A warm night in late August of '69, parking the fringe of Griffith Park to sneak 'n slide downhill to the back wall of The Greek.
Joni Mitchells' set had just started when we got comfy just right of center. Love then was a willowy blonde with a voice like a goddess...
CSNY followed acoustic only to end the night with a 'TaDa!' opening of curtains to all the electronics, glowing like cats' eyes....
Stills thanking the audience, and a shout-out 'to all the creatures in the forest!' who responded with their own light show of lighters 'n flashlights.
A full third of the audience...was in the trees beyond the walls.....'ta da', indeed...;)
- Talking Heads @ The Greek, Berkeley; The 'Big Suit' tour....
- David Byrne attending the debut of 'Stop Making Sense', the Movie in April '84, SF at the Castro Theatre in ('natch) The Castro; Had to go, lived in The Mission, 3 blocks from 'The Mission', 1.5 from Dolores Park....
- Twice here in AVL, balcony center, first row once...
- Laurie Anderson, anytime in range. Twice in Berkeley, 2 again in Houston, once here in AVL. Second performance in Houston, got front row seats stage 1/2 left. Oncore 'bow', offered an accepted white lily bouquet.
Days, gone by....for sure.
Waiting to see what's next on the venues worth the 'risk' of us'all...*L*
See ya, J