Eric Hilliard Nelson, that is, Rick Nelson, would have been 64 today. (He died in a plane crash on New Year’s Eve 1985.)
I went to a Garden Party
To reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories
and play our songs again.
When I got to the Garden Party
They all knew my name
But no one recognized me
I didn’t look the same.
But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself.
Rick Nelson, “Garden Party” (1971)