Eminence Front

by | Oct 23, 2024 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

It was on this tour in 1982 that I saw the Who at the L.A. Sports Arena. It was the loudest concert I’ve ever attended, and my ears were ringing for a week – and I was in the back!

Whoops it wasn’t the 1982 tour.

It was the 1980 tour that I saw – look at the Townshend leap:

Filner

by | Oct 2, 2024 | Wednesday Rock Blogging


One of the greatest videos in San Diego history – San Diego Mayor Filner resigned less than 30 days later. He still owns a condo in Chula Vista! Go Padres!

Ringo

by | Sep 18, 2024 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

Ringo at Humphrey’s with Steve Lukather (Toto) on guitar on stage right, and Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) and Colin Hay (Men at Work). Incredible show – they played all the hits, and it would be worth it to see any one of these guys play with their former band. Average White Band and Men at Work have future dates scheduled!

This is the only venue in San Diego that Ringo is willing to play, in spite of those who float up in their boats and kayaks to see a Beatle perform for free. I told Donna that Ringo will have something to say to the freeloaders, and sure enough, he did.

JD and Alejandro

by | Sep 11, 2024 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

In 1983, Amy and I were the concert producers at Cal State Fullerton and we had just scored the first beer sponsorship in the country for our shows. It gave us the extra dough to have X play a free show in front of 5,000 students in February, and a free show with Carlsbad’s Rank and File with Alejandro Escovedo in March. Oh yeah, and my girlfriend Donna was the chair of Greek Week too.

In Spring, 1983, Donna was president of her sorority AXO, and I was president of SAE!

CCR

by | Aug 28, 2024 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

John Fogerty is playing the Rady Shell next Wednesday!

John Doe I Will Always Love You

by | Jul 31, 2024 | Wednesday Rock Blogging

John Doe and X played at the Belly Up last night in support of their new album, which they say will be their last (but they haven’t said they will stop playing live). Did you know John sang this tune on the soundtrack for The Bodyguard? The other more-famous version of the Dolly Parton song here.

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