Big Train - Mike Watt backed by Eddie, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear

OceansJenny

https://youtu.be/4cfQaQO-YD4

How cool is this? First time seeing it. What a power team.

evedder23

That was kick ass! Look how young they all are ha!

2-feign-reluctance

Check out the live Mike Watt record just released. "Big Traaaaaain"...haha!!

JH6056

Wow, I'd never seen this before! Would've loved to be a fly on the wall for these rehearsals...

Ed going out of his way to take as little of the spotlight as possible, so totally reserved! That had to be hard, he was probably always worried people would make a bigger deal out of him than the person who's supposed to be the center of attention.

CM189191

There's some good bootlegs on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/MikeWatt?sort=-week&&and[]=year:"1995"

demetrios

CM189191 said:

There's some good bootlegs on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/MikeWatt?sort=-week&&and[]=year:"1995"

Indeed!

rearviewmirror33

I saw them in Cleveland and it's still one of my favorite concerts ever

matt3846

Saw that lineup play the 40 Watt in Athens in April 95. Hovercraft and Foo Fighters opened. Incredible!

bmurray06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53iKXGOiBGY

JOEJOEJOE

I saw this show in Hollywood....amazing night!

JH6056

I saw it in Providence, RI in '95, but did Ed play guitar for Watt every show?

Also I remember THREE DRUMMERS at the end of Watt's set, I think Watt's drummer, Dave Grohl and either the Foo's drummer then or Ed, can't remember who the 3rd one was just remember 3 drum sets and fantastic insanity!

GlowGirl

I saw this show at the Black Cat in DC in '95. After the show Dave Grohl was just wandering around the bar. I told him I liked his new band (Foo Fighters). I was in the front row and the stage was really low to the ground, I was almost eye to eye with Eddie when he was playing guitar. Great night. Can’t beat the ticket price.

GlowGirl

JH6056 said:

I saw it in Providence, RI in '95, but did Ed play guitar for Watt every show?

Also I remember THREE DRUMMERS at the end of Watt's set, I think Watt's drummer, Dave Grohl and either the Foo's drummer then or Ed, can't remember who the 3rd one was just remember 3 drum sets and fantastic insanity!

Ed drummed with Hovercraft, so it may have been him.

JH6056

GlowGirl said:

I saw this show at the Black Cat in DC in '95. After the show Dave Grohl was just wandering around the bar. I told him I liked his new band (Foo Fighters). I was in the front row and the stage was really low to the ground, I was almost eye to eye with Eddie when he was playing guitar. Great night. Can’t beat the ticket price.

Oh man... I wonder if my tix were only $9.00 too? What a beautiful bargain!

GlowGirl

JH6056 said:

GlowGirl said:

I saw this show at the Black Cat in DC in '95. After the show Dave Grohl was just wandering around the bar. I told him I liked his new band (Foo Fighters). I was in the front row and the stage was really low to the ground, I was almost eye to eye with Eddie when he was playing guitar. Great night. Can’t beat the ticket price.

Oh man... I wonder if my tix were only $9.00 too? What a beautiful bargain!

I remember buying my ticket a few weeks before the show because I saw it advertised in the local paper and I liked Mike Watt. Had no idea who the Foo Fighters were or Hovercraft. Knowing me I was probably planning on skipping them and showing up late. But that afternoon the radio station mentioned that the Foo Fighters was Dave Grohl from Nirvana’s new band and that Hovercraft was Eddie Vedder’s wife’s band and that he was going to be playing guitar with Mike Watt, and also Pat Smear was rumored to be in the Foo Fighters. So I made sure to go on time. I already had my ticket. When I got to the venue there was a line around the block for people trying to get tickets. The place only held a few hundred people. It was chaos. I was so happy to have that ticket in my hand. 

RS65573

GlowGirl said:

JH6056 said:

GlowGirl said:

I saw this show at the Black Cat in DC in '95. After the show Dave Grohl was just wandering around the bar. I told him I liked his new band (Foo Fighters). I was in the front row and the stage was really low to the ground, I was almost eye to eye with Eddie when he was playing guitar. Great night. Can’t beat the ticket price.

Oh man... I wonder if my tix were only $9.00 too? What a beautiful bargain!

I remember buying my ticket a few weeks before the show because I saw it advertised in the local paper and I liked Mike Watt. Had no idea who the Foo Fighters were or Hovercraft. Knowing me I was probably planning on skipping them and showing up late. But that afternoon the radio station mentioned that the Foo Fighters was Dave Grohl from Nirvana’s new band and that Hovercraft was Eddie Vedder’s wife’s band and that he was going to be playing guitar with Mike Watt, and also Pat Smear was rumored to be in the Foo Fighters. So I made sure to go on time. I already had my ticket. When I got to the venue there was a line around the block for people trying to get tickets. The place only held a few hundred people. It was chaos. I was so happy to have that ticket in my hand. 

Thats a great story thanks for sharing.

demetrios

So jealous! Wish I was able to catch one of those shows back then.