We (DL, her sister, our friend CC, Mike G and I) visited JJ's Blues Bar, 937 Woodward, in Fort Worth to see John Lee Hooker on my birthday.   

Made new friends with a Spanish couple who sat with us at a big table.  Show was incredible!  Venue to my memory was basically a sheet metal building, with a stage a foot high that was positioned directly a few feet from the crowd / front / tables.

John Lee Hooker at Poor David's Pub in Dallas, Texas.  DL, CC and I attended.

Drove into Dallas to the Longhorn Ballroom to see Big Audio Dynamite. 

DL took me to Reunion Arena in Dallas as a surprise to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse play.

A concert that erupted into chaos.  Many were arrested, many ended up injured.  Violence between security, the bands, and fans in the audience.

Took TC, who was just only about 15 or so I think, to see a line up of:

• Scratch Acid
• Cro-Mags
• Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics
• Motorhead

Scratch Acid, who according to Wikipedia, were an Austin, Texas noise rock group formed in 1982. One of the pioneers of noise rock in the 1980s, the band is best remembered as a stepping stone for its front man David Yow, and bass player David Wm. Sims, both later of The Jesus Lizard.

Well, the majority of people at the show (maybe a few hundred) were there to see Motorhead.  Scratch Acid was mostly ignored, with folks talking and nowhere near the stage.

Things got "edgy" during the Cro-Mags set, which was confrontational and aggressive.  The crowd began to stir, with a lot of slam-dancing, and security felt the need to "assert" themselves.

All became lost during Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics set, as the destruction from the stage really riled up the crowd, and at one point it looked as though Williams tried to slice a security or policeman's head off with a running chainsaw (I couldn't honestly tell if there was a chain on it).

At that point, fights began, people were dragged away, arrested, or sent off on ambulance.

Somehow late into the night, Motorhead appeared and played to a somewhat quieted crowd.  Each song would begin, only to hit a middle portion that just seemed to be drums and bass pounding away "da da da, da da da".  Amazing.

Motorhead was so loud that the glasses holding drinks on the small tables would vibrate across the top, so you had to either hold the drink or be ready to catch it.

All this for $10 I think, what times.

The really bad news didn't hit until I arrived back home, and I decided to watch Game 6 of the World Series between my Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets.  I had videotaped the entire game.

Little did I know, what would transpire during those ten-innings of baseball.  Wow.

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