tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post111838371771973601..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Speak, Mnesomyne: The Concert EditionJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-19410422123902079522009-07-26T08:39:29.625-04:002009-07-26T08:39:29.625-04:00I count the Jethro Tull show at Tyndall Armory amo...I count the Jethro Tull show at Tyndall Armory among my favorites. The opening band was good, too -- a group I'd never heard of up until then called Yes. Saw Vanilla Fudge there too, as well as the Canned Heat / Iron Butterfly show.<br /><br />Acoustics at the Coliseum were awful, unless you were in the extreme front or back of the room. Saw lots of shows there anyway, including Hendrix (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118500074189406832005-06-11T10:27:00.000-04:002005-06-11T10:27:00.000-04:00As an additional note on the "Thick As A Brick" to...As an additional note on the "Thick As A Brick" tour, which I witnessed at the Forum in Los Angeles in '72, I'll remind Tull enthusiasts new and old that the band led off the show without welcome or comment as described by Riley with "Thick" in its entirety-- a 45 minute piece of music to start with-- extended with additional guitar, drum, flute, and keyboard soloes to nearly an hour and a half Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118465988048771112005-06-11T00:59:00.000-04:002005-06-11T00:59:00.000-04:00I think this concert was in 1969--before Woodstock...I think this concert was in 1969--before Woodstock, anyway. I believe it was on the 4th of July--it was hot. But I can't find a record of it anywhere. <BR/><BR/>And yes--the Little 500 was always a Republican/Greek (as in frat) event. But that little open air stadium had been around longer even than the Little 500. So it was a good place to have an all-day rock concert. I was so high during most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118463315146486692005-06-11T00:15:00.000-04:002005-06-11T00:15:00.000-04:00Sylla, that was the IU before my time. The Little...Sylla, that was the IU before my time. The Little 500 foundation, whatever it was called, was seized by country-club Republicans in the early 70s, after a rainout cost them a bunch of money one year, I think. Swear to god, the headliner one year while I was there was <I>Frank Sinatra, Jr.</I> The kids were buzzing about that one for weeks, as you can imagine. Another year Bob Frickin' Hope James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118462061748979952005-06-10T23:54:00.000-04:002005-06-10T23:54:00.000-04:00Wow--live long enough and large enough and you too...Wow--live long enough and large enough and you too can have such a list--although current opportunities seem thin to me now...<BR/><BR/>Oldest memory--Janis Joplin, big Brother and the Holding Co. playing on a tiny dais, 18 in. off the ground in a gigantic dayglosprayed ballroom Avalon vintage in Chicago, 1968 I think. Not a big crowd--like they were just playing for a highschool "dance." Played Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118442227983455322005-06-10T18:23:00.000-04:002005-06-10T18:23:00.000-04:00I've got obscure, goofy, and largely lame covered....I've got obscure, goofy, and largely lame covered. <BR/>I will admit to: Young Fresh Fellows, Mighty Squirrels, They Might Be Giants, Robyn Hitchcock, and something called the Dudley Manlove Quartet, which was none of the above.<BR/>All in clubs and at festivals and the like, some more than once. <BR/>Among other shameful secrets, I will not admit to the one actual concert I attended, but I will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118425840374026142005-06-10T13:50:00.000-04:002005-06-10T13:50:00.000-04:00Wow. What a mighty list. You saw the Ramones, Iggy...Wow. What a mighty list. You saw the Ramones, Iggy, and the Talking Heads. I was born too late. Oh, sob. I have only the pale imitations of those great acts to follow ...<BR/><BR/>I feel absolutely whupped, but I might win in the obscure bands territory. Pavement (4), Sonic Youth (3), Lambchop (3), Yo La Tengo (3), Silkworm (3), Stephen Malkmus (2), Archers of Loaf (2), Richard Thompson (2), Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118417070444620672005-06-10T11:24:00.001-04:002005-06-10T11:24:00.001-04:00thanx for the info, doghouse.i sit, corrected.thanx for the info, doghouse.<BR/><BR/>i sit, corrected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118417050751678032005-06-10T11:24:00.000-04:002005-06-10T11:24:00.000-04:00Hokie, I know what you mean. I was surrounded by a...Hokie, I know what you mean. I was surrounded by a bunch of fake hippies at the concert. If you know anything about Boone, NC, you'll know what I'm talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118416850370373472005-06-10T11:20:00.000-04:002005-06-10T11:20:00.000-04:00Harry, the Coliseum was the Thick As A Brick tour,...Harry, the Coliseum was the <I>Thick As A Brick</I> tour, also a great show. All the roadies were dressed in overcoats and slouch hats, running around all over the stage, when suddenly one of 'em tossed his off and turned into Ian Anderson strumming the opening and the house lights went down. Amazing. Later on a phone rang on stage and he stopped everything and answered it.<BR/><BR/>A year James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118415931012970022005-06-10T11:05:00.000-04:002005-06-10T11:05:00.000-04:00I don't think I've ever been to a rock concert. N...I don't think I've ever been to a rock concert. No wait. I saw Jimmy Buffet and Bonnie Raitt at Red Rock near Denver is '76. I've also seen Bette Midler, the Village People and Lisa Minelli. I did mention that I'm Gay, didn't I? I think we went through the 60s, 70s and 80s in different dimensions. <BR/><BR/>My musical interests have evolved. Can I count Michael Tilson Thomas conducting Ray Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496709017124120407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118415229806079972005-06-10T10:53:00.000-04:002005-06-10T10:53:00.000-04:00Hokie, did Ziggy Marley suck when you saw him, too...Hokie, did Ziggy Marley suck when you saw him, too?<BR/><BR/>I saw Jethro Tull a couplea years back. Damn. I never thought anyone could rock on a flute like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118410950444421032005-06-10T09:42:00.000-04:002005-06-10T09:42:00.000-04:00Dang! That's a lotta shows.Tito Puente twice? I sa...Dang! That's a lotta shows.<BR/><BR/>Tito Puente twice? <BR/><BR/>I saw him at the Hollywood Bowl a year or two before he died. Terrific show and what a charming, funny, quirky guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118392634621001032005-06-10T04:37:00.000-04:002005-06-10T04:37:00.000-04:00doghouse, you must've gone to the same jethro tull...doghouse, you must've gone to the same jethro tull concert i went to. it was back in the spring of 1972 and the band played in the state fairgrounds coliseum.<BR/><BR/>was it so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com