While listening my mp3 player today a Social Distortion song came on and it made me think about something that happened when I saw them in concert, this lead me to remember other music memories so here's today's post. Some of my favorite music memories.
Since it was a Social Distortion song that gave me the idea for this post, I'll start with that memory.
I got to see Social Distortion at an outdoor music festival here in Little Rock some years ago. Friends and I were standing up near the stage, we were separated from the stage by a short wall and a few concert security people. Well, some guy was wanting to get up on stage with the band, so when the security people were looking the other way, we helped him jump up on stage. Thought he'd dance around a little while then jump back into the crowd before security got him. Unfortunately, he stayed a little to long and some of Social Distortion's guys got him, drug him off the back stage, beating the crap out of him the whole way. What'd he expect, jumping on stage with Social Distortion, of course you're gonna get beat up.
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles) - My first music memory. Sometime in 1964, riding in the car with my family on a gravel road between Clarkton, MO and Gibson on the way to my Uncle Frank's and Aunt Pat's house.
New Kids on the Block - Taking my 9 yr old daughter Natasha to her first concert. Her musical taste have vastly improved since then.
Chuck Berry (The Reason There is Rock n Roll) - Sloppy, uneven show but still it was CHUCK BERRY. Here's how his show's were when I got to see him. His management would hire local Musicians who new his song's, right before the show Chuck's car would show up, he'd get out, walk on stage, strap on a guitar and start playing while the band tried to keep up, when the show finished he'd walk of stage, get his money, get in the car and leave.
A couple of Black Oak Arkansas memories - Senior Year High School Friday's during football season (at least for home games), I would go home put in my eight track put on my headphones, crank it up and listen to Mutants of the Monster and When Electricity Came to Arkansas to get ready for the game. Another outdoor music festival in Little Rock, Black Oak is playing but about half the songs they've done are covers (who wants to hear Jim Dandy sing Desperado), they run out of time for their set but won't leave, I think they had just started Hot N Nasty or Jim Dandy to the Rescue, so the promoters turn the sound off but the band goes ahead and finishes with no sound.
Springsteen at Alltel Arena. If you've read my 25 Things post you know how I feel about Springsteen.
Father God - First time I heard this song was a youth mission trip (Marshalltown, Iowa I think), a few girls from our youth group were singing it. Made me cry then, still makes me cry. The essence of Christianity boiled down into a short little 2 verse song.
U2 in Memphis - Great Music, Great Friends, what more can you ask for.
Prince at Barton in Little Rock. Mark Hodges and I went to this show. How many of you knew Hodges was a Prince fan. The only thing that could have made the show better was if we'd both dressed in all purple.
Blue Cross Picnic (don't remember the year) - Skip Hearne playing guitar, me playing Harmonica. About a minute and a half of blues classic St. James Infirmary.
Arkansas River Blues Festival - Used to be an annual event. Me and my brother Jeff, 12 hours of blues music in the hot Arkansas Summer. Saw some great musicians - John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Little Milton, Lonnie Mack, James Cotton to name a few. Really miss this.
Bob Dylan - Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock $20, 2 hours of Dylan singing. nuff said.
Rev Room in Little Rock - any show, anytime I get to enjoy live music with my kids is a favorite memory.
Watching drunk white people dance at shows, hilarious.
Pearl Jam - scariest memory, understand how people get crushed to death. Standing against the wall that separated the mosh pit from the rest of the crowd. People packed in so tight that could not move, if I'd been able to lift my feet off the ground I wouldn't have fallen. Still a great show.
Don't Call Me Shirley - Nothing better than seeing people you know on stage, having a good time and playing good music.
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