Funny how different people remember things differently.  I was at that 
show too.  There were only a handful of people in the club to begin 
with, despite the fact that freebies flooded the local neighborhood to 
try to draw a crowd.

Of the first two bands, I preferred The Three Colors over O Positive, 
though I enjoyed both.  The Connells set was no shorter than the other 
two bands.  The show ended with members of all of the bands on stage 
playing blues standards.

If I were you, I'd be most pissed at not having the $10 refunded given 
how many free tickets had been put on the street.

Ira

>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:14:09 +0000
>From: mkropp@comcast.net
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Another Tale of Disillusionment
>Message-ID: <102920041914.18665.418296800005ADA6000048E922007374789F9F019D0503@comcast.net>
>
>This should qualify as a musical disillusionment.  Around 1989 or so (give or take a couple of years), I went to the old Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia to see The Connells.   
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>My friend and I stood through two fairly lame opening bands before The Connells finally went on.    They were great from the get-go.   However, about 30 minutes into their set (again, give or take a few minutes), the put down their instruments and the singer tells us that some special guests have arrived and have asked to sit-in.
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>My friend and I were unpleasantly surprised to see 5 older-than-middle-age guys wander onto the stage and pick up the Connells instruments.  They introduce themselves as "Ricky and The Rockets" and proceed to "treat" us to some god-awful bar-band blues & 50's rock.   Song after song after song after song - it's now apparent that The Connells aren't coming back.
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>One of the Connells walks by us and my friend asks what is going on.   He tells us that the guys onstage are actually Supertramp (oh no!) and they had just  finished their gig at the Enormodome (probably the Spectrum) and came here to blow off some steam and just jam.
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>We are incensed and go to the ticket window to get our $10 back (give or take a few bucks).   The guy in the booth tells us, "but hey - that's Supertramp up there!".   Our reply was "exactly" and ask again for our money back.   They refuse, so we left - as did many others.
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>To this day, that memory comes back to me anytime I hear Supertramp.
>
>Michael (who actually likes "Give A Little Bit")
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