They offer nothing more than ear to ear violence... The New Barbarians
They offer nothing more than ear to ear violence... The New Barbarians
Back to the '70's - yeah, I'm old.
It was the end of the best 2 decades of my favourite music. It was hot, and humid in Cobo Hall that night. April 28, 1979. We were going to another concert. It was Detroit (Rock) City. I was 23 at the time, and rock and roll was one of the most important things to me at the time. And cars.
Me and my buddy Blaine were into the British Invasion, blues, rock and roll, electric blues, psychedelic, etc. But this night we were going to see a couple of my guitar heros.
The band was called "The New Barbarians". You haven't heard of them? Well the cast of characters will be familiar to you, even if you are only 20 years old today.
On guitar, my favourite (still living guitarist) to this day...Mr. Keith Richards. Also on guitar, Mr. Ronnie Wood. On bass guitar was the jazz legend, Mr. Stanley Clarke.
Rounding out the band were the "Faces" keyboardist Ian McLagan, "Stones" saxophonist Bobby Keys, and drummer Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste from a band called the "Meters".
The Rolling Stones were on a break, and as part of Keith's heroin possession charge, a condition was that he had to play a few benefit concerts for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind to stay out of Canadian jail. They played just 20 concerts...ever.
Wow...what a night!
The music is here:
The set list was:
*Sweet Little Rock and Roller
*Buried Alive
*Mystifies Me
*Infekshun
*Rock Me Baby
*Sure the One you Need
*Lost and Lonely
*Breathe on Me
*Love in Vain
*Let's go Steady Again
*Apartment No. 9
*Honky Tonk Woman
*Worried Life Blues
*I Can Feel the Fire
*Come to Realize
*Am I Grooving You
*Seven Days
*Before They Make Me Run
*Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Music was great. And memorable nearly 38 45 years later! (I wrote this 7 years ago). There was always an aroma in the air at dark and danky Cobo. Lots of pot, and cigs. And dancing rock and roll girls. (someone should bottle that as a perfume).
Your ears rang for days after a concert there. Not the best acoustics. Music today is definitely not the same. Played with real instruments. Loud rock and roll guitars, Marshall Amps and walls of speakers.
Today Detroit has some pretty good places to watch concerts:
Pine Knob Music Theatre. Clarkston, MI.
Little Caesars Arena. Detroit, MI.
The Fillmore Detroit. Detroit, MI.
Ford Field. Detroit, MI.
This was my final concert of the 70's. There were some great bands still touring in the 80's that we liked, but this was possibly the end of an era for me. Most of the music that followed was compared to the music before 1980.
The newer music did not cut it...to my tastes anyway. Music is a very subjective/personal thing. My buddies and myself played in various garage bands, and this is still the music I choose to play on records (plastic disks...look it up:), and on the guitar and drums.
I guess we are all sentimental with the stuff we loved during and after high school. Our first car (Chevelle Malibu), favourite guitarists (Keith, and Johnny Winter) favourite foods, Favourite vacation spots (Daytona beach on a bus with 4 guys and 36 girls from college)...etc
Thought I would share some of my thoughts about the 'old days'..." She's a hooonnnnnkyyyyyytonkkkwoman.... "
We really are brothers from another mother, aren't we? This is right up my alley.
By the way, who was the lead vocalist that night? I know Keef must have done some of them, but not all, right?
Oh, this little aside caught my attention ... "Daytona beach on a bus with 4 guys and 36 girls from college." You are my hero!
...what a setlist damn...thanks for sharing...