Drove into Dallas, to Dallas Alley to see Carl Perkins.  I had wisdom teeth out earlier, and at some point decided I needed to get home instead of seeing Perkins play his entire set. 

DL and I brought Mike G along to Poor David's Pub, to see Bo Diddley do his thing. 

Mike and I got to meet Bo Diddley in his dressing room, and I bought him a drink!

DL and I attended one of the most incredible music concerts of our lives, Roy Orbison at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth. 

It was a cheap show as I recall, less than $10 a ticket, and Orbison seemed to be lead to the stage by someone.  It didn't look good, and the guy hadn't really been heard of in ages.

Suddenly, the music starts and he begins singing, and it was other-worldly.  His voice was incredible, as thought it was from the recording of a vinyl album.  Every song was just more and more unbelievable.  A great show, a fantastic experience.

Fats Domino with DL at Dallas County Convention Center (I think).

There were many other fifties and sixties musical performers as well, but I will need to find my photos to assist with sorting my memory out.

Full Lineup (memory):

• Crystals
• Lou Christie
• Fats Domino

DL and I visited the Arcadia in Dallas to see Public Image Limited (PIL) play, with End Over End opening for them (a local Dallas area band).

The band opened up playing Kashmire (Zeppelin), and the bass was so loud DL had to move to the back of the room.  Excellent show.

DL and I enjoyed an incredible concert experience at Club Clearview, seeing the Blasters with Tupelo Chain Sex opening. 

The Blasters were without Dave Alvin by this point, but they had an extremely talented lead-guitarist playing with them who was astounding (Michael Leonard Mann, aka "Hollywood Fats").

There were less than a hundred people in the club, I would guess.  We (DL and I) were able to get right onstage with the Blasters for the entire show.  Wonderful performance and a fantastic night.

Texas Rangers baseball early afternoon with DL, followed by a great lineup in the old park:

Tickets for the day were $11.50 according to an online source... which sounds about right (we were in the bleachers and it was close to a hundred degrees!).

• Gary Pucket and the Union Gap
• Herman's Hermits
• The Grass Roots
• The Monkees

Monkees set-list:

• Last Train to Clarksville
• A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You
• (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
• Cuddly Toy
• Goin' Down
• I Wanna Be Free
• Your Auntie Grizelda
• She
• Cripple Creek
• For Pete's Sake
• That Was Then, This Is Now
• Shades of Gray
• Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
• No Time
• Daydream Believer
• Zilch
• Randy Scouse Git
• (I'll) Love You Forever
• MGB-GT
• Valleri
• I'm a Believer

Encore:

• Listen to the Band
• Pleasant Valley Sunday

Took TC to Reunion Arena in Dallas to see Mason Ruffner as well as The Firm, which constisted of Led Zeppelin / Bad Company folks (Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers).

Big local band event at the Theatre Gallery in Dallas:

• Buck Pets
• Rev Horton Heat
• The Trees
• Three On A Hill
• Shallow Reign
• The End

Chuck Berry and supporting fifties and sixties musicians at the Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, with DL. 

Full Lineup (memory):

• Chubby Checker
• Little Anthony and the Marcels
• Shirelles
• Lloyd Price
• Martha Reeves
• Chuck Berry

DL & I were in Dallas or Fort Worth for a street festival, and we stumbled upon Brave Combo playing.

I Visited the Circle "A" Ranch in Dallas ( 2111 Commerce Street) to see John Cale, formerly of the Velvet Underground playing solo.

Opening act was One Hit Left.

Attended a show (I think with my sister and Cool Cat) at Theatre Gallery in Dallas.

• Lithium Christmas
• Three on a Hill
• Self on a Throne

Three on a Hill were a favorite band I'd seen around a bit.  

This was was my first time seeing Lithium Christmas, and they performed an incredible version of "The Ballad of the Hip Death Goddess" that I have never forgotten.  I wish I had seen more of them during my time in Dallas / Fort Worth.

Self on a Throne I believe was just a single performer with a bass guitar.

Drove out to The Circle "A" Ranch to see Johnny Thunders with DL, with her nephew G Jr meeting us there.

The doors took forever to open, then the wait for any band to play seemed like an eternity.  The vibe was pretty bad even before any music started.

For a line-up, we had Joe Christ and the Healing Faith, the Nervebreakers, and then Thunders.

The opening bands were terrible.

Then we waited forever for Thunders to come out.

When he did, he played (I can't remember the order) Gloria and Pipeline, and they sounded great - real energy.  But, then he went acoustic, and by the time he was warbling through Joey Joey Joey by Dylan, a heckler in the crowd was "getting" to Thunders.

After some words, back and forth, another song began but the audience member threw a beer can at Thunders, hitting him in the head or chest (from my vantage point).

Thunders tried to "threaten" the heckler, and somehow, he sort of tumbled or fell, off the stage into the crowd.  I couldn't really see what happened too well, but it didn't seem as though Thunders really had it together enough to do anything.

Somehow, the headliner was returned to the stage, and tried to play again, but by this time, we had enough and left.  I recall a good many patrons filing out with us as well.

Of all the shows I have seen, this was by far the most disappointing, and easily the worst performance I have ever seen.  I had figured it was a risk paying anything to see this performer at this point in time, and my first indication was to leave as we were stuck outside way past 11 p.m. before we even got into the place.  Like a fool, I waited around, and ended up further disappointed.

I did not place all the blame on Thunders though.  I faulted the Circle "A" Ranch as well, and when Sonic Youth was playing there shortly after the Thunders show I decided there was no-way I would tackle that frustration again, standing outside Deep Ellum all night-long before entering toilet of a club.

DL and I met our friend Pete at the Vickery Station in Fort Worth, Texas to see Divine perform!