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Comment on Hey Joe by St. Paul - Promised Land RadioPromised Land Radio

St. Paul - Promised Land RadioPromised Land Radio — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:56:21 +0000

[…] aficionado, you know what went down there. It wasn’t pretty. Certainly not as inspiring as the Joe Strummer in-store at Amoeba […]

Comment on Who Are You? by the bbc

the bbc — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 20:57:54 +0000

Also took in the Who on that tour. Also a first concert experience. Also had parental help with transportation. for myself and friends. About 30 seconds after leaving the house I realized I had left the tickets in my bedroom. I still have daymares 36 years later about what it would have been like if we’d reached the arena, over an hour away, without those tickets (which cost all of $11 as I recall…those were the days…your stub above shows $8.57 plus tax but I’d bet there was a Ticketron service charge.)
The Who were our favorite band at that time and consistently drove me wild. The concert was, of course, thunderous, though listening to recordings from the era nowadays proves that Kenny Jones wasn’t the best choice for their new drummer, fine musician though he is. During the encore, with Pete T. riffing and singing they played a very early, sketchy version of the song “How Can You Do It Alone”, which would appear on the Face Dances record a year or two later.
Good start for a career of concert mania.

Comment on It’s A Gas Gas Gas by Dave Glassman

Dave Glassman — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:46:28 +0000

Your memory is hazily sharp BBC. ‘It’s Only Rock & Roll’ was played that night, but during the main set and not on the small stage. Night Two saw the song played on the small stage along with ‘Let It Bleed’ and ‘You Got Me Rockin’.

Comment on Hey Joe by the bbc

the bbc — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:53:15 +0000

I saw Joe and the Mescaleros around the same time at St. Anne’s in Brooklyn. Not as intimate as Ameoba’s but Joe was born to be on stage and he tore the place up with his young compadres. The bonus was that he honored the NYC setting with covers of “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “Walk on the Wild Side”. Talk about the Promised Land…

Comment on It’s A Gas Gas Gas by the bbc

the bbc — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:49:26 +0000

I was at the same show, also close to the second stage. But I could swear I remember them playing “It’s Only Rock and Roll” when they were out there. Hazy memory or sharp as a tack?