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As with many other people, I was a big fan of her first two albums, Exile in Guyville and Whip-Smart. So this show was a must see. It was surprising to learn later she had stagefright in this era, because she played solo and did amazing. She didn’t talk much, but some musicians don’t.
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Eric & Todd acoustic again. I think my first date with Heather.

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My first Earth Day was memorable for a number of ways, but mostly for being the place I met my first long term girlfriend. Chris and I met up with another group of people he knew from TinyTim, and Heather had come with them. I asked her out at the end of the day. The concert was pretty great too. We missed Shawn Colvin and The Mavericks, but got there in time to see Jon Stewart introduce Brownstone, and their first song was an Eagles cover. The other hosts were Levar Burton & Martha Quinn, and we hung out until Natalie Merchant was done, leaving before Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kenny Loggins finished off the day. Reportedly this was the 2nd live performance from Natalie Merchant’s new band including awesome guitarist Jen Turner.
The whole show is up as a stream at C-SPAN.

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The program says the show I went to was “Invitation only”, so I must have asked Alan, emmet’s manager, for one. The thing I really remember is I went with Anand, my best friend’s brother’s best friend (all 4 of us had been playing a lot of Magic the Gathering together). He drove, and on the way back he got stopped on 66 for speeding.

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Nothing interesting I can remember.

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Great White had been on my list for a while, as they leaned more towards bluesy rock then their glam counterparts. Live in New York is one of my favorite albums of theirs, based just on their cover of Savoy Brown’s Train To Nowhere that has one of the greatest grooves ever. We stayed after the gig to meet the band.

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The opportunity to see Slash in a club was irrestible (he’d soon leave Guns N’ Roses). Surprisingly no GN’R songs, but Gilby Clarke was in the band and sang his songs “Cure Me… Or Kill Me…” and “Tijuana Jail” – appropriate because Slash played on those songs on his album.

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Tom was touring off Wildflowers (one of my favorite albums of his) and put on a great show, I really like Pete Droge and enjoyed seeing him again, but none of that was my highlight. I knew I liked The Jayhawks, but this show made me love them. The tight harmonies, and the songs (especially “Blue”) just hit me in the gut.
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Eric & Todd acoustic show. The flyer said “Only $1.00 Cover!”

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Eric and I were big fans of the Crowes’ first album, and the next two were just fine too. They were already turning into a jam band, playing some of the hots as they felt like it.
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