WHFS was doing free shows at Franklin Park at lunchtime, and “Selling The Drama” and “I Alone” had already been singles and I really liked the band, so I went to DC. I even brought a handheld tape recorder, but it was for speech and the whole show was distorted. That was too bad as it was a nice little acoustic show outside in nice weather.
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Oh HFStival, I miss you so. A year earlier, it wasn’t on my radar, but then WHFS exploded as the home of alternative rock and while 1993’s HFStival wasn’t sold out, 1994’s definitely was. I went with a crowd from Expulsion – my first show with my best bud Chris. Favorites of mine that day were Greenberry Woods, Violent Femmes & Counting Crows. During Violent Femmes’ set, they played “Blister In The Sun” and all of RFK Stadium was shaking with people jumping up and down. I think I got a sunburn while going from stadium stage to outside stage and back again.
MTV News report
Washington Post review
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My last review for a newspaper was also my first review of a Rush show.
According to Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth, Geddy and Alex were both sick, so they dropped “Force 10” and cancelled the next night.
Three song set? Sure, I’ll write a review of it.
I also got my first musician autograph.
I had a lot to say about this show, but I already said it in my review (and then followed it up).
If you’d like to hear even more, these guys break down the whole show.
I still like my review, but what it leaves out is that drummer Tamer Eid was a grade above me at W.T. Woodson, and we were in the marching band drum section together for three years, and when I figured out this band was his, I wanted to see them. The music being good was a bonus, and it opened my eyes to other local bands in the area, and really changed my life.
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I think my review at the time says it all.
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Blind Melon was huge at the time thanks to constant MTV rotation of “No Rain”, so I headed up to the UMBC Fieldhouse to see them. I don’t remember Alice Donut, but I knew Meat Puppets from Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” performance & “Too High to Die”. I had definitely bought Blind Melon’s self titled album, and knew all of it (proving concert rule #1: the more songs you know, the more you enjoy the show). Since they only had the one album, they tossed in tasty covers by The Allman Brothers Band, The Velvet Underground, Social Distortion & Led Zeppelin (the latter cover would eventually end up on 1995’s Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin). A great show, and one of the first I would pick up a video of at one of the Tyson’s record shows at the Best Western.
A then current review here.
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Having become a Dave Matthews Band fan, it only made sense to see Dave play acoustic with a guitarist I hadn’t heard of: Tim Reynolds. I wished I’d paid more attention to opener Jeff Buckley, but at the time I had no idea who he was. I only had eyes for Dave, and he was mesmerizing. T-Bone Burnett was a nice guest, but I also had no idea who he was. This show was significant for me in that 2 songs were included on the Dave Matthews Band’s Recently EP later that year: “Dancing Nancies” & “Warehouse”. Being in the audience for a live album was a fantasy of mine, and eventually I’d make it happen for Rush.
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