Fenway Station

　ギグに行く途中でございます。皆様、この駅がどこだか分かりますか。これ、松坂投手が移籍したボストン・レッドソックスのホームグラウンド、フェンウェイ・パークへの駅でございます。この駅はゲームがある日は押し合いへし合いの人で埋まります。私も卒業してからここら辺に住んでいたのですが、ある日、若かりし頃の一平はツアーに出ることになり、この駅ででかいベースと一緒に電車を待っておりました。ところが運悪く、それはゲームの日。この気の弱い一平には寿司詰め状態の電車にベースと共に突撃していくことなぞ当然できず、何本も何本も乗り損ね、ついには泣く泣く大枚をはたいてタクシーに乗ってバンドリーダーの家まで行った覚えがあります。

‥‥‥‥‥ああ、なんか、ヤなこと思い出しちった‥‥‥‥‥

I was at a train station on the way to a gig. This is Fenway station, which is the closest station to the Redsox's Fenway park, so on the game days, this station becomes deadly. People, including roaring drunks, are in everywhere especially when they won some important games. When I was young, I happened to be at this station on that kind of day. I had to go to my band leader's place and go to a tour to the Southern States. The whole station were packed in like sardines with the people who were dancing and yelling and singing. To my eyes, it was an apocalypse. Young Ippei was not really the Bruce-Willis-type of guy who could rush into danger. I had a big bass and a traveling bag too. I was pushed to every which way and some people were yelling at me like "hey Yo-Yo-Ma! Play something!!" Young (and flat- broke) Ippei finally had to give up taking a train and had to cough up a big money to take a cab.

..... Oh, I always remember this traumatic experience when I come to this station......