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kyfdx

Bogarts.. lol

I saw Jerry Jeff Walker there about 1981.

Also, John Kay (lead singer for Steppenwolf) around 1980.

Neither one kissed me, though..

nyccarguy

graphicguy said:

@roadburner ...quick Runaways story. They were the opening act for Brain Auger (jazz). The Runaways were hardcore rockers, so the pairing was pretty dissimilar. Anyway, the Runaways played up their "bad girl" rock ad roll images. The venue was BOGARTS, which is a really sleazy concert venue near the University of Cincinnati campus. Still there...still sleazy.

Back then, you could stand right by the stage. We were standing to the left, where the performers came on and off.

My one claim to a brush with fame came as Joan Jett caught my eye as I was standing at the left edge of the stage, and I was taking a swig from some Jack Daniels I had in a flask. She saw me, came over mid song, asked me for a swig, which I, of course gave her. She smiled and winked, gave me back the flask.

When their set was done, she came off stage right by where we were standing. She grabbed the flask, took another swig, gave me a sweaty kiss on the cheek and said "Thanks, Doll"! Still remember her scent.....sweat, cheap perfume. She left glitter on my cheek, to boot.

I was awe struck, dumb founded, excited, all rolled into one. I tried to follow them into their dressing room but a very large and hairy man shoved me away like I was a twig. LOL!

Remember it like it was yesterday.

That's awesome!

Michaell

Very cool story!

explorerx4

@graphicguy,
Don't worry too much, you aren't Joans type.

ab348

I only have two rock musician stories to relate. Back in the late ‘80s a group from work went out at the end of day on a Friday to a bar for some beers. Now, for some reason I never did understand fully, the manager of the place, who was a young guy around my age, always mistook me for someone else, I believe either one of the investors or a bank guy they dealt with. Anyway, he was always quite friendly to me and whoever was with me, giving us front of the line access and whatnot. I wasn’t about to correct him.

The place was a bar downstairs and a cabaret/show bar upstairs which back then brought in some well-known acts, especially Canadian acts. One night our group was downstairs having beers when he came over and asked if we would be OK if Larry Gowan joined us. He’s now known as Lawrence Gowan, lead singer and keyboard player for Styx, having replaced Dennis DeYoung some years ago. At the time Larry was having some success here as a solo artist and had a couple of hit records. So he brought him to our table, and he turned out to be just a great guy. When he got summoned to go up to the main room to get ready for his show after having a few beers with us, he took us up there through the kitchen and up some back stairs before telling us to have a great evening. He put on a fine performance that night. Just something right out of the blue.

The other encounter happened right out front of the same place a few years later. At the time I was taking the bus to and from work and the nearest stop was right in front of that place. I’m standing there waiting when I turn around to see a face I recognized just hanging around. It was Burton Cummings, a legendary singer up here, former lead of The Guess Who, then a solo act, who was playing there that night. We had a bit of a conversation and he was very pleasant to talk to.

jmonroe1

nyccarguy said:

@tifighter

****My buddy snuck in a flask, which was a coup when you’re 19.****

That reminds me of the Stone Temple Pilots concert I went to with my friends at Nassau Coliseum. 4 Jews from the NY suburbs. I went to Ithaca College, one guy went to U of Miami (FL), the other went to Boston University. The 4th went to the University of Kentucky. We were home on Thanksgiving break and hadn’t seen each other since we left for college in August. Three of us are dressed in flannel and loose jeans. The guy that went to Kentucky came with a cowboy type shirt, tight jeans, and authentic cowboy boots. We all said hello and hugged and are all thinking; Jesus, look what a few months in Kentucky has done to Dan. We sat down and my friend that went to University of Miami looks at Dan and jokingly says: “Where’s your flask?” Seconds later Dan reaches into his boot and pulls one out.

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You guys should have been doing Kosher wine, right?

jmonroe

kyfdx

jmonroe1 said:

nyccarguy said:

@tifighter

****My buddy snuck in a flask, which was a coup when you’re 19.****

That reminds me of the Stone Temple Pilots concert I went to with my friends at Nassau Coliseum. 4 Jews from the NY suburbs. I went to Ithaca College, one guy went to U of Miami (FL), the other went to Boston University. The 4th went to the University of Kentucky. We were home on Thanksgiving break and hadn’t seen each other since we left for college in August. Three of us are dressed in flannel and loose jeans. The guy that went to Kentucky came with a cowboy type shirt, tight jeans, and authentic cowboy boots. We all said hello and hugged and are all thinking; Jesus, look what a few months in Kentucky has done to Dan. We sat down and my friend that went to University of Miami looks at Dan and jokingly says: “Where’s your flask?” Seconds later Dan reaches into his boot and pulls one out.

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You guys should have been doing Kosher wine, right?

jmonroe

MD 20/20

IYKYK

Sandman6472

Did see Grand Funk Railroad back in 1970 after moving to Florida. It was at Pirates World in Dania Florida, long gone, just south of the Ft. Lauderdale airport. It started to pour so they handed out black garbage bags so we could stay dry. They worked as it was like a hurricane there was so much rain!

graphicguy

explorerx4 said:

@graphicguy,
Don't worry too much, you aren't Joans type.

I was a teen at the time. If she asked me to run away with her to live in a trailer park for the rest of our lives, I would have done it.

I would have been any type she would have wanted me to be. May still be willing!

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

nyccarguy said:

@tifighter

****My buddy snuck in a flask, which was a coup when you’re 19.****

That reminds me of the Stone Temple Pilots concert I went to with my friends at Nassau Coliseum. 4 Jews from the NY suburbs. I went to Ithaca College, one guy went to U of Miami (FL), the other went to Boston University. The 4th went to the University of Kentucky. We were home on Thanksgiving break and hadn’t seen each other since we left for college in August. Three of us are dressed in flannel and loose jeans. The guy that went to Kentucky came with a cowboy type shirt, tight jeans, and authentic cowboy boots. We all said hello and hugged and are all thinking; Jesus, look what a few months in Kentucky has done to Dan. We sat down and my friend that went to University of Miami looks at Dan and jokingly says: “Where’s your flask?” Seconds later Dan reaches into his boot and pulls one out.

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You guys should have been doing Kosher wine, right?

jmonroe

MD 20/20

IYKYK

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If you bought your own tickets for a concert, even college kids could afford better than that. That stuff is made for folks that sleep in refrigerator boxes under bridges.


jmonroe

laurasdada

nyccarguy said:

Grrrr. The building to our left next door to us at work allows us to park in their lot. They share a courtyard with the building on the other (right) side of my building. The people on the right are literal lunatics. One of them threw a rock over the fence in a drunken rage that hit my Highlander and landed behind my mother’s Lexus.

Ouch and so sorry. Perhaps a "city beater" would be a good idea...

A friend, after graduating, got a job on Wall St (trading bonds, he said he'd be retired and a millionaire by 30. Missed it by that much...). He drove in daily from Ridgefield, CT. I told him he was nuts, driving his new Golf (that's why MetroNorth was invented) into the heart of the cold, cold city; city driving, parking, vandalism, theft...
"I know the city; I know where to park." Unfortunately, so did the thieves, after the third smash and grab he simply left a note in the window noting nothing of value inside, please stop breaking his window. He didn't replace the (second? third?) stolen radio. I think he may have even left it unlocked.

Lost track of him after I moved to Boston, but I was told he became rather disillusioned with Wall St, and ultimately quit and moved to LA. Why LA? He met a girl...

jmonroe1

laurasdada said:

nyccarguy said:

Grrrr. The building to our left next door to us at work allows us to park in their lot. They share a courtyard with the building on the other (right) side of my building. The people on the right are literal lunatics. One of them threw a rock over the fence in a drunken rage that hit my Highlander and landed behind my mother’s Lexus.

Ouch and so sorry. Perhaps a "city beater" would be a good idea...

A friend, after graduating, got a job on Wall St (trading bonds, he said he'd be retired and a millionaire by 30. Missed it by that much...). He drove in daily from Ridgefield, CT. I told him he was nuts, driving his new Golf (that's why MetroNorth was invented) into the heart of the cold, cold city; city driving, parking, vandalism, theft...
"I know the city; I know where to park." Unfortunately, so did the thieves, after the third smash and grab he simply left a note in the window noting nothing of value inside, please stop breaking his window. He didn't replace the (second? third?) stolen radio. I think he may have even left it unlocked.

Lost track of him after I moved to Boston, but I was told he became rather disillusioned with Wall St, and ultimately quit and moved to LA. Why LA? He met a girl...

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I know, a bartender with aspirations of becoming an actress. I’ve heard that story before, a couple times.

jmonroe

corvette

They don’t introduce themselves like that, they just say they’re an actor/actress who is either between gigs or BT/server to make extra money.

Sandman6472

Left for Florida today back in 1969 and left New York for good. Remember it was a Tuesday afternoon and what a mess. My mom didn't want to go so her friends came over to pack her up. My grandparents stayed until the movers left, they were to move down the end of the month. Two cars filled with stuff. My dad and older brother in the '69 Toronado and my twin, dog & mom in her '68 Eldorado. Arrived in Ft. Lauderdale Thursday night at dinner time. Was a whole new world for me as I'd never been here before.
56 years later, and we're still here. Well me only, as all the rest have passed. Will be strange to move. Daughter & wife are already actively looking for new places. Might end up with a 3-car garage which would be cool. Both girls are looking online plus our daughter is touring places as we speak. Got a feeling that our time frame might move up to end of 2026 or early 2027. But, that's fine with me honestly as I'm about at the point where I'd like to quit work completely as I'm just not feeling so great and having more bad days then good!

benjaminh

@nyccarguy sorry that happened with the rock and the awful people who would do something like that. What a pain...

My first concert was when I was about five with my Mom to see Pete Seeger. Later saw Elton John, the English Beat, the Clash, and so on. But so many I missed. Interesting to see the other bands that people have caught over the years and decades.

Was listening to SiriusXM in my Acura a few weeks ago and heard this song on xmu. The lead singer of this band Pulp is about my age of sixty, and yet still collaborating on making a good hit song called Spike Island, which is new for this year. I like this live version with his eccentric hand gestures lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BygudvVijU&list=RDGMEM6ijAnFTG9nX1G-kbWBUCJA&start_radio=1&rv=_0PUXt4-q80

oldfarmer50

Sandman6472 said:

Did see Grand Funk Railroad back in 1970 after moving to Florida. It was at Pirates World in Dania Florida, long gone, just south of the Ft. Lauderdale airport. It started to pour so they handed out black garbage bags so we could stay dry. They worked as it was like a hurricane there was so much rain!

We saw a band in the late 80s or early 90s which included Ringo Star, some members of GFR and a few other rock bands. They played some Beatles tunes, some GFR and songs from the other member’s original bands. I wish I could remember the name of the group because it was truly entertaining.

stickguy

some of you have been to a lot more shows than me! Not counting ones at college (some of which I almost remember!) the first major stadium show (Meadowlands, Giants stadium) in 1984 was Roger Waters (post-Floyd). Others since then I remember were the Everly brothers (and someone else, simon and Garfunkle?) and Springsteen I think 5 times in different places.

Michaell

stickguy said:

some of you have been to a lot more shows than me! Not counting ones at college (some of which I almost remember!) the first major stadium show (Meadowlands, Giants stadium) in 1984 was Roger Waters (post-Floyd). Others since then I remember were the Everly brothers (and someone else, simon and Garfunkle?) and Springsteen I think 5 times in different places.

Same here. Not much of a concert goer. Since I’ve lived in Colorado I’ve seen Sting at Red Rocks (fantastic venue), Barenaked Ladies, and Elton John, when he did an acoustic tour playing some of his lesser known songs.

roadburner

graphicguy said:

@roadburner ...quick Runaways story. They were the opening act for Brain Auger (jazz). The Runaways were hardcore rockers, so the pairing was pretty dissimilar. Anyway, the Runaways played up their "bad girl" rock ad roll images. The venue was BOGARTS, which is a really sleazy concert venue near the University of Cincinnati campus. Still there...still sleazy.

Back then, you could stand right by the stage. We were standing to the left, where the performers came on and off.

My one claim to a brush with fame came as Joan Jett caught my eye as I was standing at the left edge of the stage, and I was taking a swig from some Jack Daniels I had in a flask. She saw me, came over mid song, asked me for a swig, which I, of course gave her. She smiled and winked, gave me back the flask.

When their set was done, she came off stage right by where we were standing. She grabbed the flask, took another swig, gave me a sweaty kiss on the cheek and said "Thanks, Doll"! Still remember her scent.....sweat, cheap perfume. She left glitter on my cheek, to boot.

I was awe struck, dumb founded, excited, all rolled into one. I tried to follow them into their dressing room but a very large and hairy man shoved me away like I was a twig. LOL!

Remember it like it was yesterday.

I am envious!

roadburner

The Club Sport is back in my garage after three weeks at my indie shop GermanTech MotorWorks. As expected with a thirty year-old car additional work was required but in the end the car is running very well and it's locked and loaded for the BMW CCCA Anniversary tour.