Re: (TV) CBGBs

[Tom Bessoir <tbessoir@well.com>]

I was at that Heat show. That must have been about '79 or '80

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Todd Ellenberg wrote:

> Ahhh, memories.
>
> Having lived in Miami since 1982 -- after departing
> parts around NJ and NYC -- I don't think I've been at
> CBs since then. Perhaps I caught a gig or two on some
> mid-80s visits, though.
>
> But it certainly was a place where I saw some of the
> greatest music of the day, starting from a couple of
> Talking Heads/Television double bills in 1976. I
> pretty much caught most of the top NY bands there.
> Plus other groups, from the Dead Boys to Deadline
> (Bill Lawell, Philip Wilson, R. Quine). And then some.
>
> Even back then the bathroom was scary.
>
> Speaking of Richard Lloyd's solo band gigs back then
> -- did anyone go to a memorable double bill of he and
> Johnny Thunders at at club called Heat. Everyone was
> joking that night that it was actually a benefit for
> Phoenix House. And that warehouse-y club, if I recall,
> had a level of open decadence that was surprising even
> for NYC.
>
> Those were the days.
>
> Todd E
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