What Are You Listening To?

socaljoe · Aug 22, 2018

Layne Staley of Alice in Chains would've been 51 today.

Beachwalker · Aug 22, 2018

abalonehx · Aug 22, 2018

socalcoolmx · Aug 22, 2018

Pat just knows how to work that Roland GR-300

too larry · Aug 23, 2018

Beachwalker · Aug 24, 2018

After The Grateful Dead's I saw this band the most (bit of a dichotomy, no?) I met Joey and Johnny in a traffic jam on Memorial Drive in Cambridge in the early 80s, they were in town for two shows, of course I had tickets!

abalonehx · Aug 24, 2018

Who's better than the Doobie Brothers when toking really?

too larry · Aug 25, 2018

Beachwalker said:
After The Grateful Dead's I saw this band the most (bit of a dichotomy, no?) I met Joey and Johnny in a traffic jam on Memorial Drive in Cambridge in the early 80s, they were in town for two shows, of course I had tickets!

When I was 13 years old, my mom, sister and I were on vacation in the mountains when we picked up two hitchhikers. They were going to Rockingham NC for the Peach Tree Festival. My sister was 17, and she talked Mamma into letting her go. It was a three day affair, with all the big names at the time. We saw 3 dog night, fleetwood mac and several other bands at the hotel pool where we were staying. Rockingham is a small town. Close to 100K hippies. A real trip. I got to hear the show, even if I didn't go to the speedway. Alice Cooper was the headliner. He was supposed to leave the stage at the end of his set in a hot air balloon. High winds or something prevented that from happening. Or so I heard. We were gone by then.

Beachwalker · Aug 26, 2018

too larry said:
When I was 13 years old, my mom, sister and I were on vacation in the mountains when we picked up two hitchhikers. They were going to Rockingham NC for the Peach Tree Festival. My sister was 17, and she talked Mamma into letting her go. It was a three day affair, with all the big names at the time. We saw 3 dog night, fleetwood mac and several other bands at the hotel pool where we were staying. Rockingham is a small town. Close to 100K hippies. A real trip. I got to hear the show, even if I didn't go to the speedway. Alice Cooper was the headliner. He was supposed to leave the stage at the end of his set in a hot air balloon. High winds or something prevented that from happening. Or so I heard. We were gone by then.

That was pretty cool! Outdoor festivals are the best! I followed the dead for a while their last decade around the Northeast ran into some serious Bud here and there mostly in Vermont for some reason?

The Ramones had an intensity live that I've never felt from any other band ever, across any genre