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Valeswood
Rush - Moving Pictures Tour 1981. They were too good musicianship wise and may as well have mimed to backing tapes. Haven't seen them since.
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Hansman
Rolling Stones, Frankfurt, Bigger Bang Tour. Terrible concert.
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Rolling Stones, Frankfurt, Bigger Bang Tour. Terrible concert.
Was this after Keith's head thonk?
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Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, July 1986 Washington, DC RFK Stadium. 100+ degrees.
Dylan was horrendous. The "best" songs from that tour became "Dylan and the Dead," which every Deadhead and every Dylan fan disavows and abhors.
The Dead were worse. This was five days before Jerry nearly died, slipping into a diabetic coma.
Only Tom Petty, playing lots of the brand new "Southern Accents," made the day remotely redeemable.
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Late Bloomer, who are you? I'm a Baltimorean by birth. Gilman School product.
Class of '85.
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You remember more than me Tea, I was there too. The heat was so unbearable, that's all that sticks with me. But you're right about the Dead...second time I had seen them, both times equally unmemorable. At least at this show, I stayed awake through their set. First time was at the Baltimore Civic Center and my friends had to wake me to tell me it was over.
Gilman!!...impressive, Tea. I'm nobody special - certainly not prep school material - a bit older than you, grew up on the Eastern Shore of MD by way of Greenbelt where my dad worked. Used to travel into Charm City for concerts and such, but mostly hung out in Annapolis. Wasn't a heck of a lot to do on the shore in those days. Still have family by the Bay...truly God's country. Cheers to you and crack a few crab legs for me.
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Some of these stories are cracking me up.
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Bliss
1. Eric Clapton
2. The warm-up band for the Stones, the Exponents.
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hopkins
Dylan late 80's, tho I've seen him in triumphant shows over the many years too.
haha 'name that tune' days...
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Dylan late 80's, tho I've seen him in triumphant shows over the many years too.
haha 'name that tune' days...
Interesting...because one of the best Dylan shows I ever saw was in 1987; must have been one of his good nights...Then I saw him in 1990 and that was pretty bad.
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Dylan late 80's, tho I've seen him in triumphant shows over the many years too.
haha 'name that tune' days...
Interesting...because one of the best Dylan shows I ever saw was in 1987; must have been one of his good nights...Then I saw him in 1990 and that was pretty bad.
I hesitate to criticize him, even in retrospect because I have so much respect for him. It was summer of '88 and he did 3 shows @Greek in L.A. I don't remember which show I saw or why it was so hard to get into. I have seen many live clips from various '88 shows and they are often compelling...so...maybe it was me, maybe I felt he was phoning it in. I was much younger. Maybe I wasn't letting go of past expectations having been so thrilled by him in early '70's shows, I'm not sure. I love his newest stuff; I love most all of his career and it's incredible he's still out there meaning so much to so many, and to me.
Maybe he was just much further down his path than I could yet understand, maybe he just wasn't into it that hour of his life and I smelled that out. I don't know.