Still an outcast after all these years.
Wearing a punk rock t-shirt (I’m obsessed with the sociology of concert shirts) to high school in Murfreesboro, TN in the year 1985 was a mark of incipient coolness that all of the Journey t-shirt wearers could only hope to understand. It's commonly thought that youth are more open to new ideas, but this is not really accurate. Teenagers may be outwardly showing rebellion, but there's a narrowness of thought even in this. I'd try to play a punk tape on the bus in '83 and everybody would scream at the driver to take it out of the player. Along with the music came an interest in books, which was a guarantor of outcast status back then and probably still is today. This post is about those books that helped shape me and the connection with my rock and roll rebellion against the mainstream.…
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76 - Marty Thau
And:
Clash at Music Machine in London
Chrissie & Pretenders in London
Jerry Lee Lewis in Birmingham. Ala./'66
? & The Mysterians in New York in '67
Asleep At The Wheel/Cincinnatti
Rod Stewart at Wembley in London
Elvis Costello in Belgium
77 - HW Saxton
Some of the best shows I've ever seen:
Alice Cooper(Billion Dollar Babies Tour)
San Diego Sports Arena
T.Rex - San Diego Civic Theatre
Chuck Berry/Bo Diddley - Balboa Stadium
The Ramones/Blondie - Whiskey A Go Go
The Ramones - Santa Monica Civic Aud.
The Damned - Whiskey A Go Go
Johnny Thunders - Heat, N.Y.C
The Who - Nurnemberg, Germany
Iggy Pop - Hollywood Palladium
McCoy Tyner - Jazz Alley,Seattle
The Cramps - Fillmore, San Fransico
D.O.A - unnamed warehouse Las Vegas, NV.
(Punk rock like a motherfuc*)
Bo Diddley-Chicago Blues Fest Grant Park
Albert Collins - Calamity Jaynes L.V, NV
The Dictators - Las Vegas Grind L.V NV.