Originally Posted By Lisann22 gadzuux - I was there hanging out in the 70's, way before your time there... I saw all the groups and artists from the classic 60's and 70's scene. You are a friend for life for giving props to Morris Day and Time - one of the best concerts ever was Morris Day and the Time with Prince!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <During my stint, I got to meet lots of 'rock stars' including paul kantner and marty balin - and even marty's dad. Paul still lives in SF - in seacliff - verrry toney neighborhood. < now I'm jealous again - J.A. one of my top 5 bands to listen to -- met Grace Slick at a book signing...but personally liked J.A. even w/o Grace - Marty Balin is awesome...not many in his class as a singer <Winterland was closed in `79 and torn down shortly after - it's now condos with nary a hint of the hallowed ground they sit on. << and my guess is most who live in those condos either don't know or could care less
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <gadzuux - I was there hanging out in the 70's, way before your time there... I saw all the groups and artists from the classic 60's and 70's scene. You are a friend for life for giving props to Morris Day and Time - one of the best concerts ever was Morris Day and the Time with Prince!< OK - officially have made my jealous of list too....although age wise I'll bet I am well past both -- my claim to fame was I saw the Doors as my first live concert...changed me forever
Originally Posted By gadzuux First concert - the beatles! DC stadium `66. Morris Day and the Time got on my list because I've seen them headline twice - and they're a laugh-riot. It's a funk show, so the music's great without being eternal, but it's the stage show and the characters - there's about a dozen people on stage and they also pull from the audience). Highly entertaining. My marty balin encounter was at the fillmore wording the passgate to backstage. Marty came up on me fast with his head down and a suit bag slung over his shoulder. There was another act on stage so it was dark and loud. I didn't recognize him. I shine my flashlight on my exposed palm as a non-verbal indication that I need to see a laminate or pass or something to go any further. He stops and stares at me - I guess he was thinking that I'd recognize him instantly. I didn't. He leans in and yells in my ear "I'm marty balin"! Now I look again and okay yeah, you are - step right through. I could tell by the face he made he was bugged. Later, I met his dad who was hanging around all night - whadda palooka. Like some mid-sixties swinger with snow white dream whip hair. Very high-maintenance look. So my brief encounter with marty wasn't much. I actually chatted with paul kantner for few minutes. That night was a fundraiser for country joe mcdonald, who was running for some local office, and the talk was political. You can just guess that's one of my favorite topics. Jefferson Starship is flying again - once in awhile. Not 'starship' with mickey whatsisname singing 'we built this city' and 'jane' - that's now a completely different band. But kantner, jorma, balin, and somebody from the old moby grape still perform now and again. It's a looong show - at least at the fillmore. They like playing there and they don't want to get off stage. I came out of that whole experience with a million stories - and almost as many posters. One of the gimmicks with 'bill graham's fillmore auditorium' is that, for cool shows, they'll produce an original poster and then hand it out on your way out the door. But only for that one night. Passing out posters was one of my favorite jobs. People go nuts. You stand outside on the sidewalk, some distance away from the front doors - we're enticing people to leave quickly and disperse - or at least not to congregate right in front of the entrance. It's midnight or later, it's usually freezing, the people are amped up from just getting out from seeing their favorite band, many are pretty high, and some of these posters are worth real money. There's also poster poachers, who didn't see the show but are just lurking around trying to score as many as they can. Some even have 'hand-off' people so they can keep coming back empty-handed. It's a ten minute feeding frenzy with people surrounding you and clutching and grabbing - and then suddenly it's over. All eight hundred or so posters are gone forever. I have a cigarette. I have quite a few autographed posters. One of my favorites is signed by both johnny cash and june carter cash (loved her!). Also nancy sinatra, graham nash, tom petty (he did twenty consecutive shows) and there are four posters, done in a winter/spring/summer/fall maxfield parrish style. I'm also partial to my alice cooper autographed poster - he's a guilty secret of mine.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <OMG, vbdad55! Thanks for reminding me! Most overrated: Doors < Did you see them live ? If so then I respect your opinion, if not, you have no idea what you missed. In fact I saw what's left of them at a 100th anniversary of the Catholic school Ray Manzarek went to here in Chicago last summer-- and are still excellent.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <First concert - the beatles! DC stadium `66< one of my true disappointments..I never got to see the Beatles , nor John Lennon live. I have seen the Stones, I saw the Doors, I saw janis and I even saw Hendrix at a college in New York the year after I saw the Doors...have seen Dylan numerous times..but no Beatles.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Jefferson Starship is flying again - once in awhile. Not 'starship' with mickey whatsisname singing 'we built this city' and 'jane' - that's now a completely different band. But kantner, jorma, balin, and somebody from the old moby grape still perform now and again. It's a looong show - at least at the fillmore. They like playing there and they don't want to get off stage. < Oooh I know and am very excited -- there wee just here at the House of Blues -- however about 3 weeks before their gig here, marty hleft the tour for family reasons ( is supposed to return I believe ) = was replaed by counry Joe MacDonald in the band -- I did get to see the last full JA tour with Grace in 1989 nd it was excellent
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <,So my brief encounter with marty wasn't much. I actually chatted with paul kantner for few minutes. That night was a fundraiser for country joe mcdonald, who was running for some local office, and the talk was political. You can just guess that's one of my favorite topics< yes I can from the w/E threads... we may not be on the same page on everything ( but a lot of things) but we have the same opinion of one jerkwad right wing nutjob there--LOL
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I'm also partial to my alice cooper autographed poster - he's a guilty secret of mine.< first row, Feed My Frankenstein tour, Star Plaza , Merrilville, Indiana -- he is a great show-- the day we say him he was with another of my faves ( or at least sadly he was) - Warren Zevon
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<OMG, vbdad55! Thanks for reminding me! Most overrated: Doors < Did you see them live ? If so then I respect your opinion, if not, you have no idea what you missed. In fact I saw what's left of them at a 100th anniversary of the Catholic school Ray Manzarek went to here in Chicago last summer-- and are still excellent.< btw -- I have to admit I am partial also, they lived across the street and ray is , let's just say a few years older than me, but was always cool...
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I have to admit I am partial also, they lived across the street and ray is , let's just say a few years older than me, but was always cool...>> Cool. No, I never saw the Doors live. Perhaps that would have changed my opinion of them. I never "got" the appreciation of the Doors or the hero worship of Jim Morrison. For me, it's the same as Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. A lotta hype about... whatever.
Originally Posted By DAR <<For me, it's the same as Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. A lotta hype about... whatever. >> The book I'm reading Killing Yourself To Live by Chuck Klosterman explores the question if the best thing a rock star can do to is die, therefore making his musical legacy better than it really is. Very interesting. Okay the thing about vbdad seeing the Doors gave me inspiration for my next question. Who would you have liked to see in concert with either their original or best known lineup. For me. 1. Creedence Clearwater Revial with John Fogerty. I've seen Fogerty several times as solo artist. 2. Pink Floyd with Roger Waters, never saw them anyway so I guess it would be win win 3. Metallica with Cliff Burton, saw them several times but Burton was with the group when the made arguably their best album Master of Puppets.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I so get the Morris Day and Time show being a blast/hilarious entertainment - "Jerome bring me my mirrior." LMAO! When I was a kid we'd sneak down to the Old Filmore and stand by the back door. Back then Bill Graham was always there and he was friendly to us kids. We saw Paul Butterfield, BB King, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winters, the original Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead (not a fan), Jeff Beck, Clapton, Cream, Staple Singers, the Band, Mike Bloomfield, the "OLD" Fleetwood Mac, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Sly and the Family Stone, the list just goes on and on. My parents are/were huge Blues fans so growing up in SF, we hit every Blues Festival/Concert around. Winterland was a second home. LOL.
Originally Posted By Labuda Ok, my turn to play at last! Bands/Artists 1. Erasure 2. The Beatles 3. Willie Nelson 4. Pink Floyd 5. Johnny Cash 6. Jethro Tull 7. Stevie Ray Vaughn 8. Malford Milligan, whether with Storyville or solo stuff 9. Queen 10. Boston 11. Clapton in all his forms 12. The Clash 13. ELO Most overrated 1. Gary Numan (personal vendetta here - I got SO sick of Cars when it was one of the 15 videos MTV played over & over & over & over some more, and Eric owns about 19 gary Numan albums - ye gods!) 2. most modren rap artists 3. most modern hip-hop artists 4. Coldplay (or is it Cold Play?) 5. Depeche Mode from about '92 to '05 Most underrated 1. Barenaked Ladies 2. Mighty Might BossToneS 3. ska in general 4. Erasure Best concerts I've seen: 1. Duran Duran in November 2004 - a lifelong dream come true to the the fab five together onstage! 2. Pink Floyd - Division Bell Tour 3. Roger Waters solo 4. the first time I saw Erasure 5. Blue Oyster Cult 6. Lollapalooza '92 7. Jethro Tull in '00 or so (the j-tull.com tour) 8. Rush Vapro Trails - WOW! Worst songs ever anything by Rammstein Achy, Breaky Heart anything by Justin Timberlake - what a loser! Note you may change this next topic to your liking: My favorite RAP artists: 1. Ice-T 2. DMX Acts I'd love to have seen in concert, but, alas, never will: 1. Queen 2. The Clash 3. The Beatles 4. Boston 5. SRV & Double Trouble Favorite musicals: 1. RENT 2. Jesus Christ Superstar 3. Hair 4. Grease 5. Aida 6. The Lion King Favorite musicals I've worked: 1. Urinetown 2. Aida 3. Cabaret Musicals I'd LOVE to work: 1. Jesus Christ Superstar (which I'll be doing next spring - YAHOO!) 2. Hair 3. Rent 4. Lion King 5. Rocky Horror Show (which I'll be working as soon as I get back from WDW! W00t!)
Originally Posted By Labuda Ok, I can go into this topic, too: All time guitar gods 1. SRV 2. Clapton 3. Gilmour 4. Hendrix
Originally Posted By Labuda Favorite "Austin" groups: 1. SRV 2. Slaid Cleaves 3. Willie Nelson 4. Los Lonely Boys (yes, they're from San Angelo, but Austin is what made 'em big! hehe) 5. Fastball Favorite music festivals: 1. SXSW (www.sxsw.com) 2. ACL Fest (<a href="http://www.aclfest.com" target="_blank">http://www.aclfest.com</a>) 3. Willie Nelson's 4th of July picnic
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<<I have to admit I am partial also, they lived across the street and ray is , let's just say a few years older than me, but was always cool...>> Cool. No, I never saw the Doors live. Perhaps that would have changed my opinion of them. I never "got" the appreciation of the Doors or the hero worship of Jim Morrison. For me, it's the same as Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. A lotta hype about... whatever. < I saw both live and although someone will surely say I was too old to appreciate Nirvana, I did never get them-- they are rated in my top 5 overrated -- The hero worship of Jim was mainly a girls thing I believe -but there music was dark and edgy in 1966 =67 etx when sugar pie, honey bunch was still being played on top 40.... Break on thru just a great song -- I loved the jazz fusion from Densmore...they were more than Light my Fire - ( not one of my fave Doors songs) - -- and I do think that live might have swayed you a bit
