Part 3 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about concerts we'd like to go back in time to see. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Jay: Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust tour in 1973
- Never saw Bowie
- Phil: Grateful Dead's famous Cornell show 5/8/77
- The Holy Grail for Deadheads
- Jay: Canadian art rock weirdos Max Webster in southern Ontario 8/9/79
- Band split up in 1981 as singer-guitarist Kim Mitchell went solo
- Opened for Rush in the U.S. in the mid- to late '70s
- Phil: The Stones at the Boston Garden, 1972
- Jagger and Richards were arrested in Providence and Boston mayor bailed them out in time for the Garden show
- Mick Taylor era was notable
- Jay: Van Halen at Oakland Arena in June 1981
- A few songs were captured on video; VH fans have hoped for more
- Phil: Zeppelin at Berkeley, Calif., September 1971
- Touring before their fourth album was released
- Playing some of their acoustic songs
- Jay: SST legends Husker Du at the Channel in Boston 9/30/84
- In the middle of a killer stretch of albums; this one was for Zen Arcade
- Two classic albums were released the next year
- Phil: Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East in 1971
- Original lineup including Duane Allman
- Jay and Phil: The Who live at University of Leeds on Valentine's Day 1970
- Played a show at Hull the following night
- We're going to see the Who at Fenway later this month
- Band was at the literal peak of their powers
- First release of Live at Leeds was only six songs
- Longer versions have come out; full set was 33 songs
- No video of this show unfortunately
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
