garym wrote: > Love the "Average White Band". Back in the early 1970s I saw Brian > Auger and the Oblivion Express in a relatively small club in Dallas, > Texas (fantastic by the way). I was talking with one of the guys in the > band at a break,* and he told me that I just had to check out this band, > "Average White Band" and how good they were. I did, and they were! > > *It was that kind of small club. For example, I saw Bruce Springsteen > and the E Street Band there in Spring 1974 (having no clue who they were > and only hearing a recommendation from a friend who had just seen them > in Austin, TX). Only about 50 people in the club, but Bruce and band > blew the roof off the place. I talked with Garry Tallent (bass) during > the break having a drink at the bar. He was super nice and talkative > about places they'd been playing on the tour (this was behind the 2nd > album). > (yes, believe it or not, Bruce was playing like a bar band....a set, > then a break, then another set.)
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