Much as I was born and raised a Redskins fan, the same can be said to excuse my fondness for Neil Diamond. My parents loved Neil, and I was raised humming the bars of "Cherry, Cherry" and "Cracklin' Rosie". I only listen to his early stuff from the late 60s and early 70s, not the truly wretched "Headed for the Future" and "Comin' to America" crap he put out in the '80s. The first concert I ever saw was a Neil Diamond concert at the Capital Centre.
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