20 Years ago!!!! Who else was there?
Dr. Delight
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My first two PJ shows as a young 18 year old. Hell of a weekend.
Make it a vault please. Either night or both..
09/28/96 - Downing Stadium (Randall's Island): New York, NY [115m]
attendance: 30,000
support act: Ben Harper, The Fastbacks
set: Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, Spin the Black Circle, Red Mosquito, In My Tree, Lukin, Not for You, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Corduroy, Jeremy, Dissident, State of Love and Trust, Black, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Alive, Blood/(Noise of Carpet)
enc 1: Who You Are, Even Flow, Daughter/I Believe in Miracles/WMA, Whipping, Leaving Here, Indifference
notes: Despite the torrential downpour, Blues Traveler's John Popper jams with Mike during 'Even Flow.' (Ed gives John a big hug and a handshake at the end.) 'Whipping' is paused very briefly in the middle because someone seems to be hurt or fighting. Ed says, "Is that all?" and with a quick "1, 2, 3, 4," the song resumes right where they left off. Prior to 'Indifference," Ed comments on how it seems to him from letters the band gets, the things they read and people they've met, that lots of people are meeting each other through PJ's music. He adds, "To me, that's the best part of this whole thing and I'm honored to be a part of it." (so true ... and very cool to have it acknowledged)
Make it a vault please. Either night or both..
09/28/96 - Downing Stadium (Randall's Island): New York, NY [115m]
attendance: 30,000
support act: Ben Harper, The Fastbacks
set: Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, Spin the Black Circle, Red Mosquito, In My Tree, Lukin, Not for You, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Corduroy, Jeremy, Dissident, State of Love and Trust, Black, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Alive, Blood/(Noise of Carpet)
enc 1: Who You Are, Even Flow, Daughter/I Believe in Miracles/WMA, Whipping, Leaving Here, Indifference
notes: Despite the torrential downpour, Blues Traveler's John Popper jams with Mike during 'Even Flow.' (Ed gives John a big hug and a handshake at the end.) 'Whipping' is paused very briefly in the middle because someone seems to be hurt or fighting. Ed says, "Is that all?" and with a quick "1, 2, 3, 4," the song resumes right where they left off. Prior to 'Indifference," Ed comments on how it seems to him from letters the band gets, the things they read and people they've met, that lots of people are meeting each other through PJ's music. He adds, "To me, that's the best part of this whole thing and I'm honored to be a part of it." (so true ... and very cool to have it acknowledged)
And so you see, I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
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I was right under the overhang and had a steady waterfall thruout the show right on my head.
This was the first and only time I ever had so many people around me, my arms were either up, or down, and sometimes you couldnt switch it was so tight. When corduroy came on the place exploded.
I was soaked and covered in mud from knees down.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
2003: 4/29 Albany, 5/2 Buffalo, 7/9 MSG 2 2006: 5/12 Albany, 6/3 East Rutherford 2
2008: 6/27 Hartford 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1 2010: 5/15 Hartford, 5/21 MSG 2
2013: 10/15 Worcester 1, 10/25 Hartford 2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
So by this time I had been in a fair number of pits, but at much much smaller places. I got up real close to the stage to see the boys come out. That was a moment…I mean I had a full on overwhelming experience. The band as a whole was in my heart always, but Ed got me through some things that if I think about a little longer I may well up. I mean, Ed was my poppa. still is in a lot of ways. And I never thought I would ever get to see him live. So this was like getting to see fucking Santa Claus. I love that moment of my life.
That pit was one of the gnarliest things Ive ever been in. Not so much for punches being thrown, but the amount of people all moving to once was something I had never felt before. again…overwhelming.
About half way through I retreated to the back and found my new friend that took me. After the show we ended up walking around a ruff part of the city and someone through a cinder block from a roof into the car that we walked passed and we took off running into a subway.
Ive seen PJ a bunch since then…but that was one hell of a day.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
Think I just got out of the traffic and off the island yesterday.
rhetorical question, how the hell does 20 years go so fast?!
96)Randalls Island I,II
98)NJ,MSG I,II
00) Virginia Beach Jones Beach I,II,III Saratoga Springs Seattle I
03)Nassau Camden I MSG I,II NJ
04)Boston I,II Reading
05)Montreal Ottawa Toronto Borgata I,II Philly
06) Irving plaza Albany Hartford Camden I,II NJ I,II LA I,II Gorge I,II
07)Lolla
08)Roo Camden I,II MSG I,II Hartford Beacon
09)Chicago I,II Philly II,III,IV
10)Hartford Newark MSG I,II
11)PJ20 I,II
13)Wrigley Brooklyn I,II Hartford
14)Moline,milwaukee
15)Central Park
16)MSG I,II
17)Wrigley I,II
18)Wrigley I,II
22)MSG,Camden
24)MSG I,II
Don't remember much about the shows... just remember one of the nights being stuck in the parking lot after the show longer than the show itself lasted... Remember getting to the car being so excited at what I had just witnessed and then 3 hours later still sitting there in the car pissed as hell...
Wetlands 91
CBGB 91
Roseland 91
and many, many more