Notes:
Greg Kihn, then Good Rats opened
Set List:
Mississippi Half-StepFranklin's Tower
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Friend of the Devil
Looks Like Rain
Don't Ease Me In
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
drums
Wharf Rat
I Need a Miracle
Bertha
Good Lovin'
One More Saturday Night
Comments
This received a terrible
This received a terrible write-up in the compendium. Silly me, I loved it. I was 16 and entered a whole new world.
And I liked how the GD rocked. Check out how they ended the show.
wharf rat
"..one good thing, one good thing, when it hits you feel no pain..."
the good rats were basically boo'd off the stage...it was staggeringly hot outside, no shade...very large general admission field...and an amazing memory of wharf rat
Bad Rats!
The Good Rats were one of the WORST choices of an opening band in the 100+ shows I saw between '73 and '95. The audience couldn't wait for them to finish, and when the band threw rubber rats out to the audience during their set everyone immediately threw them back at the band.
The Dead show that followed was fairly mellow and spacey,as was often the case on hot, sun-baked afternoons.
shrooms and rats
remember my friend muddy,who has sinced passed away gave me a big bag of caps at this show... ended up throwing my only pair of shoes at the good rats..walked around blind and barefoot for the next couple days,,,,,,,,
""" nothing left to do but,SMILE