I mentioned his bar in a previous post, and it's well worth your time. Great bar, cool pics, cheap beer, hip neighborhood (Alphabet City). >----- ------- Original Message ------- ----- >From: :audities@smoe.org >To: audities@smoe.org >Sent: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:25:03 > >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 >>> >>> >>