25 years ago, the best two-show day I ever had
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I missed the exact date by a few days, and likely none of you will care anyway, but too bad, I was just reminded of it so I'm posting this.
In the afternoon of June 4th 1996 I was in the middle of a sweaty, ROCKIN' Metallica show, announced that morning and performed for free on a flatbed truck in a Tower Records parking lot in San Jose. After that was over, I drove to Half Moon Bay and participated in an unbelievable 3-set Neil Young & Crazy Horse show with 150 others at Old Princeton Landing, a tiny bar on the edge of the Pacific.
I've seen a lot of of odd & crazy things at rock 'n roll shows, but that San Jose show was the only time I've ever seen a crowd-surfing shopping cart.
Overall, it was one of the greatest days of my musical life, but time has a way of blending & blurring things, so while I remember both events I often forget how that particular day went. Fortunately, today a friend reminded me, and now I'm remembering it all very well, and very fondly.
GTTS.
Because you just never know.
And just in case anyone is interested in watching a half-hour Metallica set, here is that San Jose show. It's pretty damn good rock 'n roll; hard and raw, and if you watch it all you may see me once or twice.
Anyone who can identify what I'm doing wins a cookie.
(Hint... I'm wearing a Giants cap & am to the left of Kirk Hammett)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qGo2EzQJ8WE&fbclid=IwAR1_Wni...
LONG LIVE ROCK 'N ROLL!!!
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Funny, I went to the Clifford
Funny, I went to the Clifford Ball and then got in a car Sunday morning and drove to Canandaigua to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Not a big Phish fan but it was a lot of music in one weekend
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Sweet
Sweet
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less than 2 weeks after that
less than 2 weeks after that Metallica set at Tower Records was a really fun 2 day show in Golden Gate Park. Tibetan Freedom Concert. I had a blast. Some of the highlights for me were: John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Chili Peppers (with Dave Navarro). The one low light I recall was the Yoko Ono band. I recall thinking, WTF is this? There were a lot of bands and a lot of people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixWvPQ-t2iQ&list=PL37ECAB856C88BE4F
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: JP (J Bomb)
A saw John Valby get a bottle
A saw John Valby get a bottle of Budweiser thrown at his head by an angry attendee, followed by a 3-Dog Night performance on a flat-bed truck while a gang of elderly biker chicks kept flashing their huge sagging boobs throughout the entire performance.
Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle.
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A few years ago I saw Allen
A few years ago I saw Allen Toussaint open for Mavis Staples and the Staples Family Band at Woodland Park Zoo, and when the show ended at sunset, made it crosstown to the Paramount Theatre to see David Byrne's show. That was a pretty sweet day of music.
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Good stories as usual folks.
Good stories as usual folks. Thanks Lance. Wasn't that Old Princeton Landing scene something?
I was outside on the very first night; I drive down from Stinson Beach after my friend told me it was happening. I was skeptical but thankfully went.
I pulled up to the bar and all you can hear is Neil and Crazy Horse BLASTING out of the bar. Holy shit, this is really happening!!! Too much. 20th anniversary of Neil's
'76 California Coastal bar tour....He played in Marshall, CA, for god sakes, population about 7, including Ramblin' Jack Elliot.....But I digress.
One day in 1989, we saw the Jefferson Airplane in Golden Gate Park, with Bobby Weir and Rob Wasserman opening, then jumped in the car and went down to
Shoreline for the good old Grateful Dead that night.
Great fun day of music.
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I can't recall what I was
I can't recall what I was doing in 96. I was living in Hayward CA. I think I may have seen Old & In the Gray at the Warfield just before JK died. Also may have seen a Ratdog show downtown somewhere. I was still kind of depressed about what happened on 8/5/95.