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You opened for WHOM???
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This past Tuesday night we opened for Gene Loves Jezebel (the version with Jay Aston + other original members) in Sacramento... Despite my tonsillitis and sinus infection, I had a good time and only messed up a couple times, and people said we sounded very good. GLJ were fantastic, and Kirk Brandon (Theatre of Hate & Spear of Destiny) did a great solo acoustic set between the two bands. He reminded me of a younger Roger Daltrey.
Back in 1993 I was doing a house gig in a club that was on a summer concert series and several bands came through and was fortunate enough to meet and open for
Dr Hook
Black Oak Arkansas
Foghat
Georgia Satellites
Dr Hook
Black Oak Arkansas
Foghat
Georgia Satellites
when i was in my old band about a year ago we opened up for the living end at the stone pony here in new jersey.
My band is possibly opening for the Back Street Boys. If you see The Other Half opening for them, that'll be me on stage 
I played with the guitar player for R.E.M. He also tuned my bass for me, but the funny thing was we tuned it a half-step down for some reason. I just tuned it back before we played.
uhhhh you were out of tune dude
Also how does a 14 year old end up jamming with REM?
Let's see,
The Doobie Brothers
Robert Cray
Johnny Winter
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Tommy Castro
Daniel Castro
Joe Louis Walker
Curtis Salgado
Robben Ford and the Ford Brothers
Norton Buffalo
Roy Rogers
Corby Yates
Coco Montoya
That's just the last 4-5 years with my Blues/R&B group Rhythm Deluxe off the top of my head.
The Doobie Brothers
Robert Cray
Johnny Winter
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Tommy Castro
Daniel Castro
Joe Louis Walker
Curtis Salgado
Robben Ford and the Ford Brothers
Norton Buffalo
Roy Rogers
Corby Yates
Coco Montoya
That's just the last 4-5 years with my Blues/R&B group Rhythm Deluxe off the top of my head.
My band is possibly opening for the Back Street Boys. If you see The Other Half opening for them, that'll be me on stage
You open for them, I'll be there.
Lots of bands over the years but what sticks out in my mind were an older Sam and Dave (still kickin' it), and a very young and mind blowing Stevie Ray Vaughan...great memories.
Wow I can't believe how long this thread has been going 
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Anyway,the last band I used to play with when I lived in SoFla, was a sort of fusion metal trio by the name Shape Shifter. We played with a lot of local metal bands in the mid '90s. However, the only band that we opened for that was a national act was Cannibal Corpse.
Their bass player, Alex Webster, hung out and watched us play. Afterwards, we spoke for a little while and he seemed really interested in how I was playing so fast with only 2 fingers on my picking hand (AW plays with three fingers to achieve those fast runs). So we talked about playing technique for a little bit, the whole situation had a bit of twisted irony to it. All in all it was a very cool experience...
...Anyway,the last band I used to play with when I lived in SoFla, was a sort of fusion metal trio by the name Shape Shifter. We played with a lot of local metal bands in the mid '90s. However, the only band that we opened for that was a national act was Cannibal Corpse.
Their bass player, Alex Webster, hung out and watched us play. Afterwards, we spoke for a little while and he seemed really interested in how I was playing so fast with only 2 fingers on my picking hand (AW plays with three fingers to achieve those fast runs). So we talked about playing technique for a little bit, the whole situation had a bit of twisted irony to it. All in all it was a very cool experience...
my band opened up for Jamie Ross (apparently she's performed on the disney channel?). that was like 3 years ago. we'd been together like 6 months and drew a crowd of maybe 10-15 and they all left after us. i felt kinda bad cause here's this girl and her band on a small tour and starting to break through and no one's staying to watch her.
We had a show like that once. We opened for Rhythm Corp(had an early '90's hit "Common Ground") in our hometown. We packed the bar, then everyone left just a couple songs into their set. Felt a bit bad for them.
Roy Rogers died in 1998, but I believe you!!
I think he means THIS Roy Rogers - [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
