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THE SHOW A rite of passage, a defining event, a catalyst of musical and personal 5 T 0 epiphanies—a concert is an experience unlike any other. W H In The Show I’ll Never Forget, writer Sean Manning has gathered R an amazing array of unforgettable concert memories from a veritable I E T A-list of acclaimed novelists, poets, biographers, cultural critics, and E I’LL NEVER FORGET R songwriters. Their candid, first-person recollections reveal as much S S about the writers’ lives at the time as they do about the venues where R E H the shows occurred or the artists on stage. L I V O E TE ★ Ishmael Reed on Miles Davis T EENC ★ Luc Sante on Public Image Ltd. HE W S RGXPERI ★★ HDaenidiei Jl uHlaanvidtlse ro na nRdu Ashndrew Sean Greer on Metric IR M I EA E OG O ’ N N ★ Diana Ossana on Led Zeppelin S L FTGOI ★ Maggie Estep on Einstürzende Neubauten T M L M RCER ★ Dani Shapiro on Bruce Springsteen EM A EON ★ Gary Giddins on Titans of the Tenor! O N N VC R E ★ Nick Flynn on Mink DeVille A E N EL NMORAB ★★ SRuicska nM Sotordayig ohnt Tohn eT Lhoeu Fnugnek L Fiezasrtdivsal BLE C V IN LME ★ Jennifer Egan on Patti Smith O E G ’LOST ★ Harvey Pekar on Joe Maneri NCE R , E W IR M ★ Thurston Moore on Glen Branca, Rudolph Grey, RT DI HEI and Wharton Tiers GO F TO OE T ★ Chuck Klosterman on Prince IN O R HIV ★ Sigrid Nunez on Woodstock G E SERS REL ★★ JCehraryrl eSst aRh. lC orno sDsa voind N Birovwainea EXPE RG T R HRI ★ Marc Nesbitt on The Beastie Boys I E W E T0 ★ And many more . . . N T 5 C E No matter where your musical taste falls, these often funny, occasion- ally sad, always thought-provoking essays—all written especially for The S E Show I’ll Never Forget—are sure to connect with anyone who loves, or A N has ever loved, live music. M A N Sean Manning lives in New York. His writing has appeared in the New N I York Press, The Brooklyn Rail, and BlackBook. N 5500 WWRRIITTEERRSS RREELLIIVVEE G , E D I T O $16.95 US / £9.99 / $20.50 CAN MUSIC/ESSAYS R TTHHEEIIRR MMOOSSTT MMEEMMOORRAABBLLEE Da Capo Press A Da Capo Original CCOONNCCEERRTTGGOOIINNGG EEXXPPEERRIIEENNCCEE A Member of the Perseus Books Group Cover design by Cooley Design Lab www.dacapopress.com 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page i TheShow I’ll Never Forget 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page ii 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page iii The Show I’ll Never Forget 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience Edited by S E A N MANNING DACAPO PRESS AMember of the Perseus Books Group 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page iv Copyright © 2007 by Sean Manning All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. 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For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA02142, or call (800) 255–1514 or (617)252–5298, or e-mail [email protected]. 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page v Contents 1 Introduction R.E.M.at Madison Square Garden New York City, November 4, 2004 SEAN MANNING 1 2 Miles Davisat The Casablanca Buffalo, New York, September 21, 1955 ISHMAEL REED 9 3 Jimmy Reed at LuAnn’s Dallas, Texas, April 1958 DAVID RITZ 13 4 Steve Abbot Benefit Concert at Jordan Junior High School Salt Lake City, Utah, Winter 1961 RON CARLSON 17 5 The Rolling Stonesat The Academy of Music New York City, May 1, 1965 LYNNE TILLMAN 22 6 The Beatlesat Plaza De Toros Madrid, Spain, July 2, 1965 REBECCA BROWN 26 7 Titans of the Tenor!at Philharmonic Hall New York City, February 19, 1966 GARY GIDDINS 31 8 James Brown at Boston Garden Boston, April 5, 1968 DAVID GATES 40 v 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page vi VI CONTENTS 9 Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy at The Scene New York City, 1968 GENE SANTORO 45 10 Woodstockat Max Yasgur’s Farm Bethel, New York, August 15–17, 1969 SIGRID NUNEZ 52 11 Nina Simone at The Village Gate New York City, Winter 1970 LINDA YABLONSKY 58 12 Bill Evans at The Jazz Workshop Boston, January 1971 RICHARD BURGIN 69 13 Led Zeppelin at St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri, May 11, 1973 DIANA OSSANA 74 14 Three Dog Night at San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California, Autumn 1974 JOHN HASKELL 79 15 Televisionat CBGB New York City, Winter 1975 BRUCE BAUMAN 84 16 The Sunshine Festival at Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California, September 28, 1975 KAREN KARBO 89 17 Queen at The Capital Centre Landover, Maryland, November 29, 1977 TRACY CHEVALIER 94 18 Mink DeVille at The Paradise Boston, Winter 1978 NICK FLYNN 100 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page vii CONTENTS VII 19 Patti Smith at Winterland San Francisco, May 13, 1978 Or . . . Boarding House San Francisco, August 1979 JENNIFER EGAN 103 20 Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden New York City, August 1978 DANI SHAPIRO 109 21 Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden New York City, December 14, 1978 ELIZABETH CRANE 114 22 X/Levi & the Rockats at The Whisky Los Angeles, 1979 ARION BERGER 119 23 The Funk Festival at Los Angeles Coliseum Los Angeles, May 26, 1979 SUSAN STRAIGHT 123 24 Black Flag at Hong Kong Café Los Angeles, September 2, 1979 JOHN ALBERT 129 25 The Horslips at The Whitla Hall Belfast, Ireland, April 1980 PAUL MULDOON 135 26 Public Image Ltd. at The Ritz New York City, May 15, 1981 LUC SANTE 141 27 The Kinks at Madison Square Garden New York City, October 3, 1981 THOMAS BELLER 147 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page viii VIII CONTENTS 28 Rushat Cumberland County Civic Center Portland, Maine, December 4, 1985 HEIDI JULAVITS 157 29 The Pogues at Metro Boston, July 2, 1986 ROBERT POLITO 164 30 The Beastie Boys at The Capital Centre Landover, Maryland, April 5, 1987 MARC NESBITT 172 31 Redd Kross at The Town Pump Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 1987 CARL NEWMAN 177 32 Bon Jovi at Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon, May 8, 1989 JON RAYMOND 183 33 Van Morrison at The Beacon Theatre New York City, November 30, 1989 ROBERT BURKE WARREN 188 34 Van Morrison at The Beacon Theatre New York City, November 30, 1989 HOLLY GEORGE-WARREN 195 35 Clarence Carter at Bobby’s Hideaway Waldo, Florida, January 18, 1990 KEVIN CANTY 200 36 Nirvana at The Paramount Theatre Seattle, October 31, 1991 CHARLES R. CROSS 205 37 The Lounge Lizards at Merkin Concert Hall New York City, April 12, 1992 RICK MOODY 210 0306815087_FM.qxd 10/19/06 4:25 PM Page ix CONTENTS IX 38 Katell Keineg at Café Sin-é New York City, February 1993 MIKE ALBO 221 39 Einstürzende Neubauten at Roseland Ballroom New York City, April 3, 1993 MAGGIE ESTEP 226 40 Beck at The Fillmore Theatre San Francisco, July 5, 1994 MARC BOJANOWSKI 232 41 Joe Maneri at Harvey Pekar’s Living Room Cleveland, Ohio, Summer 1997 HARVEY PEKAR 236 42 The Mekons at The Mercury Lounge New York City, September 12, 1997 LYDIA MILLET 241 43 Prince at The Fargodome Fargo, North Dakota, December 8, 1997 CHUCK KLOSTERMAN 246 44 Glen Branca, Rudolph Grey, and Wharton Tiers at The Knitting Factory New York City, 1999 THURSTON MOORE 251 45 Antony and the Johnsons featuring Lou Reedat PS 122 New York City, November 10, 2001 SAMANTHA HUNT 253 46 David Bowie at The Greek Theatre Los Angeles, April 22, 2004 JERRY STAHL 258 47 Kevin Spacey at House of Blues Chicago, December 29, 2004 MAX ALLAN COLLINS 263
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