One of the greatest shows I ever went to was a Manitoba's Wild Kingdom gig at a place called Bonnie's Roxx in Atco, NJ. It was an all ages kind of place with a stage and floor, and a big caged-off bar in the middle of the room which made getting a beer like being in RED DAWN or a steel cage match. I went down with a bunch of pals from my college radio station and we were all huge Dictators fans and loved the Manitoba LP. We even found out the Manitoba LP was out because some friends caught the Fleshtones in Philly and Andy Shernoff was filling in on bass and told them it was finally out. Anwyay, we go to the show and the place is PACKED. After suffering through two or three South Jersey hair-metal Cinderella wanna-bes we made our way to the front of the crowd for Manitoba (who was top- billed). When Maniotba hits the stage I turn around to look at one of my friends and see that the *entire bar* has cleared out... except for people I know. Seriously, there's 15 people in the crowd and I know the other 14. The band is tight despite the small crowd and they love the fact that we're singing along with every song and shouting out Dictators and Manitoba stuff to play. By the end of the show it's basically a request gig and Handsome Dick and Co. play everything you'd ever want to hear at a Dictators show. After the show, the band hauls their backstage beer out to the stage and we all sit around till closing time chatting about music and bands. Somewhere I still have a backstage pass signed by the whole band that the Handsome One signed and wrote DFFD under, explaining to me at the time that they had to get special permission from the Hell's Angels to appropriate their slogan to use on the album cover. Manitoba's show on Sirius is fantastic. Anybody ever been to his place in NYC? I have to get up there one of these days. DT ---------------------------------------------------------- Dan Taylor / editor@hungovergourmet.com THE HUNGOVER GOURMET 2007 Independent Press Award Nominee http://www.hungovergourmet.com http://hungovergourmet.blogspot.com On Apr 10, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Joseph Savitz wrote: > DFFD!!! Also check out the fabulous 'Tators compilation, "Every > Day Is > Saturday", on Norton. They may be my favorite band ever. Saw them > open for > Uriah Heep in the mid-'70s at the glorious Fox Theater in Atlanta. > > On 4/10/08, Mark London wrote: >> >> The Dictators... >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0stst8aFSM >> >> >