways, from our friends or friends of friends that were at that show (who survived and made it home alive) and those of us like me that frequent Vegas quite a bit as well as attend shows in Vegas and beyond. We up here in the bay area go about our regular routine as well but the incident still weighs heavy in our minds and still talked about today. I pray for those affected and the families of those affected. Stay #vegasstrong, I hope the benefit is a success, the music community will go on and continue to rock and give that live show experience even stronger. Keep on rockin Twiggy!
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Thank you Jesse!! The benefit was soooooo amazing! And I’m writing about that too. 😉
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