Yep I was there as Julie's bassist with Chris Duarte and the late great Jeff Hodges. We rehearsed in the 2(italic2)P (too lazy to) little bar there. This big black guy started hanging around (Medlow), singing Hendrix and James Brown. Then we hit it off at the Black Cat thanks to Paul Sessum's match-making - no more Julie. Not sure where she is now?...and that Millikin was a charmer.
In August of 1987 I saw the Saragosa Tornado Benefit concert. Neil Young, Los Lobos, Steve Earle Waylon Jennings and others played. Sparsely attended as I remember.
As I recall I only saw two shows at Manor Downs... the Kinks July 12th, 1979 ($7.00) which was fun but their show with Blondie at the Dillo July 28, 1978 was better. The other Manor Downs show I attended was the Dead for the July 4, 1981 show... I got there with friends and somehow got home, but few memories of the show at all... although I believe there was a light show and music... it was a fun survival fest. I had seen the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Byrds and Poco, @ Sam Houston Coliseum (demolished in 1998) in Houston, October 5, 1969 and that, my friend, was an amazing show I do recall.
Joe Ely put on some Tornado Victims benefits but he had to call it “Flood” victims one year. That show had The Fabulous T-birds and SRV, plus a bunch of others!
Interesting. I saw the Dead there on July 4 81, sneaked in with about a dozen others on the Shiner beer truck. Only time I’ve been there until a few months ago when the Walker TV show on the CW network filmed there for a day or two. I was pulling site security duty. It is, of course, tumbling down, exposing its innate cheepniz. The concession stand price board was still hanging there. Can’t remember the beer prices but do remember they were nostalgically cheap. Haven’t seen the episode Manure Downs appeared in so I have no idea of how/why they fit it into this quirky Knotts Landing cum Walker Texas Ranger soap opera. I’m still trying to form an opinion on Jared Padalecki’s acting method. It is rather unique. Watch the show sometime Thursday at 7. The show plot takes place in Austin, not merely filmed here.
I worked ticketing with Bob Fuller on that last Dead show at Manor. Lines were huge and we had a power failure. Our boss Tim O’Connor locked us in our little box offices near the gates and we sold tickets, cash only with flashlights. Some of us were up to our knees in money when the power was restored.
Hi Michael. I’m curious about that photo of Jerry and Chesley. Do you happen to know where it was taken? Looks like it could be from Jerry’s Ireland trip by the half of Guinness and Irish whiskeys on the wall. I recently played a gig in what used to be Sammy Sinnott’s pub in Duncormick, Co. Wexford where I heard Jerry spent some time. It seems Chesley was his connection to Sammy Sinnott. It would be nice to know if this photo was taken there.
Yep I was there as Julie's bassist with Chris Duarte and the late great Jeff Hodges. We rehearsed in the 2(italic2)P (too lazy to) little bar there. This big black guy started hanging around (Medlow), singing Hendrix and James Brown. Then we hit it off at the Black Cat thanks to Paul Sessum's match-making - no more Julie. Not sure where she is now?...and that Millikin was a charmer.
In August of 1987 I saw the Saragosa Tornado Benefit concert. Neil Young, Los Lobos, Steve Earle Waylon Jennings and others played. Sparsely attended as I remember.
As I recall I only saw two shows at Manor Downs... the Kinks July 12th, 1979 ($7.00) which was fun but their show with Blondie at the Dillo July 28, 1978 was better. The other Manor Downs show I attended was the Dead for the July 4, 1981 show... I got there with friends and somehow got home, but few memories of the show at all... although I believe there was a light show and music... it was a fun survival fest. I had seen the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Byrds and Poco, @ Sam Houston Coliseum (demolished in 1998) in Houston, October 5, 1969 and that, my friend, was an amazing show I do recall.
Joe Ely put on some Tornado Victims benefits but he had to call it “Flood” victims one year. That show had The Fabulous T-birds and SRV, plus a bunch of others!
Interesting. I saw the Dead there on July 4 81, sneaked in with about a dozen others on the Shiner beer truck. Only time I’ve been there until a few months ago when the Walker TV show on the CW network filmed there for a day or two. I was pulling site security duty. It is, of course, tumbling down, exposing its innate cheepniz. The concession stand price board was still hanging there. Can’t remember the beer prices but do remember they were nostalgically cheap. Haven’t seen the episode Manure Downs appeared in so I have no idea of how/why they fit it into this quirky Knotts Landing cum Walker Texas Ranger soap opera. I’m still trying to form an opinion on Jared Padalecki’s acting method. It is rather unique. Watch the show sometime Thursday at 7. The show plot takes place in Austin, not merely filmed here.
I worked ticketing with Bob Fuller on that last Dead show at Manor. Lines were huge and we had a power failure. Our boss Tim O’Connor locked us in our little box offices near the gates and we sold tickets, cash only with flashlights. Some of us were up to our knees in money when the power was restored.
Hi Michael. I’m curious about that photo of Jerry and Chesley. Do you happen to know where it was taken? Looks like it could be from Jerry’s Ireland trip by the half of Guinness and Irish whiskeys on the wall. I recently played a gig in what used to be Sammy Sinnott’s pub in Duncormick, Co. Wexford where I heard Jerry spent some time. It seems Chesley was his connection to Sammy Sinnott. It would be nice to know if this photo was taken there.
Thanks, Rick