Letter from Carol Bateman Waller
Concerts Were a Boost to Village
I read with interest the little piece in the Journal on “20 Years Ago” and the Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan concert in Doubleday Field. While it is true that Trustee Stuart Taugher did originally oppose the idea, he embraced the results when the concert was a rousing success.
This concert came about through an approach by Jeff Idelson, then president of the Hall of Fame, to then-Mayor Carol Waller. Jeff met with Carol and said that Willie and Bob were beginning a concert tour set in small baseball parks and wanted to kick it off at Doubleday Field.
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