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Posted by sprinklerhead on 07-28-2004 at16:00:
RE: o.k. o.k. September 29, 1984
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JerusaLem the Can't Stop Us Now era |
Oh yea, I almost forgot about that. Makes me think of two words - Leg Warmers.
Posted by bereal on 07-28-2004 at16:28:
RE: o.k. o.k. September 29, 1984
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Originally posted by sprinklerhead
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Originally posted by DaLe
JerusaLem the Can't Stop Us Now era |
Oh yea, I almost forgot about that. Makes me think of two words - Leg Warmers. |
Leg Warmers, the 80s
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh!
I had a pair of leg warmers I wore over my blue jeans almost every day, and I thought I was so cool!
Posted by Gabriel Syme on 07-28-2004 at16:35:
Were these the tapered-leg jeans with the zippers to get them over one's feet?
Actually, I miss some things about the '80s very much, even if I didn't have a rocket pack. Music seemed more experimental then for one thing. Starting in the '90s it was back to three chords & a bridge.
We now return you to stories from people who have actually seen Daniel Amos perform.
Posted by bereal on 07-28-2004 at17:13:
What a trip down memory lane!
Back to DA. I haven't actually seen DA live, but I've seen Terry with the Lost Dogs 4 times since October 2002.
(Well, one was the BBQ tour with Mike, but Derri showed up so that made it a Dogs show for me)
To pick my favorite is just impossible. They were all great!
Posted by Commander Cote on 07-28-2004 at20:16:
Without a doubt my favorite time was at "The Amos & Randy" show on April 11, 1980 at Bethel College in Roseville, Minnesota. About a year later I hooked up with Progressive Pacers own Randy Carey who promoted concerts for about 4 years. We brought in just about anybody and everybody who was cool at the time. We brought in DA a few times, along with Sir Stonehill, Mr. Norman, Petra, Servant, Mark Heard, Rez Band, Steve Taylor (His first time he warmed up for Rez Band) and I'm sure there were many others (of which Dale might remember, of course he was just a young whippersnapper back then). I do have a recording of that Amos & Randy show that I recorded on a regular cassette player, it's not that good, but you can pick up on how fun it was from the crowd reactions. Oh to be young again........
Posted by DaLe on 07-29-2004 at08:21:
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Originally posted by Commander Cote
(of which Dale might remember, of course he was just a young whippersnapper back then)....... |
oh, GeT a HaiR CuT ! ya old hippie JeSuS FReaK !
My Bro & I went to every Pacer concert from 83 till the end... except for that one PeTra concert...
Posted by jiminy on 07-29-2004 at09:02:
I remember Progressive Pacer well.
I dont think they brought Concerts to Duluth- but I used to see their stuff at the CCM bookstore- and I think they had a newsletter?
I saw Phil K at the State theater in 84 - that may have been through them.
They was great days...
Posted by jiminy on 07-29-2004 at11:50:
members only
Posted by EarlyFan on 07-29-2004 at18:00:
RE: Whats your favorite DA concert experience?
Hey all, this is my first post here and I thought this would be a good thread to introduce myself. I've seen the boys many times, the first being the most memorable... probably because it was the first time!
Anywho, it was the late 70's and I was in high school in San Jose, CA. One day at lunch I see this band setting up to play in the quad. As soon as I saw their cowboy hats, I knew who it was. I already had their first (and only) album, and I was so excited to see them... playing MY high school! I don't remember much of the show, and the rest of the student body was really indifferent to them (it was a public school). Unfortunately I was painfully shy and did not have the courage to say hi to them. I remember calling my friend Allen who went to another school and bragging about what I had just seen. The next night he calls me and tells me they played his school as well. Apparently they played several schools in the area and then did a concert at the end of the week at a nice theater. Of course, me and Allen were in attendance and enjoyed it thoughrouly (I think I still have the t-shirt!). They did the whole "side 2" of Shotgun Angel as well. The lineup was already the SA band as I recall.
Pretty wild that bands did that back then... play for free all week in a town and do one show on the weekend. I remember asking Jerry Chamberlin about that years later (Kalhoun tour I think) and he was equally dumbfounded as to how they were able to survive in those days.
Other memorable concerts were:
The Amos & Randy show... in Edmonton, Alberta while I was in Bible College. They toured with Uncle Rand and did stuff from SA and HD. Also backed up Randy on some numbers, with plenty of whackiness between Terry and Jerry.
Also in Edmonton, on the Alarma tour I believe. Nobody knew what to think of that one. Totally unexpected by the crowd... a stripped down 4 piece blazing through at double speed what had become an anthem in our dorm..."I Love You #19". stunned faces everywhere. However they were able to generate some audience participation on "New Car".
At Knotts Berry farm on a christian music night I got to see the Vox Humana show with all the TV monitors set up everywhere and watched in amazement as the whole crowd already seemed to know the "Dance Stop" move of getting down real low to the ground and then slowly rising. Cool show!
At some church on the outskirts of L.A. I saw them with Undercover. It was the Kalhoun tour and they were the opening act. Not many fans there, but a good show nevertheless.
Got to see the Swirling Eddies a couple times at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Great show!!! The keyboard player was wearing a chior robe and they had two, count em, two bass players. Never quite understood that. Fans twirled around on "Let's Spin".
Well I think that covers it. I've never been to C-stone so have not seen the band lately. Would love to see them again, in any form!
Posted by baxter on 07-29-2004 at19:22:
Thanks for the fine memories EarlyFan.
i think i was at that Knott's show. Did they do the William Blake schtick that night? Was it on the stage with the wagons circled half way around?
Did they do many Wang Chung jokes (we had to ask Ed to explain those to us afterwards).
Posted by joey on 07-29-2004 at19:37:
melodyland is a heck of a land!
ronald reagan is a heck of a man!
Posted by baxter on 07-29-2004 at19:47:
i grew to appreciate Reagan, but i still think Melodyland was a friggin circus, where my family wasted several years.
Posted by joey on 07-29-2004 at19:50:
that's what made that show so great! terry and the boys made fun of that kind of Christ-ian-ity right there in melodyland! i was only like 17 or 18 and i was hysterical!
of course they never played there again.......
Posted by baxter on 07-29-2004 at20:32:
The philandering liar, pastor Estes, was probably appalled by the boys.
Posted by Commander Cote on 07-30-2004 at06:00:
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Originally posted by Commander Cote
(of which Dale might remember, of course he was just a young whippersnapper back then).......
oh, GeT a HaiR CuT ! ya old hippie JeSuS FReaK !
My Bro & I went to every Pacer concert from 83 till the end... except for that one PeTra concert...
Boy
Those Youngun's just can't take it, always have to resort to name callin'. Oops, gotta go get my haircut/ Now where did I put my Greatful Dead shirt?
Posted by audiori on 07-30-2004 at08:46:
I do have to say, and Berger will back me up on this,
anyone who witnessed the Swirling Eddies at Lifest
witnessed a truly strange event.
That rodeo mud hole pit they played in was strangely fitting
I guess... like they wanted to seperate them from the rest
of the pop fest. It was like this strange red mud spot about
100 feet wide in the middle of all the nice green grass of the
rest of the fest, and the small Eddies stage was in the middle
of one end of that....actually the red hole, as we termed it
had a fence around too I believe.
Camarillo, Berger & Arthur with Mike "Spot" Roe,
Steve "Speckled Bird" Hindalong & Mike "Gut Boy" Stand
The Eddies were in very rare form that night, the songs were
sort of strange long jams with he vocals similar to the originals.
Driving In England
Let's Spin
Hell Oh
Tiny Town
Attack Of The Pulpit Masters
Strange Days
Billy Graham
Potential
Arthur Fhardy's Yodeling Party
Don't Hate Yourself
The Happy Wanderer
We need to edit the tapes together, and yes Berger we didn't
burn them..... heh...
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