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To: habs4ever
"You didn't see the Zeppelin Day on the Green in '77 with Judas Priest?"

No, I stupidly, took a pass on that one (Led Zep's last American show), as well as The Who and the Grateful Dead show the year before (Keith Moon's last show). That's why it was so important to see the Stones. Saw them at Candlestick too, in '81.

I did see The Byrds play at the Boarding House (4 of 5, anyway) in '78. Dylan's Born Again Tour...The Kinks a bunch of times.

Saw Van Halen open for Ozzie and Sabbath at the Oakland Arena... Major Crowd Stampede, really scary. This was a year before the bloodbath at The Who show in Cincinnati. Bill Graham knew what to do: skip the tickets, quit frisking, and let us in 50 at a time.

Saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Greg Kihn at Winterland. Petty fell off the stage during his second encore, and got roughed up by the crowd. Took the roadies 10 minutes to dive in and dig him out. What did he do next? Two more encores!

Then the next night, I saw The Tubes with The Ramones at the San Jose Civic. Gabba gabba Hey!

Saw the Clash (2nd tour) with the Dead Kennedys and the Cramps at the Kezar Pavillion a year or so later.

Anyone else go to the Us Festival? I was the guy in the tan Op shorts.

BTW, count me as another former Gremlin owner... A pukey bronze '74.

133 posted on 10/02/2001 1:15:35 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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