Hi Michael,

I was at the Vox Pop / Heartbeats show too.  But I remember The Runaway 
Boys as the opener, and I don't remember the jam at the end.  Maybe 
you're thinking of the Rubinoos jam finale at the Slim's reunion show?  
Or maybe I've forgotten...

Speaking of which, I videotaped the Vox Pop set from the balcony.  I was 
up there with Jon Rubin, who was running the lights, if you can believe 
that!  Instead of using the camcorder mic, I ran a SM-58 mic from the 
balcony for ambient sound and got a live feed from the board, for a 
not-too-bad stereo mix.

Also saw the Spitballs at the Keyston Palo Alto...The Rubinoos, Greg 
Kihn Band, Jonathan Richman and Earth Quake all on one very crowded 
stage.   Tommy's great comment on the Spitballs album: "How could they 
make 3 drum sets sound like half a drum set?"

BTW, The Greg Kihn Band were an amazing club band during the time of 
their first 3 albums in the Beserkley heyday.  I completely lost 
interest when the whole Jeopardy/They Don't Write 'Em Like That era 
happened.  Bleh.

Marty



Michael Coxe wrote:

> Several years later with the same friend with whom I first caught the
> Rubinoos, it was Vox Pop opening for The Heartbeats (w/ Colby Pollard)
> at the great, lamented (& former regular venue for the Rubinoos) Smokey
> Mountain in Campbell, CA We bought Tommy a few beers & were all stunned
> by the Heartbeats opener, a killer cover of Green Eyed Lady. The 3rd
> set was a spitballs-esqe jam of the 2 bands.
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> 2 from my teen years - both @Dorton Arena, NC State Fairgrounds,
> Raleigh, NC:
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> Buffalo Springfield and The Strawberry Alarm Clock opening for The
> Beach Boys. I only knew For What's Its Worth but within a week owned
> both the 1st (S/T) and Again. The Alarm Clock were pretty cool too,
> much better than their records IMO.
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> Opening for Wicked Wilson Picket on a weeknight with not even 500 in
> attendance were none other than The Box Tops, who after their set
> mixed it up with the dance crowd for Picket's performance.
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