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One of ‘The Best Concerts Ever’ I had the pleasure of attending was a ZZ Top show. Man, they were AWESOME. 1986.

We had an absolute blast...dressed the parts in long black coats, sunglasses and Fedoras; the guys wore beards, etc. I seem to remember wearing roller skates for some reason, LOL!

Fun, Fun Fun!

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Steve Miller was memorable, too. First concert with ‘laser beams’ and lots of cutting edge ‘ee-lec-tronics.’ I can only imagine what paying customers expect these days, LOL!

Oh, and Pink Floyd? Don’t even get me started...

And since we’re talkin’ trash about 80’s rock, I have to brag again that Robin Zander *KISSED* me back when Cheap Trick was a Garage Band! Wa-Hoo! *SMOOCH*

(Thanks, Pissant. It’s been fun.) :)

‘And since we’re talkin’ trash about 80’s rock, I have to brag again that Robin Zander *KISSED* me back when Cheap Trick was a Garage Band! Wa-Hoo! *SMOOCH*’

I remember seeing Cheap Trick at the Electric Ballroom in Milwaukee just before they released their first album.

Steve Miller was memorable, too. First concert with ‘laser beams’ and lots of cutting edge ‘ee-lec-tronics.’ I can only imagine what paying customers expect these days, LOL!

The "Fly Like An Eagle" 30th anniversary CD, came with a DVD with an interview with Miller, and most of recent San Francisco concert by him and the band. He spoke about those laser shows. They used a water cooled laser that was set up behind the amps and had a constant fountain of water flowing over it, to keep it cool. They were very high powered lasers and put on spectacular show. They put mirrors all over the stadiums for the lasers to bounce off of. He had a great photo of them in action. They were totally unregulated at the time, and you will never see the likes of those types of lasers at an outdoor show anymore. I worked at a Jethro Tull show (I think) at Colt Park in Hatford CT in 1976 where a similar laser display was part of the show. It was a cloudy night and lasers shooting up through the clouds GREATLY concerned commercial airline pilots coming in to Hartford Airport. Shortly after that concert, they stopped using lasers at those shows.
Miller also had a funny story about a freon hose used for fog effects breaking loose during a concert and spraying him until his guitar was nearly "frozen" before they got it turned off.

2/3rds of ZZ Top used to play the Fillmore West backing up musicians like Jimmy Reed in the 1960s.

And Steve Miller Band (also from Texas) used to play the Fillmore West (there is a live Mercury album from the 1960s where they backed Chuck Berry).

CT shout out!
New Cheap Trick album out on June 23, 2009, titled The Latest. A couple of tracks are posted at You Tube, sounds very good.
RockFord from 2007 was very good also.

The ZZ Top Six Pack was one of the better CD purchases I ever made, great tunes and good times.