Panel discussion is killing me. 

Play All Night!

GQ

Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio, Aaron Neville and others play a benefit concert for Puerto Rico  at Radio City Music Hall  tonight on a frigid New York City evening. The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes down tomorrow and the NFL playoffs began today so after a disastrous New York Jets campaign we are firmly in the winter doldrums  dreaming of pitchers, catchers, and outdoor shows at Jones Beach and Forest Hills Stadium. 

What kind of show to expect is a complete unknown as my son and I sit outside in the car waiting to go in but I’m hoping a special guest or two perform and I’m sure that Trey may jam with Dave at some point.

(Frozen) Ants Marching

Stay warm and rock on!

GQ

On New Years Eve, December 31, 1981 my girlfriend, now wife,  and I traveled to the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale to see the reunited Allman Brothers Band on the Enlightened Rogues tour with Molly Hatchet and Peter Rowan.

The show itself does not spark any particular memories. Molly Hatchet flirted with disaster with several albums and FM radio hits and the Allman Brothers Band pre- Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes was finally back together and on the road with both Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts.

The most memorable part of the evening was actually after the show while returning to Queens on the Notthern State Parkway, there was a young holiday reveler, who was wearing a  cardboard “Happy New Year” hat, walking on the middle white lane marking in the middle of roadway. I remember thinking that some poor guy with a couple of beers in him is going to hit this knucklehead and get himself arrested.

It was on this night I figured out that driving around on New Year’s Eve was probably not a good idea even if you are not drinking.

Happy New Year 

And Rock on1982!

GQ