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| From | TOVJim@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Live double bills |
| Date | Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:46:42 EDT |
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Let's Active Opening for REM at U. Penn's Irvine auditorium in 1983 - I was
a Freshman - It changed my life.
The Replacements at Penn's Houston Hall with Philly Hometown heroes The
Johnsons (one great album on Restless) - 1985.
In a message dated 10/20/2006 12:23:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rob@splitsville.com writes:
saw that same tour, Lee. Elvis was supporting 'Mighty Like A Rose'.
On paper, a dream double bill, but the 'Mats were close to calling it a day
and were uninspired and uninspiring playing in a 'summer shed' (Great Woods
outside of Boston).
And Rose was a mediocre album, and EC looked ridiculous with beard. Also
felt like he was going thru the motions. And I forgot about the fact that it
wasn't the Attractions.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:35:31
>
>The Replacements opening for Elvis Costello in
>Toronto should have
>been my favorite concert of all time. But so few
>people showed for
>The Mats' opening set, they just screwed around for
>half an hour. And
>Elvis was a giant bear with a big beard - short two
>Attractions - not
>the same.
>
>My favorite two-few of all-time - which I got to
>see a few times - was
>the Mono Men opening for The Nomads. The Nomads
>are the best band
>I've ever seen that don't have a 'show' - they just
>stand there and
>rock like hell. And the Mono Men along with Estrus
>Records is the
>only thing from the grunge days I still listen to.
>I noticed the new
>Sadies album of surf tunes bookends the album with
>'3B' and
>'Doublewide' - the two names of the legendary home
>of the Garage Shock
>festival in Bellingham - which closed a few months
>ago.
>
>--
>Lee Elliott
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