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I got to see Humble Pie (post Peter Frampton) in concert in the 70s and the last minute replacement opening act was Gentle Giant who I never heard of before that night. Wow! What a concert! I was already a Humble Pie fan but became an instant Gentle Giant fan and remain one until today.

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Yeah, I've seen Gentle Giant or Golden Earring as openers for probably 3 or 4 concerts in the '70s. Man, those were the days. Often TWO opening acts for the headliners, and all were good!
 
That pic is at the outside stage of my local roadhouse joint, Pappy and Harriet’s, where annually, for years, Lowery and company have held a Camper/Cracker festival weekend(another one coming up soon). The venue is situated by an old western town movie set that was built by Roy Rogers and one of his stuntmen…
Pioneertown, California - Wikipedia

Live Music – Pappy and Harriets

Looks like a cool place to see a show. Any stage diving off those buildings onto mattresses?

I saw CVB in the late 80's at Sonoma State University. For some reason they played in the cafeteria as opposed the theatre arts building. Go figure. :thumbsdown:
 
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Looks like a cool place to see a show. Any stage diving off those buildings onto mattresses?

I saw CVB in the late 80's at Sonoma State University. For some reason they played in the cafeteria as opposed the theatre arts building. Go figure. :thumbsdown:
The stage ain’t that high, you can just hit the dirt. Then there is the indoor area, it’s sorta like a desert saloon Cavern Club…
 
Looks like a cool place to see a show. Any stage diving off those buildings onto mattresses?

I saw CVB in the late 80's at Sonoma State University. For some reason they played in the cafeteria as opposed the theatre arts building. Go figure. :thumbsdown:
The little town is on the other side of the parking lot. There were structures eventually built onto the facades, and in some cases are residences. But during the summer they have the usual touristy wild west shoot-out enactments down in the ground, every hour.
 
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The little town is on the other side of the parking lot. There were structures eventually built onto the facades, and in some cases are residences. But during the summer they have the usual touristy wild west shoot-out enactments down in the ground, every hour.

The wiki photos gave that impression. So, just to understand, the live shows happen in the Pioneertown Bank Saloon? If so, that's amazing McCartney played there.
 
The wiki photos gave that impression. So, just to understand, the live shows happen in the Pioneertown Bank Saloon? If so, that's amazing McCartney played there.
No, Pappy’s is a cantina/restaurant/bar that is separate unto itself, with a large(but not huge)indoor live music room, then there’s a sliding barn door, stage left, through which you can stroll out to a beer garden. On the other side of the building, there is a walled-in area, like a corral, where the larger outdoor shows take place. The old west structures(nothing much over one story)are on the other side of the parking lot. There’s the little bowling alley, and a soundstage, then all the fronts…

No theatrical stuff is shot there anymore, but quite a few music videos are done in the area; this one was actually staged in Pappy’s…


The McCartney event was a not-so-secret show after his appearence at the Desert Trip festival, held down in Indio, east of Palm Springs, on the same grounds that they have Coachella(and Stagecoach)every year. That festival, dubbed “Oldchella”, happened only once.
If you go east and south, you’ll be at the Joshua Tree National Monument, a park the size of a small city, where these pics of Keef and Gram were taken…
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At the bottom of the giant rock is the spot where Parsons’ body was burned a few years later.
 
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She was a nice lady in our limited interactions. Maybe a little grumpy at times, but I'd probably feel the same if I was part of a hugely influential band yet apparently working at Wal-Mart 20 years later to make ends meet. Her solo songs were alright. My buddy on guitar and I were recruited because we were in the same town as the drummer in her band and halfway between Moe in small-town Georgia and her rhythm guitarist and manager in South Florida. We suspected those latter two people (a couple) were taking advantage of her to some extent. She sent a nice Christmas card later that year, wish I'd kept it.

ah thanks - that's a shame. she's still an icon, anyway!
 
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