Yeah, been there. passed out on the sidewalk. Twenties, after a gig. Don't recall the ride home. Taxi took me. Someone who was at the gig paid for it. Like I have said, things are all hindsight. We get trapped in our moments and realize years later, or even days later- that we are way off course, or were. I wasn't alone with band issues however. (music live!) There were plenty of moment for "Behind the Music" moments. Brotherly physical fights and quarrels. Trying to knock each other off stage. Falling while moshing with my guitar. There were magic moments too. Laughing and hardly being able to play and or sing. Laughing so hard! One moment was, we were covering RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and a bull riding contest was on TV in the back of the bar. I pointed it out because we were playing "Bulls on Parade" and it was so funny as funny gets to us. (singer and I) There were other moments, somewhat embarrisingly enough where I was toast and thought I had not draink too much and pretended to knock over a guitar amp in which I fell and knocked it over for real. Then, can't blame them, I tried to take the band into another song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from "Welcome to the Jungle" and it didn't work, they shut me off and I didn't even know it. I played a lot of the show like that. Crazy. This should all be in my book. (Glad I am different now, but if I didn't go through that- would I be who I am today?) I don't know.
I love live music. I don't get to see it enough or almost at all. (COVID) etc. I hope to get back to playing out again, with or without a full band again. I really don't care where and how- just to play again would be nice. I miss it. I really have a lot of respect for bands that throw their music out there along with cover songs- or even better yet- all original. I really dig that. I saw some bands in Boston MA and they were blowing the doors off. Playing their music. Just where I would love to be.
So I have picked out some of my favorite live performances.
Here are a few.
Aerosmith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUQWWOBAm4
Aerosmith - (78') - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTxLr2X3fSw (Texxas Jam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BryofyX51k (Hard Rock Hotel)
VH- (Sammy Hagar) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcABbx_pUCo
U2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHdWT4Izknc
Cranberries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5WIUFsGB3c
Matchbox Twenty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3R7WFJRyt8
Lenny Kravitz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK_8bY7jpIU
Goo Goo Dolls (Below)
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