[Powderworks] Counting Oil gigs attended
Andy Gillcrist
andrewg@nwlink.com
Sat, 9 Mar 2002 08:19:42 -0800
Yeah, should have been the other way around!
Here in Seattle, back in '82 or so, Men At Work came to town. The opener
was Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Now ain't that a mismatch!
I thought they shoulda been reversed.
Sadly, most of the crowd booed SRV and kept chanting "Men At Work!
Men At Work!" I have always loved SRV and did my damndest to make
my own cheering drown out the ignorant yobbos. I hope he heard me, as
it was just a short time later that he died when his helicopter crashed.
Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
> [mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of Tari, Vince
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 12:31 AM
> To: Powderworks
> Subject: RE: [Powderworks] Counting Oil gigs attended
>
> Bill Wolfe wrote
> >8/7/85 County Bowl, Santa Barbara (opening for UB40)
> >8/9/85 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (opening for UB40) (in Orange County, 1
> hour south of L.A.)
>
> They supported UB40 ???
>
> Talk about going from one musical extreme to another.
>
> So what was the reaction of the UB40 fans to the Oils ? Could they believe
> their eyes (or ears) ?
>
> Vince