It Was Twenty Years Ago Today!

I got to see the Dead, twice, and remember one of them 

Not much detailed memory but here’s a few I think of time to time...

Kansas late 70s....twice

Heart w/ John Cougar, late 70s

Doobie Brothers "What Where Once Vices" tour

Rush w/Blue Oyster Cult, early 90s

think I saw ZZ Top open for Ted Nugent late 70s

several later shows

Think I'm a little younger then some here. 

For me "The Red Hot Chili Peppers" was a big band to see live in the early 90's.

They played a small venue in Rode Island around 91, they had 2 opening bands with them. First was Smashing Pumpkins (before Siamese Dream came out) fallowed up with Pearl Jam (before 10 came out). Think tickets were like $25

It was almost a 4hr show, I remember being beside myself the entire time. On the following Monday went to 3 different record stores to get Smashing Pumpkins and Peal Jams records. Only to be told, they have no idea who those bands are, there are no records to sell. 

The second life changing event for me was Lalapalooza also think it was 1991, saw almost every band I loved, including Nine Inch Nails, Butthole Surfers, and Jane's addiction. That was an incredible day, no other festival has come close. 

Anyone checkout Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit shows over the years?  I went to a few when I lived in NorCal.  Some of the best shows I’ve seen with great collaborations.  I remember Neil and Bruce doing Down by the River.  Great stuff.  

I rely on memory, which is increasingly unreliable.  I find that I now bore people with long rambling and increasingly inaccurate histories of my early concert going experiences.  At least back in the day I would have bored them with accurate recall.

  I’m always amazed when someone likeBrett Kavanaugh or Pete Hegseth can produce a piece of evidence from their teen aged years to refute an accusation.  If I had saved my day planner from that era my mother would have undoubtedly tossed it at some point.