01-22-2011, 08:44 PM
I wanted to reply to this but I was away at the time the topic died out. I really do appreciate that it wouldn't pay to do a small concert here unless the ticket prices were higher. I was just being honest about my ability to pay $50, and feeling a little sad that people who are long time fans of these great musicians can't afford to see them play.
I was always a big fan of the early J. Airplane, and when Hot Tuna released their first album, my then husband and I played that thing to death. When I hear those songs I can see the room that we listened to music. That was a real important album in my life.
I never did get to see them live, although I saw Jorma and Jack as part of the Airplane a few times (including Altamont).
Speaking of the Airplane and NRPS, I used to wait on Spencer Dryden in the late 80's during the time I worked as a bank teller in Marin. I think he was living around Petaluma. I remember the first time this quite unassuming guy who acted nothing like a rock star, presented me with a deposit slip, and I looked at his name, and went whoa! Everyone else at that bank was super straight and his name didn't ring a bell with them. If it weren't that Spencer Dryden is a unique name, I wouldn't have thought he was the same guy.
I was very sorry to hear that he'd died.
I liked the New Riders too. Another band I never got to see live.
I was always a big fan of the early J. Airplane, and when Hot Tuna released their first album, my then husband and I played that thing to death. When I hear those songs I can see the room that we listened to music. That was a real important album in my life.
I never did get to see them live, although I saw Jorma and Jack as part of the Airplane a few times (including Altamont).
Speaking of the Airplane and NRPS, I used to wait on Spencer Dryden in the late 80's during the time I worked as a bank teller in Marin. I think he was living around Petaluma. I remember the first time this quite unassuming guy who acted nothing like a rock star, presented me with a deposit slip, and I looked at his name, and went whoa! Everyone else at that bank was super straight and his name didn't ring a bell with them. If it weren't that Spencer Dryden is a unique name, I wouldn't have thought he was the same guy.
I was very sorry to hear that he'd died.
I liked the New Riders too. Another band I never got to see live.