tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26993652839834539282024-02-19T08:25:16.190-08:00Song Sets & Stub Stories3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-83067990852781456292024-01-04T14:01:00.000-08:002024-01-04T14:26:39.600-08:00Mr. Zimmerman and his buddies AKA Bob Dylan<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF0BS_n5D5fUwoi3FA3PvFUE9YA2RIMf1DWG0oBngfzNoWrLTY0JLzHYMh0Eyc6GN2qu_ek6MoQNRpnomnRYM20T0jvgvnEK_x70yiJZJHIPAiTr2EOZyagOk0KMuAr4aFqTC7ublVMPC5cnqc5Ve5cAdShAuLlI6TCQONlVocbGBV7K7SH_aKAe2DHU/s1185/BobDylan1994.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1185" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF0BS_n5D5fUwoi3FA3PvFUE9YA2RIMf1DWG0oBngfzNoWrLTY0JLzHYMh0Eyc6GN2qu_ek6MoQNRpnomnRYM20T0jvgvnEK_x70yiJZJHIPAiTr2EOZyagOk0KMuAr4aFqTC7ublVMPC5cnqc5Ve5cAdShAuLlI6TCQONlVocbGBV7K7SH_aKAe2DHU/w400-h256/BobDylan1994.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm researching the events that had my ol' flat-mate okay house-mate, roommate, whatever gave me tickets to see Bob Dylan. I had just gotten married and thrown him out on the streets... thanks goodness he found some girl now his wife to take him in... just joking, mostly... His lasted longer than mine, so I'm just jealous. ANYWAY! Neither Karen, my wife nor myself, were much of Dylan fans but I RARELY turn down free tickets especially for someone that a lot of people have at the top of their bucket-list.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I mean I had images of past concerts I'd heard about where is was disinterested in performing, mumbled his way through, knowing people might even love the incomprehensible mutters more because they have memorized every song poem and utterance of the lyrical genius.... Yeah well whatever... so with just a bit of trepidation we went... </p><p style="text-align: left;">Well, wow, he was open, friendly, looked like he was having a blast. I found the names of the backing musicians because all were were incredibly consummate musicians lifting that nasal drawl up to such heights, and could actually understand him!</p><p style="text-align: left;">On-line I found the following list that matches my normal setlest.fm site, but it added the musicians and other interesting details. I mean even if you're not a Dylan fan like myself just looking at that list saying I saw Bod Dylan sing that is.... is.... idunno fun.</p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 718px;"><li class="setlistParts song" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: song-counter 1; font-size: 17px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; padding: 5px 15px; position: relative; z-index: 102;"><a class="play hidden-print" href="https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bob-dylan/1994/allen-county-war-memorial-coliseum-fort-wayne-in-3bd50c6c.html#" rel="nofollow" style="background-image: url("/img/play.svg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; opacity: 0.4; position: absolute; right: 15px; text-decoration: none; top: 0px; width: 25px;" title="Play Video"><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;">Video</span></a></li><li class="setlistParts song" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: song-counter 1; font-size: 17px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; padding: 5px 15px; position: relative; z-index: 102;"><div class="songPart" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 45px; padding-right: 35px;"></div><div class="songPart" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 45px; padding-right: 35px;"><br /></div><div class="songPart" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 45px; padding-right: 35px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 1. Jokerman<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 2. The Man In Me<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 3. All Along The Watchtower<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 4. Just Like A Woman<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 5. Tangled Up In Blue<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 6. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 6pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 7. Mama, You Been On My Mind</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 8. Gates Of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eden</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 9. Mr. Tambourine Man<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 6pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 10. God Knows<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 11. In The Garden<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 12. She Belongs To Me<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 13. Maggie's Farm<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 4pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 127.6pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 4pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 14. Ballad Of A Thin Man<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> 15. The Times They Are A-Changin'<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Concert # 563 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 13 of the 1994 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> Spring Tour. 1994 concert # 27.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 5pt;"> </span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Concert # 107 with the 9th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar), <st1:personname w:st="on">John</st1:personname> Jackson (guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), Winston Watson (drums & percussion).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US">7–9, 15 acoustic with the band.<br /><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-GB">2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15 Bob Dylan harmonica.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US">8 new songs (53%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Session info updated 15 July 1995.</span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="Finstilt" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p></div></li></ol><p>In my research several critics point out that this tour did see him in rare form which later culminated in his praised appearance and resurgence at <i>Woodstock '94</i> and, like the Neil Young <i>Harvest Moon</i> tour I saw, a closely following release of an <b>MTV-Unplugged</b> project.</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoiSxlEt405xWg1wc4OEyglbWRW6OIzNZErkcvWImCUJ4ep6iIzrSTr27sMBkI7HPqpRV0XzdeT2IPgqhfM1wtr5IBWctf9AlLIqWnuxgIpHySdV6i9VR1a8HDidSBfWShVip9Vdx4adQWR2EvDb8JdrMMf5I37wptTPdhVrTwFW1W32QPgH5gVe9D4k/s1074/BobDylanWoodstock1994.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1074" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoiSxlEt405xWg1wc4OEyglbWRW6OIzNZErkcvWImCUJ4ep6iIzrSTr27sMBkI7HPqpRV0XzdeT2IPgqhfM1wtr5IBWctf9AlLIqWnuxgIpHySdV6i9VR1a8HDidSBfWShVip9Vdx4adQWR2EvDb8JdrMMf5I37wptTPdhVrTwFW1W32QPgH5gVe9D4k/w200-h175/BobDylanWoodstock1994.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodstock '94 a few months after visiting Fort Wayne</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />So let's be real you're either a fan or you're not I suppose. I wasn't converted to rush out and buy every album Bob ever put out, but at the same time he definitely was elevated in my...... honored esteem? You know... whatever! <p></p><p>Here's the wikipedia entry for this tour:</p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Ending_Tour_1994">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Ending_Tour_1994</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Going to do a bit of copy and paste her from it:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOfXktIOMIzKclmzJO2o69pe6vijQ3OLBBd4kwwu8W3MGBUVxqXvlyiS64wywwGCNe3Ie29dt3QiDDrLYBy3b7AMRGBGlkqey44jWVe73QzMPBMGRaJmlD2MlYT0Zt8Iun4iTyydh-6_9S4951UO0sRKCgDDAKKD6Pa0SKhQX9WZYT-cxqOOvwdzbn_0/s1200/Dylan1994%20Info.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOfXktIOMIzKclmzJO2o69pe6vijQ3OLBBd4kwwu8W3MGBUVxqXvlyiS64wywwGCNe3Ie29dt3QiDDrLYBy3b7AMRGBGlkqey44jWVe73QzMPBMGRaJmlD2MlYT0Zt8Iun4iTyydh-6_9S4951UO0sRKCgDDAKKD6Pa0SKhQX9WZYT-cxqOOvwdzbn_0/w440-h231/Dylan1994%20Info.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>This is actually my first chapter mentioning The War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but I would be remised if I did not mention the really bad acoustics in that sports arena. I do not think I've seen a concert in there since they brought The Who in and they played so loud they raised the roof and they put supports in while they played.... sorry I lost my mind for a minute. Anyway I don't know if the acoustics got better or worse in there since they raised the roof and expanded the seating in 2002. But I remember being exactly half way back and exactly half way up, and well that place is <i>NOT</i> built for the acoustic guitar and subtle harmonica, but still... it really didn't detract for the show even with my pickiness, I mean that <b><i>is</i></b> Bob Dylan singing <i>Tangled up in Blue </i>right there! Right?</p><p>-DCO</p>3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com0Fort Wayne, IN, USA41.079273 -85.139351312.769039163821155 -120.2956013 69.389506836178839 -49.9831013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-56371320588383267332014-03-28T20:36:00.004-07:002016-12-20T21:53:44.263-08:00Full Moon Stub Story<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOG9Sdl7J2dlRTxRdYF5irZOC-vR4r3KZAt8c9lsBxOjr4jMNaMg6bJCZUgnBEbi6c4nkmoF2xqmSJlwHOkm3NJSC9AUK-YWB7Ngc89bpdGkHbnQdKpVoXHEXr_Crrx9UkhsVIaJiPog/s1600/NeilYoungTicket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOG9Sdl7J2dlRTxRdYF5irZOC-vR4r3KZAt8c9lsBxOjr4jMNaMg6bJCZUgnBEbi6c4nkmoF2xqmSJlwHOkm3NJSC9AUK-YWB7Ngc89bpdGkHbnQdKpVoXHEXr_Crrx9UkhsVIaJiPog/s1600/NeilYoungTicket.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWejiG_3obp489PThvkRYfI3xzpJ8lc9wr2mMVdj8UXyJQpBoULnutds1ZF3-n5Fy1dUgb6SWHYFXISG1j8UybQlgNHX_KuvbvtBlEjezUhA6qEVjMDIo3W2Yz2Z2uKVBfBE6sMhty6_0/s1600/Neil+HarvestMoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWejiG_3obp489PThvkRYfI3xzpJ8lc9wr2mMVdj8UXyJQpBoULnutds1ZF3-n5Fy1dUgb6SWHYFXISG1j8UybQlgNHX_KuvbvtBlEjezUhA6qEVjMDIo3W2Yz2Z2uKVBfBE6sMhty6_0/s1600/Neil+HarvestMoon.jpg" width="200" /></a><i>The <b>Harvest Moon</b> Tour</i>. It was a cold
September night with an actual full harvest moon over the cornfields of Indiana, in an outdoor pavilion theater . I had just seen Neil less than a year earlier with the<b> Crazy Horse</b> and the <i><b>Ragged Glory</b></i>
tour where he never so much as looked at the audience and interacted
more with the speakers getting wailing sounds of glorious feedback, but
here? He walked out, surrounded by multiple guitars, banjos,
piano’s(Upright and grand) and even a pipe organ, and looked at the
audience and said, "What do you want to hear?" Pure bliss. <br />
He would just kind of....stroll... from one instrument to <br />
another decide either to heed the calls for requests he asked for... or play something off the "new one", <br />
or a "standard" from an endless catalog. And of course the "new ones" where even welcomed as <br />
<b>Harvest Moon</b> is chalked full of classics. He even told his "<i>rain-dog</i>" story for his dog "Elvis". <br />
There's a song about his dog called "Old King" and he talks about how once at a tour bus stop "King" wander off and when it started raining a bit he couldn't find his way back. They had to go on but as soon as he got the next show song fans had already found him and were on the way to the show. I don't remember if said he had tags or whatever, but it was a quick reunion none-the-less. <br />
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So after playing the banjo on that song he might stroll over to the grand piano and the opening chords <br />
of "<i><b>After the Gold Rush</b></i>" and when you can actually look up and see "full moon in (your) eyes"? and you DO feel like getting high? <i><img alt="{#Chillpill}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/chillpill.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/chillpill.gif" title="{#Chillpill}" /></i>That's is one of those concert "calls to action", almost like synchronized swearing in songs like Mellencamp's "<b><i>Play Guitar</i></b>" "forget all about that macho sh*#, and learn to play guitar." Or Charley Daniels, "<b><i>The Devil Went Down to Georgia</i></b>"... told you once you sonuvabiatch"<br />
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At one point, per his request don't forget, there was a group of folks that kept shouting “<b><i>Pocahontas</i></b>”
<img alt="{#Yell}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_yell.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_yell.gif" title="{#Yell}" /> and when they finally got his attention he said, “I haven’t played that
in years.. if I get lost help me out…” And sure enough in the middle of
the song<br />
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when he came around to the refrain again he said “Don’t just
stand there and dance…” The proud group were the only ones standing
during the slow song, ”…Help me out…” one of the group walked down to
the front of the stage and ah yes “…<i>I wish I was a trapper</i>…” I looked it
up one time… saw all the playlists before and after... and sure enough, he
hadn’t played it before that night but it was a staple every night
after and even made it to the “<b>MTV: Unplugged</b>” CD. Awesome! <img alt="{#Dancingbanana}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/dancingbanana.gif" title="{#Dancingbanana}" /><br />
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Even
<b><i>I</i></b> was a bit unsure of which song they were screaming for but when he
started with “Aura Borealis… Icy Skies at night…” I was right there…<br />
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(I'm inserting a hyperlink because I already inserted the embedded version of "Hurricane") Here's a link the that performance on M-TV <a href="http://youtu.be/QS4t-a-w8ug" target="_blank">Click here to see Neil perform "Pocohantas" on M-TV Unplugged</a><br />
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And another thing that made this an amazing night was his two opening acts. First, <b>John Hammond</b> and then <b>Shawn Colvin</b>.
A classic veteran and, at the time, a relative unknown. Much like the
three person power trio’s he lined up less than year earlier of <b>Social Distortion</b>, <b>Sonic Youth</b> and himself and <b>Crazy Horse</b>. This time he had two acts with only their voice and their guitars, to match his solo show.<br />
<b>John Hammond</b> foot stomped his way through his blues classics, and when <b>Shawn Colvin </b>sang about flying away to “<b><i>Orion in the Sky</i></b>” underneath actual stars, I was hooked long before “<i><b>Sunny Came Home</b></i>” years later.<br />
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<i></i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As sort of a post-script I want to mention my "date" that night. As usual I couldn't get one.</span></span><i><img alt="{#Rolleyes}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" title="{#Rolleyes}" /></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Even for Neil Young? How much of a loser are you?!?!" </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><img alt="{#Frustrated}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_frustrated.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_frustrated.gif" title="{#Frustrated}" /></i> Ha! Well as backup dates I could always rely</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">on my friends JD and Kathy, (too bad they don't do Facebook or I'd link their name as agreeing to be in my book) Kathy was always one to see new wave stuff, <b>Flock of Seagulls</b> or something, JD was more classic-rockso he was my <i>"date"</i> on the full moon harvest moon night...</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="{#Doh}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_doh.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_doh.gif" title="{#Doh}" /> lol </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below is the song-set for that evening. I noticed someone labeled <i><b>"Pocahontas</b></i>" as "Premiere: Tour Debut" Works for me... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young/1992/deer-creek-music-center-noblesville-in-7bd1b264.html" target="_blank">Link to The Harvest Moon Tour Song Set 1992</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">{Remember if you go check out this sight take note of the little arrow after each song...if you click this it will find the most applicable song it can (sometimes getting wrong artist if they're doing a "cover tune")So if you're having trouble remember which song he closed with or wonder what Neil would do for an encore that tour etc... you can refresh your memory... and it play onthrough to the next song all the way to the <br />end of the set-list barring any copyright issues... because otherwise it'll stop giving the <br />"you much watch on YouTube directly" error...} </span></span><br />
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<b>RP PS</b>(Radio Paradise Post Script) One song Bill “<i>insists</i>” on playing here is the pipe organ version of "<b><i>Hurricane</i></b>",
despite a lot of negative response to such a weird eerie version. But I
tell you… every time I hear it, it gives my goose bumps and sends me
back to that night when he wandered from instrument to instrument and
eventually arrived at that organ, pumped his feet, pressed those keys
and those famous opening notes bled out into the cool harvest moon
night… it was… <i>incredible</i>.<br />
{Trying something new here, embedded below "should be" Neil playing "Like a Hurricane" on M-TV Unplugged 1993}<br />
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3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-81377769295141985702014-03-28T19:23:00.000-07:002014-09-25T17:59:38.087-07:00The "Mats" Stub Story<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" class="forumline" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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There’s an average movie called <b>Can’t Hardly Wait</b> that was trying hard for a <b>Dazed and Confused</b> / <b>American Graffiti</b> vibe, but mostly failing that, what it <b><i>did</i></b> do... was get me thinking about the song they used for the title and ending credits. One of my favorite songs from <i>The Replacements.</i>
That same day I cracked open my Rolling Stone Magazine and the first
thing I see was a little blurb about a reunion? Watta an awesome quinky
dink… Rock 104 here in Fort Wayne had a pretty progressively thinking program manager at one time that went by “<b><i>Doc West</i></b>”.
Since then, all the Fort Wayne stations have been reeled in and only
play what their narrow genre allows from limited market researched play
lists and such. But before safe by-the-numbers blandness ruled, Doc
would let some pretty alternative groups encroach in on the “rock” list.
Bands like <i>The Cure</i>, <i>The Smiths</i>, and <i>The Replacements</i> actually got air time in the big farm town of Fort Wayne. Thanks to hearing songs like “<i>I’ll Be You</i>” and “<i>Talent Show</i>” combined with some Rolling Stone magazine reading I eventually bought several of their CD’s. When “<i>All Shook Down</i>”
came out, I immediately bought it, and when a show in Chicago was
announced, I immediately bought tickets to that too. Unfortunately the
girl I was dating at the time couldn’t have been more mainstream pop. If
I had gotten Madonna tickets instead, <b><i>THAT</i></b> might have impressed her.<img alt="{#Doh}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_doh.gif" title="{#Doh}" /><br />
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Failing to find one single girl in Fort Wayne that even knew who <i>The Replacements</i> were(or guy for that matter<img alt="{#Frustrated}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_frustrated.gif" title="{#Frustrated}" />) I
headed out towards Chicago all by myself in hopes of selling the extra
ticket. (A few years earlier I found myself in the same predicament, a
concert with no date.. —something I’ve dealt with far more times than I
care to remember—. I was there with another couple and they saw me try
and get SOMETHING for the extra ticket, but <b>David Byrne</b> was doing his <i>mambo tour</i>
and there wasn’t a whole lot of interest, and thinking I sold it for
like half price, unfortunately a little slight of hand from a scalper
made me realized I sold it for like $7<img alt="{#Boohoo}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_boohoo.gif" title="{#Boohoo}" />… oh well.) I started out late morning with the plans of stopping by my old roommate from Ball State: <b>Mark Dominiac’s</b>
place. To this day he still probably lives within a mile or two from
his parents, within a mile or two of Catholic Church, within a mile or
two of a bar. Such is Whiting, Indiana, the last little bit of Indiana
squeezed in before Chicago full of Polish immigrants working in “The
Region” miles and miles of endless refineries.<br />
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Sadly I only got
as far as the bypass going by Plymouth, Indiana, when my car started
overheating. The gas station I stopped at was basically a ‘convenience
store’ and by convenience I mean “car repair” wasn’t one of them. I was
able to drive it further into town and by getting a water pump delivered
to them across town<img alt="{#Pray}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_pray.gif" title="{#Pray}" />
I was finally back on the road after about a 3 hour delay. Fortunately
I had started out early enough I even still had enough time to see the
ol' college roommate... well, for about half an hour… oh well… on my way
into the big city.(btw Mark’s tastes in music did not go anywhere past “<i>classic rock</i>” so he had no interest in going) Well as opposed to the <b>David Byrne</b> <i>mambo show</i>
at the same venue, this one was completely sold-out. What I didn’t know
at the time was this was already be considered a farewell tour that
eventual came back to the Windy City a mere 5 months later for a final
show. So I was easily able to sell my ticket… even at a profit for my
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The general admission place was packed! I was able to
procure a place about half way back on the main floor way off to the
side. I even got to know a few of my surrounding patrons as it became
very necessary to block out space if any one of us that wanted to make a
beer or restroom run. You had to basically spread your feet out and
hold your ground as people tried to force their way into the vacant
spot. Talking with what turned out to be a group of Chicago lawyers and
hot legal assistants<img alt="{#Wink}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_wink.gif" title="{#Wink}" />, it was fun to talk common interests like last month's <b>Neil Young/</b><b>Crazy Horse</b> "<i>Ragged Glory"</i> tour as I’m sure the <i>godfather of punk</i> was certainly an idol to the punks of Westerberg and the like. And of course we ALL enjoyed the antics of the <b><i>party hard</i></b> band of <i>The Replacements</i>.
I remember at one point the band was playing and Paul was singing but
he was no where to be seen. Then “I’m up here you asshole” Paul said,
getting the spotlight guy’s attention, and from the ornate “box seat”
which wasn’t much more than decoration I would think, Paul was standing
up on the edge and swinging from it’s frame. Knowing the bands
reputation for excessive inebriation, I was glad he didn’t proceed to
fall into the audience<img alt="{#Drunk}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_drunk.gif" title="{#Drunk}" />…. All in all a great fun show.<br />
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And
then a few short moths later in July, in nearby Grant Park, they return
to Chicago and then it was all over. After a small reunion in 2006,
they all went their separate ways until as I first mentioned, reading in
Rolling Stone and few more details on Wikipedia mention >>On
October 3, 2012, it was announced that The Replacements have reformed
and singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westerberg" title="Paul Westerberg">Paul Westerberg</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Stinson" title="Tommy Stinson">Tommy Stinson</a>
were in the studio recording an EP containing song covers. The EP will
be sold in a 250-copy edition of 10" vinyl and auctioned online to
benefit former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap, who had recently
suffered a stroke. Westerberg has said that the band does not rule out
touring or recording a new album<< Hafta keep my eye out for this… <br />
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Getting ready to "publish" this, when I realized I shudda use the line: I had to get a "REPLACEMENT" water pump! Ha!<br />
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Update: 9-25-14 -Cool! Someone just posted a playlist...... I assume it's accurate. <a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-replacements/1991/aragon-ballroom-chicago-il-3db5def.html#sfmses7b98ae20" target="_blank">The Setlist for this show</a></div>
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3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-34340065480828101432014-03-14T21:15:00.001-07:002015-04-19T14:54:43.564-07:00Sanborn Stub Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I just recently learned of Hiram Bullock’s 2008 passing, the news greatly sadden me. Not only was he great musician, but actually
having the opportunity to meet and talk to him briefly made me grieve on
a personal level.<br />
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I’ve seen David Sanborn now on three different
occasions but nothing compares to that first time at the Fort Wayne
Embassy. Unfortunately this is one of those tickets I have filed under “<i>Unknown</i>” as the shortsighted design left my stub without a date. But seeing how this was basically the “<b>Change of Heart</b>” tour I’m assuming it was in 1987 at some point<br />
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My
brother had educated me in a lot of my knowledge of jazz in the 80’s
but long before he taught me who David Benoit or Fatburger was, I knew
of the rock/jazz of David Sanborn, from his appearances on Letterman or
scanning the linear notes of albums like The Eagle’s “<b>Long Run</b>” I knew Sanborn was a consummate musician. When DJ'ing I always even liked introducing “<b>Young Americans</b>” as a David Sanborn song featuring vocals by David Bowie… So when I heard he was coming to Fort Wayne I jumped at the chance.<br />
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Yet once again this was ANOTHER example of not being able to find a date to a show.<img alt="{#Boohoo}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_boohoo.gif" title="{#Boohoo}" />
So one of my usual stand-by was my sister Linda, so I’m sure no words,
non Top 40 jazz is waaay down on her musical preferences, but I think
the amazing energy of that show, that CD, that night even affected her.<br />
I
remember at one point David looked around the beautiful Embassy theater
and said, “You know… this is like playing inside of a big ornate
jukebox…” <img alt="{#Group-hug}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/group-hug.gif" title="{#Group-hug}" />And of course “<b>Change of Heart</b>” is such a great CD from it’s opening “<b>Chicago</b>” to it’s beautiful song “<b>The Dream</b>” ending, is it is superb all the way through. I still will try and squeeze “<b>The Dream</b>” into a slow set at any wedding I DJ. A beautiful song ten times better than any Top 40 hit Kenny G ever stumbled into…<br />
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at one point Sanborn was belting out blasts of amazing notes only to be
answered by blistering guitar riffs from Hiram, yet he was no where to
be seen, until we realized that above our heads up in the balcony one
leg up on the railing there he was having an awesome musical “<i>give and take</i>” with David on the stage<img alt="{#Bananajam}" border="0" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/bananajam.gif" title="{#Bananajam}" />…
such incredible, fun energy. (You can see this same audience walk..and
‘balcony hang’… exchange, beginning at his solo right at 45:00 into the
show I provide the link for at the end here.)<br />
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After the show, not
needing to impress any date with a fancy dinner or anything, my sister
and I simply went to a nearby McDonalds’ and as we were walking back to
the car I noticed a small gathering of people behind the Embassy, and
right then I could see Sanborn and several other musicians including
Hiram walking out the back door so with a slight detour across the
street we walked up as he was talking and signing autographs, I quickly
grabbed my ticket stub and handed it to him, but as a novice autograph
hound I had to borrow a pen from someone else but he waited graciously
for me to awkwardly bum a pen, then signed the back of my ticket. When I
noticed Hiram, I pointed out he was wearing shoes. (As pretty much a
full-time member of Letterman’s band for several years, he was the brunt
of Letterman's in jest ridicule of him for almost never wearing shoes…)
Hiram laughed, and said, “Yeah gotta wear em’ sometimes…”<br />
And so
learning of his bout with cancer and other health problems which finally
did him in... I will always remember the absolutely amazing show that
he a David put on for Fort Wayne in 1987. I found this German TV show
clip from the same year and you’ll get a fraction of an idea of what it
was like to be there in the audience that night.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/QFJ7W2GanCE">http://youtu.be/QFJ7W2GanCE</a> (if you don't have time for the whole show check out <b>37:50</b> for "<b>Smile</b>" beginning or Hiram's solo at <b>45:00</b>)3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-40305203173008569882014-03-14T21:06:00.001-07:002015-06-20T17:19:01.940-07:00Stray Stub Stories for the Stray Cats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In my one and only other autograph I have(see Stub Stories: David
Sanborn); I can say I had the pleasure of briefly speaking with the
guitar virtuoso Brian Setzer.<br />
In 1982, between the explosion of
M-TV and my Rockabilly fan and college hall mate Ron Payne, The Stray
Cats were burgeoning stars. As I remember, the Long Island natives were
not having much luck here in America but over in England where once
again the ol’ mother country had to show the colonies how to appreciate
our own music… Rockabilly was all the rage.<br />
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roommate of mine in CA eventually getting in with John Hughes & Co…
even having a few small parts here and there (look for him in “Uncle
Buck” for instance;-), Anyway he was what they call a “purist”, in that
he only liked the Beatles… up to a point(roughly pre-drugs;-), Elvis… up
to point (roughly pre-Jordanaires;-) The simpler an arrangement and
musical style the better. So in introducing me to groups like Dave
Edmonds and Rockpile and the like, it was a no-brainer that when we found out this new group
called the Stray Cats were coming to Indianapolis to a relatively small
bar called <i>The Vogue</i> a short drive from Muncie, Indiana and
the campus of Ball State University we KNEW we were going. (Hell, we
made that trip just for a White Castles back-in-da-day;-)<br />
(I just found this poster on a Stray Cats fan site… How cool… I sent them my ticket stub/autograph to see if they like…)<br />
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Anyway! The more I think about it I’m guessing this concert might have been even before M-TV played “<b>Rock This Town</b>” and “<b>Stray Cat Strut</b>” incessantly… because <i>The Vogue</i>
in Indy is a pretty small place, but having said that… it was PACKED!
But also I do remember there were some Top 40 girls there, that I could
tell were bored once those two songs were over and could care less about
mind blowing antics of the rest of the show those three put on. So I’m
not sure how much exposure they really had by December of 1982… But they
were popular enough that only procuring spots up against the railing in
the balcony were possible for prime viewing. From there we could easily
see the straddling atop the up-right bass of Lee Rocker and the lunging
at the simple snare set of Slim Jim Phantom to the incredible guitar
virtuoso of Brian Setzer. At one point Brian was just wailing and
wailing on his guitar and the crowd at the stage was surging, Brian was
sort doing a Chuck Berry one foot backwards hop towards the front of the
stage and just fell over backwards into the crowd, they pushed him back
up onto the stage and he never missed a lick… Now THAT is some awesome
crowd diving!<br />
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the show Ron wanted to hang out near the tour bus behind the Vogue, so
even though it was a crisp cool December night with your breath very
apparent in the Indiana winter, we did. Soon back doors opened… but
before you could even blink the other two guys ran straight out the back
doors and leapt through the open bus doors. Where as Brian came calmly
strolling out… and he began signing autographs and casually talking to
people asking things like where the best place to get a beer was.. I
remember thinking, “Man I wish I was from Indy and had clue…” I could
tell him about a dive or two in Muncie that some college girls might be
hanging out at… and years later when I lived in Indianapolis next door
to Butler’s Bulldog Tavern just down the road from <i>The Vogue</i>,
I’d had more input… but that night I just continued chattering my teeth
with him and everyone else, and got my autograph on my ticket stub. Now
Ron, savvy boy that he was, had two British imported 45’s in his jacket,
and after Brian signed them he knew the tour manager’s name and even what he
looked like, and proceeded to hand the picture sleeved 45’s to him and
he took them onto the bus and got the other guys to sign them… that’s
the kind of wheeling and dealing it took to stay in Hollywood years
later that I just didn’t have! Sigh… Oh well… (Ron sent me a scanned version of one of the sleeves.)<br />
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A few years later I
saw The Blasters at that same venue and although they sort had a
Rockabilly rivalry of sorts, I enjoyed them both immensely, and it was
guitar haven for hiccupping singers and slapping bass for me… I’ll have
to see if I can dig that ticket out from somewhere for another day…<br />
Another ticket to pull out some day is the one from almost exactly 25 years later for 2007 tour when for the 1<sup>st</sup>
time in like 15 years those three got back together and opened up for
The Pretenders and ZZ Top. Even though I was way up on a grass hill 40
times further back than being in the Vogue’s balcony 25 years earlier,
it was a fun night. And when Brian came strolling out for what I heard
was the first time on that tour to spar the guitar licks in “<b>My City was Gone</b>”
I agreed with Chrissie in her surprise saying, “… well that was fun…”
So… again, more when I find that ticket;-) Sure cudda told Brian about
place or two in Indy for a beer that night in 2007 when I couldn't in
1982!<br />
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[I could not find a setlist for this particular concert, but I did find one from four days later.]<br />
<a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/stray-cats/1982/suny-albany-albany-ny-3dee5a7.html" target="_blank">Setlist from Dec 10th Albany, NY</a><br />
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3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-88842217068749958302013-06-20T14:30:00.001-07:002015-04-19T14:49:20.643-07:00Super Supertramp Stub Story<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismzupO05PcWJpy0n30b2svQZ3NB-vdx6Ege6LRZC743SqrNuXyPrrwc7IjhkBl2VyU1lzByWzLW0ZJYzzd8foWN2vMd8R1joAKc02WeX_8UnM8naQ06hxHyEUO7HV9ASOb2D4RN6ERFQ/s1600/SupertrampTicket_1979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismzupO05PcWJpy0n30b2svQZ3NB-vdx6Ege6LRZC743SqrNuXyPrrwc7IjhkBl2VyU1lzByWzLW0ZJYzzd8foWN2vMd8R1joAKc02WeX_8UnM8naQ06hxHyEUO7HV9ASOb2D4RN6ERFQ/s1600/SupertrampTicket_1979.jpg" height="190" width="400" /></a>My first “real” concert. After talking Mom into taking me to see <b>Elvis</b> a few years earlier I was now 18 and ready to see my first real show for being a ‘teenager’. To me there were two albums that came out in high school that sum up ‘High School’. Meatloaf’s “<i><b>Bat out of Hell</b></i>” and <b>Supertramp’s</b> “<i><b>Breakfast in America</b></i>”. As my tastes in music were developing and I was getting past my younger phase of “<b><i>The Night Chicago Died</i></b>” and “<b><i>Season’s in the Sun</i></b>” I was too young for the <b>Beatles</b> but the Paul and his <b>Wings</b>? well, “<b>Live and Let Die</b>” baby! But as FM with it’s “…<i>no static at all</i>…” was coming into the forefront, I started to really enjoy <i>art rock</i>, or <i>progressive rock</i>. <b>Electric Light Orchestra</b>, <b>Emerson Lake and Palmer</b>, and<b> Pink Floyd</b> were showing how <i>classical</i> music and <i>rock</i> could merge. And whereas <b>Supertramp</b> might be seen a bit more “<i>pop</i>” than all those other <i>art rockers</i>, it was just this appeal to the “simple man” caught up in a world where the "questions run too deep", a world that was too "logical" and "cynical". This is what hit so hard and visceral for a kid about to head off to college. I saw a DVD from about 2 years ago, I think, of a <b>Roger Hodgson</b> concert and the introduction included the line something like, "... <i>a master of song writing from the soundtrack of our lives</i>... " Oh how true!<br />
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My best friend whom I turned onto their music, enjoyed singing falsetto with Roger and me, so we decided to get tickets. Probably the last time I saw a show that I was not totally aware of a band’s entire repertoire, so most of the show was ‘new’ to me, yet every song burned into my brain. When that almost eerie harmonica started from the beginning of the song “<b><i>School</i></b>” and the crowd roared in thunderous applause, the absolute, amazing rush of a shared experience had me hooked. When all the band members walked out in tails and top hats, I was ecstatic.</div>
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With songs like “<i><b>Rudy</b></i>” that had the speed up footage of the train behind the band while Rick and Roger traded lyrics back and forth,<br />
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And even though almost all the pre-“<b><i>Breakfast</i></b>…” songs were new, when they started “<b><i>Give a Little Bit</i></b>” ... it was probably the first and last time I said these words: “I didn't know they did this song!”.<img alt="{#Dancingbanana}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/dancingbanana.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/dancingbanana.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Dancingbanana}" /> Fast becoming a music connoisseur I soon lost my <i>innocence</i> for such pleasures…<img alt="{#Neutral}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_neutral.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_neutral.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Neutral}" />...<img alt="{#Roflol}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_roflol.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_roflol.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Roflol}" /></div>
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To this day, I still remember the radio commercial on <b>Q95</b> in Indianapolis(waaay pre <b>Bob and Tom</b> if you know their syndicated show) Anyway, that little piano riff from “<i><b>Crime of The Century</b></i>” was hauntingly addictive, “Coming to Market Square Arena..” and then seeing it live as the hands grasping the square cell bars floating in a moving star field grew larger and larger on the screen behind them and the music built so dramatically… well... it just now sent a shiver as I typed this.<br />
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A short 4 years later I was living in California and saw the very last show <b>Roger Hodgson</b> did with <b>Supertramp</b> in America. I think I researched they did one last show in Europe after ending their American tour and never played together again. So, there were a few concerts in between then, but look for that story later!…<img alt="{#Wink}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_wink.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_wink.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Wink}" /><br />
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Well... <i>that was it</i> for the stubs I scanned in last week for my Facebook beginnings. From this point on... I’ll have to scan in any ticket specifically for a journal entry…<br />
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Click below if you want to see the set-list I started and added what songs I knew of... so there's only a handful of songs... OR click the other link to see what "should be" the entire show set-list from around a week earlier. <br />
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<a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/supertramp/1979/market-square-arena-indianapolis-in-23df2877.html" target="_blank">Song-Set: (Work in Progress) Set-list I created</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/supertramp/1979/rochester-community-war-memorial-rochester-ny-33df98f9.html" target="_blank">Song-Set: Rochester, New York concert around same time 1979</a><br />
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3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-52867422543017805242013-06-20T14:21:00.002-07:002014-12-24T18:47:27.143-08:00Watta "Kick" of a Stub Story<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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“<b>Kick</b>” came out in 1987 up until then they were somewhat obscure “<i>New Wave</i>” band if you can include riding “<i>New Wave</i>”s coat tails with “Common Wealth” countries. Obscure especially in Farmville Fort Wayne… “<b>Kick</b>” had only been out a very short time so they hadn’t entered the stratosphere of <b>M-TV</b> exposure yet when they announced they were coming to Fort Wayne, IN. And when I heard they were coming to the beautiful and amazing Embassy Theater I found out when tickets went on sale and early that morning went straight to the theater’s box-office. I was about 15th in-line, which turned into about 50 people before they started selling. One good thing about being in Farmville and not many knowing of <b>INXS</b> meant that it not being huge crowd they didn’t try breaking us up with a dumb lottery system or anything, and let us buy tickets with our original place in line. So my seats were 4th row.. <i>font and center</i> as they say….</div>
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Back to the Facebook thread another friend of mine posted he was also there and reminded me that <b>The Brandos</b> opened up, and were also an amazing band.(Sadly I see they aren’t represented on RP<img alt="{#Sad}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_sad.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_sad.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Sad}" /> ) But anyway when <b>INXS</b> started not only was Hutchinson “walking on the banister of the pit” like the other guy mentioned, I was reminded he was gyrating, faux humping and otherwise humiliating the center guard relentlessly.</div>
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But here’s the thing….there were like 15 guards down along the front, as if they were expecting a riot. It was pretty much the first and last “rock” concert they had there at the beautiful ornate and apparently delicate Embassy Theater. And to their credit… it is a beautiful venue…. to say the least. I have several very interesting stories that I will tell in the future about the amazing beauty, and incredible acoustics, that many famous artists have enjoyed over the years. But in this case, the radical rock band from Australia had the authorities very antsy and they were out in force. Any time someone would stand up, they were asked to sit down, any attempt to head to front of the theater was quickly squelched etc.. Now they WERE reserved seats and losing my excellent choice seats to a crazy mob <i>would</i> have sucked, but not to be able to stand?… I don’t know this crowd would have stood the whole show for sure… and I suppose standing would have easily lead to rush to the stage too. But it really started making the <b>INXS</b> members angry and thus started the antics behind the middle guards head… this eventually lead to them completely stopping the show at least twice, and threatening to leave if the audience wasn’t allowed to have fun. At one point the saxophone player <b>Kirk Pengilly</b> started insulting Fort Wayne in general: “hick town” type of stuff, which Micheal did his best to apologize for, but despite all of this, it was still an awesome show<img alt="{#Guitarist}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_guitarist.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_guitarist.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Guitarist}" /> and they did their best to thoroughly entertain the "suppressed" crowd, and I do think the last song or encore, maybe, did finally have a rush to the stage that had everyone standing. Me and my two friends, both hot girls, I might add<img alt="{#Dance}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_dance.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_dance.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Dance}" />, stayed in our perfectly fine area of the floor, and when they left the stage <b>Jon Farniss</b> tossed his drums sticks out into the crowd.. one of which hit the palm of my outstretched hand but striking it just so, that it spun around and continued on behind me onto some other lucky fan.<img alt="{#Razz}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_razz.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_razz.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Razz}" /> Oh well.. great show anyway! {Sidenote: I’m not sure exactly what date this was… if you’ll notice the actually date is torn off the ticket. I have MANY tickets that are like this, especially from the stupid design of Sunshine Promotions and The Embassy. When I first thought of doing this book I even tried calling The Embassy to see if they might be able to help me research specific dates and such, but no one ever got back to me<img alt="{#Sad}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_sad.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_sad.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Sad}" /> } <br />
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Here's a setlist from 8 days later probably similar.<br />
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In a recent Rolling Stone article it talks about Billy Joel and his “feisty show-stealing set” at the 12-12-12 Sandy benefit. And man o’ man I couldn't agree more. I remember as I was watching it live, and when he started with things like “Anthony works in the grocery store… Savin’ his pennies for some day” I was instantly transported back to my High School/first year of college days, and it was such a joyous fun uplifting feeling. I had just recently joined “Twitter” and I have to admit it was fun to watch the flurry of reaction to what had been his first live performance in a long time.</div>
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Of course, I had to dig up this ticket stub from the one and only time I've gotten to see him perform. It was my first year of college and one of my first “concert trips”. Billy Joel had been something of a mutual infatuation between my longtime friend/more than friends/ back to friends round and round again relationship and actually still friends: Lisa. Ever since I put on all my clothes backwards and lip-synced “<i>Just The Way You Are</i>” to cheer her up one night.. I think there has always been a mutual history for the three of us so-to-speak. She had a short lived stint attending Indiana University and so even though I had just started college at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana that September it was a no brainer to ask Lisa to go see Billy that next month.<br />
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She was staying with a couple of cousins or a cousin and her friend etc.. so as is common place in college days of yore… I drove down to Bloomington, Indiana to pick her up and then <i>couch surfed</i> at their place in the evening… I recently found this picture of me checking out their album collection in what I realized was my black Billy Joel t-shirt from the previous night’s performance. I remember that shirt so well the Billy Afro in silhouette against a ‘<i>New York state of Mind</i>’ skyline… (I just found this T-shirt image on Google…how cool... this internet thing just may catch on;-)</div>
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So on November 19<sup>th</sup> 1979 we drove up from Bloomington to Market Square Arena. They weren't exactly <i>prime seats</i> but I remember thinking even from that distance I could tell he was a very small man. There was a ramp system that went up each side to a platform behind the stage and watching his diminutive frame run like a mad man up and around those ramps time and time again was quite the sight to see. The energy and fun he was having on the stage was just incredible.</div>
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In my research I saw that “<b>Glass Houses</b>” wasn't released until about six months later… well into 1980… because I remember him saying they were on tour not to promote any particular album like “most do” he said kind of proudly. But then he also announced he had a few songs they were working on and would try them out here. I know “<i>You May Be Right</i>” was one of them; pretty sure there were at least two others. Just did a little research on the site I found called Setlist.fm and in a set-list from around the same time I found indeed three songs from "<b>Glass House</b>" were played in Houston I think I found.. in addition to the one I mentioned he played “<i>Sometimes a Fantasy</i>” and “<i>All for Leyna</i>” and that sounds about right. I know he was taking flack on soft middle of the road album “<b>52<sup>nd</sup> Street</b>” and I can say he did really try extra hard to rock out on these new songs in concert for sure. </div>
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Here is the setlist I started myself. If you know of, or hear of, the actual setlist be sure add it here, or just keep checkin' back here to see if it does get fixed: <a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/billy-joel/1979/market-square-arena-indianapolis-in-53df1fc9.html">http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/billy-joel/1979/market-square-arena-indianapolis-in-53df1fc9.html</a><br />
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Here's the setlist from 6 days later<br />
<a href="http://Here's the setlist from the November 25th concert in Houston Texas" target="_blank">Setlist Nov. 25th Houston Texas</a><br />
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First of all…. gonna do a little copy and paste from Wikipedia… couple of facts here I wasn't aware of when I went to the show, or had at least forgotten since then <img alt="{#Rolleyes}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Rolleyes}" /> >><b>The Paul McCartney World Tour</b> was a worldwide concert tour by <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> during 1989 and 1990. It was McCartney's first major tour outing in ten years, since <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_UK_Tour_1979" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_UK_Tour_1979" title="Wings UK Tour 1979">Wings UK Tour 1979</a>, and his first appearances in North America in thirteen years, since the 1976 <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_Over_America_Tour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_Over_America_Tour" title="Wings Over America Tour">Wings Over America Tour</a>. It was also his first tour under his name.</div>
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There was a bit of a “mania” if-you-will about getting tickets so it doesn't surprise me that it hadn't been since the <b>Wings over America</b> tour that he been here. A triple album set that I spent hours pouring over the sleeves, posters and listening to and watching specials about that tour etc… I, of course, was a more a Wings fans since although slightly older than Mariel Hemmingway it was still applicable that I could relate more, for instance, to her line in Woody Allen’s <b>Manhattan</b>: something like, “The Beatles? Wasn't that Paul McCartney’s old back up band?”</div>
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In the 70’s “<i>Band on The Run</i>” “<i>Helen Wheels</i>” “<i>Listen What the Man Said</i>” etc.. were all over the AM dial, and of course the very first single I ever bought? Bond… baby, James Bond… lol “<i>Live and Let Die</i>” Oh yeah!… Yes, the Apple label became common place in my little 45 box with the little metallic flip latch against the hard cardboard case, a sound which I can hear in my head even now <img alt="{#Biggrin}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_biggrin.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_biggrin.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Biggrin}" />… So even though my older brothers never quite could forgive any of them for breaking up, that was pre-history to me. And while they were old enough to appreciate <b>All Things Must Past</b>, and the Plastic Ono Band etc… It was years later before I backtracked through all that and learned to appreciate it all in my college years with Lennon’s passing etc… but at the time? I stayed loyal to the Top 40 God Paul, even when he <b><i>WAS</i></b> writing his “<i>Silly Long Songs</i>” (I even had more Ringo in that collection what with “<i>Oh My My</i>” and such, but hey I was what... 12? <img alt="{#Redface}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_redface.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_redface.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Redface}" /> <img alt="{#Jump}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_jump.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_jump.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Jump}" /> So the fact I was able to see Ringo live four years later was fitting I guess… stay tune for that stub story<img alt="{#Cheesygrin}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_cheesygrin.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_cheesygrin.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Cheesygrin}" /></div>
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Anyway, when it was announced that Paul was coming to Indy, I knew I had to go. At the time I was in <b><i>Big Brother Big Siste</i><i>r</i></b> program with a great kid named Josh Wood. So I knew his mother Paula Wood worked at a place now bought by Macy’s called Ayres, which had a Ticketmaster deep in the bowels of the store. I wasn't sure what there policy of employees versus public getting into the store but I knew she had a better chance than I would. I don’t remember the details of how she did end up getting in line or how far back she was, but bless her heart, she got me two tickets. Pretty sure it sold out quickly; because even with her advantage they were average seats, but I didn't care I had<i> TICKETS</i>!<img alt="{#Dance}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_dance.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/eusa_dance.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Dance}" /></div>
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A sad fact as will become apparent in Stub Story after story is that on far too many occasions, this was yet another example of taking someone to a concert that really had no interest in going. In fact, I don’t even think I was dating Judy Scott anymore. I may have asked when we <i>were</i> dating, or it could have just been the fact we are still good friend, and are still to this day, that had something to do with her agreeing to go. But with the concert actually being on VALENTINE DAY! was nothing more than sad irony to me…<img alt="{#Rolleyes}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Rolleyes}" />...<img alt="{#Roflol}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_roflol.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_roflol.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Roflol}" /> Her taste in music didn't run much past Madonna with even <span data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;">a certain disdain for 60’s music. I remember saying oh I like the Madonna song “</span><i data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;">True Blue</i><span data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;">” “Oh that’s the only one I DON’T like. I hate that old sounding stuff” “Yeah? Well let go see the most famous 1960’s music ever then huh?” <img alt="{#Rolleyes}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_rolleyes.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Rolleyes}" /> So yeah even though we weren't dating anymore and even though she probably didn't particularly care for the music etc… at least I wasn't dragging my sister to another concert.. <img alt="{#Yes}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_yes.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_yes.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Yes}" /> So thanks for that Judy. I’m also positive she would have let keep the program that I just found out was handed out for free, and do remember having it for a while but I think is got water/beer stained either that night or later, and if I have still have it it’s buried deep in some box in the attic. </span><img alt="{#Bounce}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_bounce.gif" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_bounce.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; font-size: 10pt;" title="{#Bounce}" /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALLbBwIxY1bylhZ03CgToijNtB2rZGWe2rCdN7_-EXLLIRNoQW3T_FT9S3Uv3clC7nYMiRNJ29BPEGHmQ2E8b8GjA7XLsruHVwW4R_6tLC_rySKvBQgU_iJKlPkIRFdlye0lDPfQmVu8/s1600/McCartneyCD1990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALLbBwIxY1bylhZ03CgToijNtB2rZGWe2rCdN7_-EXLLIRNoQW3T_FT9S3Uv3clC7nYMiRNJ29BPEGHmQ2E8b8GjA7XLsruHVwW4R_6tLC_rySKvBQgU_iJKlPkIRFdlye0lDPfQmVu8/s1600/McCartneyCD1990.jpg" height="198" title="Flowers In the Dirt CD cover" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But as for me? I couldn't have been more excited as we approached downtown Indy heading for that Market Square Arena where I had already seen so many great acts going back to one of Paul’s favorite Mr. Elvis Presley. And so here again I was feeling the ‘historic’ occasion of seeing a Beatle</span><br />
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Even though I was a huge Paul McCartney/Wings fan in that I am pretty sure I have every vinyl album they put out … and would have been happy with a Wings encore & closing etc… but when he ended with the ultimate ending to any and <b><i>every</i></b> concert <b>ever</b>?<img alt="{#Notworthy}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_notworthy.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_notworthy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Notworthy}" /></div>
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“<i><a data-mce-href="http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html?song=Golden+Slumbers" href="http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html?song=Golden+Slumbers" title="Statistics for Golden Slumbers by The Beatles">Golden Slumbers</a></i>”, “<i><a data-mce-href="http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html?song=Carry+That+Weight" href="http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html?song=Carry+That+Weight" title="Statistics for Carry That Weight by The Beatles">Carry That Weight</a></i>”,<img alt="{#Bananajam}" border="0" data-mce-src="scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/bananajam.gif" src="http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/bananajam.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: default;" title="{#Bananajam}" /> and “<i><a data-mce-href="http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html?song=The+End" href="http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html?song=The+End" title="Statistics for The End by The Beatles">The End</a></i>”? </div>
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And here’s some pretty extensive information on that particular tour including things like exactly who played what on which song: <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paul_McCartney_World_Tour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paul_McCartney_World_Tour">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paul_McCartney_World_Tour</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I didn't hear about the show until like the day before, and a quick internet search found what I can only assume were tickets that were just put on sale. I am guessing that with the particular design of the huge walkway out into the audience many seats were put on sale at the last minute. $85.00(plus $10 or more in fees!?) was kind of steep I suppose for my meager existence, but they </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>were</i></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> amazing seats. As I remember we were about half way back with only a railing in front of us to the main floor. The main floor was standing room general admission area. And then a huge heart shaped walkway came out into the general admission area. So when </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Bono</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> or </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Edge</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> came down the walkway on the left side facing the stage, they couldn't have been more than 20 – 30 feet away. But more so than the great seats was what an amazing, deeply visceral and cathartic show this was. I’ll copy and paste a few posts I had when I first found this footage: (sorry for the political commentary if you’re offended… but hey it </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>is</i> Bono</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> after all;-) </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSKBn1FFrDykbhVCiymmNpDYrlJOg6MHWzyMmiBgRtdU3bhvKPUVXWwlmvdJm_0nXFZGezF2YSh97dD3lZX6Qw83d1k33UdbPcfpyLYETNjA_Iq_IzKB_GeXUhb__Yrb-D2WI2T_Vj8E/s1600/U2_Bono.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSKBn1FFrDykbhVCiymmNpDYrlJOg6MHWzyMmiBgRtdU3bhvKPUVXWwlmvdJm_0nXFZGezF2YSh97dD3lZX6Qw83d1k33UdbPcfpyLYETNjA_Iq_IzKB_GeXUhb__Yrb-D2WI2T_Vj8E/s320/U2_Bono.jpg" width="320" /></a>>>Opening song of the first show of the 2nd American leg of the 2001 tour. I was there. At one time the world stood with America. At one time, the whole world shared our grief, at one time almost every nation was on our side, and before Bush shone a bright spotlight on the left versus right, and drove a wedge down the middle of this country turning this nation against itself and the world, concerts like this were possible. As U2 landed on our shores in 2001 for the first time after Sept 11th and welcomed a hurting nation with such a moving concert that healing actually seemed possible.... it was a Beautiful Day. Until…well you know… Bush and Bombs:-(</div>
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>>How much fun is this? Great song with great fun. Just watched a little more and you can see the railing we were up against. As I described earlier the our "seats" were up above the general admission standing on the floor section(s), so around 3:51 you can see the railing, and a little more to the left, again just off frame, you can see just how close we were to them… right in front of us, having so much fun:-) We were so close I felt like introducing my date, “Julianne, Bono and Edge, Bono and Edge, Julianne…” <b><i><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/bpCfMGJiv-s" target="_blank">“Until the End of the World”</a></i></b></div>
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>>Here’s the song they later turned into very large tributes in later videos and such which I saw evidence of on YouTube, but here in South Bend was their first tribute to these heroes from just a short month previous. And of course how can you not get political when you know that some of these very guys walking on the stage probably got sick from the debris and yet Republicans (the party of "No") blocked their aid just because it was something Obama was fighting for… no wonder this country is gridlocked. </div>
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>>No matter what… you hafta agree this is a great cover….I know, I know…. a bit of a U2 overload I suppose… but even if you haven’t seen any of my South Bend collection of U2’s attempt at healing a wounded nation back in 2001, I would at least suggest this one. What an amazingly moving rock and roll cover of an r&b song! I had chills then, it gives me chills now… Too bad a certain administration did not agree that “…War is not the answer…”;-) (Later research showed this was the debut of this song on the tour; not only for the Sept 11th victims, but the band had already been working on it for Bono's work with AIDS in Africa.) </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And here's Garbage's set-list </span><a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/garbage/2001/joyce-center-south-bend-in-43d7eb8f.html">http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/garbage/2001/joyce-center-south-bend-in-43d7eb8f.html</a><br />
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A little addendum as I just found this button that I bought this day. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8XvPNvxPQMH-qWE4s8ItJirbh4HsPkPkrcWPzYmL3F0S813MZosfY-qMv8Vk4Cj-FG3C3CXB7Mmt0ATfCnXMWLxHI7EM0LX-BLxnXs-tkzbmczxsuvKaz1L5_91Ia3VpdoZ5fGwJeIg/s1600/U2_buttonFNL.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8XvPNvxPQMH-qWE4s8ItJirbh4HsPkPkrcWPzYmL3F0S813MZosfY-qMv8Vk4Cj-FG3C3CXB7Mmt0ATfCnXMWLxHI7EM0LX-BLxnXs-tkzbmczxsuvKaz1L5_91Ia3VpdoZ5fGwJeIg/s320/U2_buttonFNL.jpg" width="279" /></a></div>
3D Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249348310427861292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699365283983453928.post-47517448114614767382013-05-14T11:07:00.002-07:002018-08-10T20:21:57.797-07:00Chapter One: My first Concert <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'ve started working on a book using my concert stubs as reference point, I've begun a few of my stories in some other forums and "<i>journal</i>" entries on other sites, but I hoping this more "<i>personal blog</i>" here will be the definitive source for my book. My first concert was his last and I think it makes an interesting jumping off point for my “stories”. Maybe I’ll use my journal entries here as a way to keep my progress going. I may switch over to a chronological order eventually but for Facebook reasons I’m going to just throw up a few interesting ones that I have been ‘blogging’ about recently on Facebook… So first up… is …. Elvis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was only 16 and in drivers ed training in my hometown of Marion,IN at the time so I couldn't drive. But somehow I got my Mom talked into taking me. My older brother, over tens years older, expressed interest in going too, which if you do the math you’ll see that Mom was actually part of the that's just “hip-shakin’ devil music generation”, but with my interest in movies which had me watching every single escapist movie of Elvis’ through the weekend afternoons, carrying over to me buying his music and that I think actually made Mom appreciate what an incredible singer he was, so she agreed to take me. Our seats couldn't have been further back: only the wall behind us at Market Square Arena. And the seats went up much further on the sides than they did at the far end. So being at the very top on the sides furthest away from the stage, I’m pretty sure made it physically impossible to be further away from the stage… but it didn't matter…. his voice carried through that place like a cathedral; and with songs like “<i>Bridge Over Trouble Water</i>” it felt as much too. Thanks to YouTube, I recently found some bootleg footage that I never knew existed from that very show. I knew there was no 'professional' footage. They had recorded a full show a few weeks earlier but nothing from that last show. So it was very interesting to see that footage from the actual Indianapolis show. In the footage he actually looked pretty good. I know there are plenty of sweaty shots and angles that were extremely unflattering, and certainly the white blob I saw could have been overweight.. but we couldn't tell! And again, he sounded awesome. He introduced his Dad, his girlfriend, and said it was the end of his tour and he was heading to Graceland to rest after a long tour… a few short months later he was gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I just found this picture of a bootleg video, and it really reminds me how much I got hosed on the ticket stub. Mine got torn right down the middle and handed back the worst half...Just look at the other half of the ticket and the information shown... I mean you can tell my ticket was obviously the other half but still.... 50 -50 odds just aren't good enough for me and my luck :-( </span><br />
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Just found this diary entry... I thought about blurring out my other entries but at least the many years of film discussions make this gay Elvis entry not so bad lol....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1Wi7Lc02AdCA9oeW3w94Aqte2mZD9RZQsqAQGPMYiF3j8hYMLcgFneK_r1abndk0QW3pabKF2ikfakEtR7Nkgx6GB5OnSuOqOCqamIfIR_TCSl5U5h0DCzWuure3ZhZ8VM-vDhF3rXE/s1600/Diary+entry+Elvis.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1248" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1Wi7Lc02AdCA9oeW3w94Aqte2mZD9RZQsqAQGPMYiF3j8hYMLcgFneK_r1abndk0QW3pabKF2ikfakEtR7Nkgx6GB5OnSuOqOCqamIfIR_TCSl5U5h0DCzWuure3ZhZ8VM-vDhF3rXE/s400/Diary+entry+Elvis.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
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