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1968 downtown South Bend.... by mkovac

The MacKenzie brothers attended ND, and were very interesting and intelligent young men.

John and Lou, with Lou being older and a Classics scholar.

John - well, I'm not sure what he major was. Maybe he was like so many of the rest of us and floundering a bit.

He found himself in a downtown bar or whatever it was called and ordered himself a drink. There was an attractive young woman by herself, so John went over and introduced himself and asked if he could sit with her. She smiled, said yes and they proceeded to get along famously.

I can't remember if John bought her a drink or not.

After about 45 minutes, a guy got up onstage and said that he was honored to introduce "The Stone Poneys" who had the big hit, "Different Drum."

John recognized the song but was nonplussed when the attractive young lady he had been talking to politely excused herself, walked up onto the stage and belted out the song.

He told us later, "I was hanging out with Linda Ronstadt and didn't know it."

Typical ND guy. Great memory for John.