At the time I didn’t take any notice of the security with nothing out of the ordinary happening to make me remember.
I was there as well.
"Walking on the beach in a force 10 gale and I saw 3 hippies saving a whale"
Where in Trenton did you see Zappa? The war memorial? I saw him in 78 at the Spectrum in Philly.
RT, in the early 80's my sister was good friends with Jack Quigley "Action Jackson Quigley" of "The Morning Zoo" you know, John DeBella, Mark the Shark, Ray Koob aka "Vern the Fern", Big Daddy Graham, etc.. I've been down the studios 18th and Market a couple times. Met the crew. She even knew Michael Tearson. In 85 she said Jack just gave me 2 tickets to a private party on the "Spirit of Philadelphia" She said a band was playing called "Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumbler's" I never heard of them. They were just starting out. After that I became a fan. I only watched a set, I was too busy smoking hash with Ray and Jack on the third deck behind the pilot house. Tommy and I are friends to this day, Ray Koob was from Southampton, PA, new my uncle and cousins, played sports with them, went to WMGK, but back on WMMR. I have no idea where Jack is at?
Yes, I was to the Electric Factory once, but it wasn't until the 90's. I've been to so many concerts, every time I want to post, more come to mind. WTF. I never remembered my first concert until a buddy reminded me. It was Queen with Thin Lizzy opening at the Philadelphia Civic Center 77? It was Thin Lizzy's Jail Break Tour.
Heard of them, but never seen them. In 89 or 90, Tommy formed "Tommy Conwell and the Little Kings" I got to be good friends with his Sax player, "Darryl Ray". Darryl played with DYNAGROOVE before playing with Tommy. Darryl played with Chubby Checker after Tommy, mostly tours. Chubby is from Philly.
My Dad went with his pal, they hitch hiked from Mansfield. En route a guy says to them “lads, dya want a crate of Newkie Brown for nowt”
Hey RT, back in the '80s around the time of live aid there used to be in place in your neck of the woods. Rick's American Cafe at barnegat light. They used to host national Acts as well as many from the Philly scene. They had pictures of all the artists hanging on the wall. I caught my first Tog on the rock pile at barnegat light in 1969. It was 20 in long and bent my boat Pole.
Rick’s is now the Daymark . Never spent any time in Rick’s . In the sixties there was an old heavy equipment yard / garage that became a music venue in Spray Beach - Le Garage. I saw Bruce Springsteen there.
