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10-14-2020, 01:33 PM
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Doug, any Van Halen run ins? Specifically Eddie
Good guy or bad guy? I've heard both. 
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10-14-2020, 05:44 PM
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I first saw Van Halen in 1978 when they opened up for Black Sabbath at MSG. I was staying in a hotel in Long Island in 1995 and was talking to a few colleagues in the Lobby when the Members of Van Halen walked in after a show. I saw Alex and started talking and mentioned the 78 tour and he called over Sammy Hager and the two of them spent about an hour telling me stories about the tour. Great night for me Alex signed an auto wrote it to me but I asked him to personalize it to my son Kyle. Sammy looked for a CD took out the liner and signed that gor me. Eddie I saw briefly the next day and also was very nice and signed for my son. Really nice guys.. Rest in Peace Eddie. We lost a National Treasure
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10-14-2020, 09:20 PM
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RIP EVH
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10-14-2020, 10:12 PM
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I will guess that the show must have been at Jones Beach, although I suppose it could have been at the Nassau Coliseum, either way, I always do my best to avoid putting the band at a hotel out there. Last time we spent the night in Philadelphia and drove in early afternoon directly to the venue for sound check, then headed out straight away after the show to the next city (and hotel). When forced to stay somewhere close, that's the same hotel I have used. Last edited by doug.goodman; 10-14-2020 at 10:19 PM.
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11-14-2020, 12:52 AM
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I can't say I am a metalhead by any stretch. I like a song or two by the Scorpions, Judas Priest and a few others. The heaviest show I have ever been to was a Dead Kennedys show with original drummer Ted just before he left (The Channel, Boston). My musical tastes are all over the place and have gone to concerts ranging from New Age (George Winston) to traditional jazz (Ron Carter), folk (Arlo Guthrie), soul/r&b (James Brown), arena rock (Queen) and hardcore punk (the aforementioned DK's).
The one constant has been my 'Rock Book'. It is a book called 'The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock' compiled by two writers from NME (New Musical Express) the best music publication in the 1970's and 1980's out of England. I have been getting the book signed since 1979 when I was a poor college student and could not always afford the $6.99 - $7.99 vinyl. Since then I have gotten it signed by over 500 musicians. Every signature except for one was signed in front of me and I will not divulge that one. I was not as vigilant in the beginning, but I have a list of date and venues where it was signed and in the last 16 years I have also saved tickets, flyers and the such from events where it was signed. There have been a few people I did not realize had entries and forgot to bring it when I met them (Andrew Gold, Wendy Waldman) and a few who flat out refused to sign it (Van Morrison - me and him alone outside the downstairs bar at the Hard Rock in Boston after a show "I'm done working for the evening." and Robert Fripp, a pseudo-intellectual dick, "This is probably a piece of rubbish"). As the years go on inevitably some who have signed the book have passed away including a lot of good names (David Bowie, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis, Carl Wilson, Paul Butterfield, Link Wray, Lou Reed, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Joe Strummer, Leonard Cohen, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Phil Everly, Maurice White, Tom Petty, Carl Perkins, Robert Palmer etc.). This year alone 6 people who signed it have passed, two of them within a week of each other in October. Here are their signatures in no particular order: Charlie Daniels - signed May 19,2006 at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA Daniels.jpg Dave Greenfield of the Stranglers. Died of Covid-19 - In store record signing Strawberries Records, Kenmore Sq. Boston October 14, 1980 Greenfield.jpg Little Richard - October 5, 1984 in the lobby of Channel 4, Boston. He also signed his autobiography little richard.jpg Helen Reddy - April 26, 2008 Olsson's Books Alexandria, VA reddy.jpg Spencer Davis - June 15, 1996 Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA spencer davis.jpg Jerry Jeff Walker - September 21, 1989 Nightstage, Cambridge, MA walker.jpg Sorry for the long tale. I think I could talk an ear off a stalk of corn. Michael 'I may have almost as many stories as Doug G.' B.
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11-14-2020, 03:14 PM
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Bravo! I think you should start on page 1 and start telling us stories. And I call dibs when you decide to part with it... Doug Last edited by doug.goodman; 11-14-2020 at 03:19 PM.
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11-14-2020, 11:39 PM
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It is odd that you mention selling it. As you can imagine I have become very protective of it. Other than laying in on a table for someone to sign it has only left my hands exactly 3 times: The previously mentioned time a merch person who worked for the musician offered to get it signed for me. We met at the club I was working at as a bouncer in Boston - Spit. It was in 1980 so I did not think of the book as I do now. Brought it to me at the club after a show. I got the person several years later in person and the signature was the same. Very big name. Joan Armatrading at Lupos in Providence, RI - standing at the stage entrance which was a glass door allowing you to see inside. I asked one of her stage people if she was coming out after the sound check as I wanted to get my book signed. He said "I will take it to her for you." I watched him walk up to her and get it signed. Charlie Daniels at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA - He walked out to the bus after the show which I believe was SOP for him. The driveway to the backstage also led to a daycare attached to the building. Unless the Alexandria PD was there you could always walk up the driveway. Walked up to the bus and one of his people said that he was happy to sign anything and he would bring it on to the bus. All of that being said I have been asked many times what it was worth and would I sell it. I try not to say value out loud but I would sell it under certain conditions. It is just a thing and I have the stories. Every time a person dies the price goes up. It is not only 6 people who died this year, there were also at least three others last year - Paul Barrere of Little Feat, Art Neville and Dr. John. Watching the RRHOF inductions tonight and saw that there was one other person who signed the book and died about 7 weeks ago - Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power. In the vintage card section Leon always says there should be a card in the thread. This one should have concert photos: Rick Derringer - circa 1980 The Paradise, Boston derringer 1-1.jpg James Brown - Summer, 1980 Jonathan Swift's Harvard Sq. Cambridge, MA brown,-james-1-1.jpg Cab Calloway - late 1980's New England Conservatory of Music, Boston MA. He received an award and the played while his grandson who taught at the school played guitar calloway-2-1.jpg Phil Lynott - circa 1981 The Paradise, Boston. One of my favorites to shoot. He was a ham and would pose on stage and point his bass at me. lynott-1a.jpg
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11-14-2020, 05:33 AM
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The Garden City Hotel has a long history of discrimination. 47 years old, I've never been inside. But if you don't stay there, where are you going to go? The Long Island Marriott? Fun thread. Only set lists I have are of recent vintage from shows at Brooklyn Steel (best music venue to hit NYC in years).
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11-14-2020, 03:17 PM
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I usually put bus drivers at the Best Western in Bar Harbour... which I suppose makes it plan "C". Last edited by doug.goodman; 11-14-2020 at 03:18 PM.
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11-14-2020, 06:34 PM
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I first saw Van Halen in 1978 when they opened up for Black Sabbath at MSG. I was staying in a hotel in Long Island in 1995 ...on... Whats wrong with staying in Garden City?? Well for one whenever I am in Long Island I tend to meet one or two Stuffy folks among the thousands of cool people. And it is 100% worth the effort to stay in Manhatten and comute. I am from jersey and that's the way we say it. When I am in cape cod I am in cape cod (not on the cape)
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11-14-2020, 08:05 PM
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Garden City also put up quite a fuss when Wang was trying to put up a new arena in Uniondale. As for Long Island and things to do, you need a vehicle. I moved into Queens in 1995 and moved back to raise a family in 2014. Now Queens...that's the place to be. Sigh...
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11-14-2020, 11:45 PM
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11-15-2020, 06:43 AM
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11-15-2020, 10:53 PM
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I've been at the cape, just barely, twice. And one of those was for work.
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10-14-2020, 10:05 PM
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He and one of my bosses were very good friends, so I met him a couple of times (once with Alex) and he was VERY nice both times. Both to me, and to others. And just being friends (famous or otherwise) with the boss does not always equate to being nice to the bosses employees.
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