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Originally Posted by BudB
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Yes indeed but I reckon what got the '60s started musically in SA
were the Rolling Stones when they played the Teen Fair in the summer of 1964.
Believe it or not that gig was at Joe Freeman Coliseum and it wasn't a sell out because only a few people ever heard of them then.
That was the Stones' first American tour and they were still down and dirty
and mighty rough around the edges mostly doing hard core blues.
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Bud, my parents had free tickets and we all went
they did a show in San Bernadino CA.
That was their first date in the USA.
Joe Freeman was their second appearance on this side of the pond.
Bill Wyman was the band historian,
he says in his book - Stone Alone -
that the first thing they did here in the Alamo City,
was to go to a Pawn Shop, where they all bought guns,
then they went out to the edge of town and shot rattlesnakes.
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Originally Posted by Dwangle
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When the teen fair was announced my older sister sent in a picture of my mom in one of those old ancient swim suit's.
She won tickets to see Bobby Vee. I was too young to go.
They added the Rolling Stones to that show after the tickets were sold (I think).
My sister hated the Rolling Stones.
She thought they were just a bunch of greasy hoods!
Back then they probably were.
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Dwang, thanks for refreshing my memory
I never could remember if it was Bobby Vinton or Bobby Vee
Actually, I don't even care.
At one point in the show MJ ran out to the edge of the stage
saying he saw something
then he stomped it with his foot
and said - I think it was a beetle.
When they left, the announcer, maybe it was Bruce Hathaway,
did a countdown - 10 9 8 .... 3 2 1
the Rolling Stones are now out of the Joe Freeman Coliseum.
and the small crowd cheered.
I was disappointed so my brother and I went exploring.
Turns out the Stones had not left,
they were in the corridor posing for snapshots
with some of the local cutie pies.
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Originally Posted by Dwangle
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I remember Jimi walking on stage and leaving exactly an hour later.
He did the same thing spinning round and round
playing too loud and then leaving. Just fulfilling there contracts.
It was way different when I saw him at Municipal Auditorium a year or two earlier
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When I flew up from corpus for that show at the MA,
Hendrix and the boys, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell???
were arriving at the same time.
They all three had the giant puffball Afros,
Jimi, the tall guy, was bouncing the two little Brits,
like basketballs down the corridor there in the terminal.
One of the highlights of the show was Jimi squirting lighter fluid
on his guitar then striking a match to it.
He also played it behind his head and with his tongue
though not at the same time
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Originally Posted by Dwangle
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I used to go all the way back and up to the top of the Arena.
I use to love the way the bands sounded back there.
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yessir way in the back was a real good spot.
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Originally Posted by BudB
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Thank you for mentioning Hendrix at Municipal Auditorium Dwangle ol' buddy
as that's a lovely thot in itself.
I really love that old place since they bussed us school kids down there
from junior highs around town after lunch at 1 pm on Fridays to hear
the symphony orchestra rehearse by playing parts of their Saturday night program.
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yeah, we did the Symphony trips too.
Some other bands I heard at the Municipal Aud -
Eric Burden and the Animals
EB is a little guy, he came out and circled the band setup
doing somersaults cartwheels and flips
I think they closed the show with We Gotta Get Outta This Place
The Who
yeah the smashed all their equipment and tossed some of it into the audience
Country Joe and the Fish
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
Barry Melton, one of my favorite guitar players
layed on the floor on his back picking away like a madman
John Lee Hooker
met him out front when he came walking up alone
carrying a beat up guitar case
Savoy Brown
I Feel Alright With My Needle and Spoon
Cheech and Chong
Opened the show for Savoy Brown
it was some kinda benefit for either Ursuline or Providence Girls School
and the audience was full of nuns
they were having a great time
even cracking up over a joke about kotex
something about uptight tieDyed and outtaSight.
Johnny Winter
shiny clothes Johnny
first time I heard him at the Vulcan
he was wearing a white tShirt with holes in it.
heard Bob Dylan there twice
first was in 76 - the Rolling Thunder Revue
he played one of my all time favorites - Idiot Wind
Scarlet Rivera on electric Violin they did Isis
Kinky Friedman all decked out
Roger McGuinn
Bob Neuwirth
Joan Baez
then again in April 06
Merle Haggard opened the show
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Originally Posted by Dwangle
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Does anyone remember Hobby land?
It was on Mccullough I believe. It was an old house.
They had a train you could ride on and a Slot car track in the basement.
Plastic models were standard gifts for boy's and I alway's loved putting them together.
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I do remember Ces and Ronnie's HobbyLand. A real fine place.
We got most of our model cars at Winn's at North Towne Plaza
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Originally Posted by BudB
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Many thanx Mud for your broad and deep recollections of the wild & wooly days in SA's crazy places.
Here by the way is the 13th Floor Elevators poster I managed to save from once upon a time in Austin.
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Thanks for posting the poster.
Yep those were wild and wooly daze....
Anybody remember Drab's Cactus Farm
Before peyote was outlawed.
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