Joe's Shows Attended... (Page 1 of 2)

What do you want? some kind of prize? If I lived in Joe's backyard I'd probably seen as many shows too. Wheeeeee!!! I've been to 20 shows just since '05 not to mention 2 I had tix for that JB canceled due to illness. Can I get a runner up award????

                                                                                                              WINNER!!!!

                                                                                                              J Dawg

P.S. Michael Lynch, can I get a show count? Pah lease???

..."I wish" ...how many times do we say that in our lives? ...oh well it still dont cost nothing so i'll say it! ...I wish my Bona-Experience went back that far! ...but hindsight is something we can never put in a bottle! ...so I cherish every Bona-Experience i've had so far and with one hand on the handrail ( Just Got Paid 'Live' @ The Albert has just come on in the head phones by the way! ...i was fuzzin there!!! ) ...hanging off the back of the slow train...eyes closed feeling the warmth and sun on my face ...it continues!....for the time being....

edit:...hmmm!? ...artificial stupidity is no match for natural intelligence ....could be my new sig'!?

I caught Joe at a small venue in Columbus in early 2002. The heating system had it's Swan Song years prior. Roscoe kept the Merch. shirts to himself to kept warm. Not many people there(50) but as the pattern would prove later, Great show was going to be played for twelve or 200. Still pissed I could never get a 2xl SILT shirt.

I got the bug and knew I was seeing something special happen right before my very eyes. I then went to EVERY show that the Great State of Ohio could produce. I took photos and recorded everything I could. I worked as a Street teamer and passed out lots of CD's,Flyers,etc. Made sure I could get Joe and the boys to sign everything I cdould get my hands on. I knew it would be important later on.

Almost filled the locations listed inside the Blue Deluxe Record. Working on adding ticket stubs to fill in the voids for show I didn't get to see.

The Midwest at the time, was blessed to have Joe stop by 10-12 dates a year, for a 3-4 year period. Plus the Pittsburg and Indy dates were easy to travel.

Gilly's in Dayton was the best for a year or two. They had Joe DOUBLE booked multiple times. Double Joe shows, two days in a row. Cool thing about DOUBLE Joe show was,"you had a pretty good idea you won't see, hear the EXACT same show you just saw or heard last year. He was forced to make it warm and fun a that point. It rocked ,having two full shows it you in an afternoon. I got lots of good recordings of those shows as I had amble to tune it in.

Loved the Cleveland and Pittsburg runs of the tours also. I took the wife on vaction during those times and didn't get to rub elbows with the street teamers.

Ran to Indy,Wisconsin and Illinois to find the same run of shows. I didn't feel the need to record these shows as I had already covered the past year in quality audio.

The maiden voyage of 2004 was at Cinncinati. I stayed at the same Hotel the band. It was were the Beatles had stayed when they played Cinncinatti. It was were alot of the filmimg of Hoffman/ Cruise movie Rain Man was done.Joe was as HEAVY has I had ever seen him. He was "fluffy" for lack of a better term. At this point , Joe had dropped the White Ford van and tralior attached, to move up to a propper 'RV" . The new handlers were a young lad with zero prior music promo experience and the 'One time bus driver for Black Sabbath"He was fun to party with. for sure.The promo guy on the other hand only wanted to get joe booked on Emeril with the house band. I guess to justify Joe's blues roots?

I saw all told, counting the last one, over 40 shows. Most all filmed, half recorded.I have a bunch of unused, not torn concert tickets I bought to help cover the venue in the early days. Got Joe to sign some of them. Turned into some of my most prized items.

That is way too cool. I really like the old memorabilia that you have collected over the years. A friend of my from Rochester saw Joe with BB when he was 12, Bloodline, Gasolene and one other brief trio band.  When he moved down to NC he told me about Joe and said if he ever comes around, you have to check him out. Well we did starting in 02 and the rest is history. 

Thanks for sharing...

Michael and I have talked about coordinating his 100th show with my 50th...alas, knowing Mr. Lynch's prodigious tour schedule when Joe's in his neck of the woods, he's gonna get to 100 before I get to 50. I believe Des Moines was either #38 or #39, but the days of 4 or 5 shows a year are pretty much gone for me.

Would've been fun to see Joe when he was 12!

I knew the incredible Lynchster was leading the pack, but didn't realize he was zeroing in on a "C" note. Not unlike yourself my attendance levels have dropped off due to the harsher financial times we're in and the rising cost of tickets. I'm still amazed that Joe's talent flew under my radar till '05 and he had been gigging @ many venues in NorCal & Nevada that I frequent. It only stands to reason that the fans with upstate NY roots have been dialed since the beginning.....lucky dogs!

                                                                                                           Rock The Vote

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Thank you for the props Sandy! Even though Cali. IS in the U.S. it's really kind of another world here. Love it or hate it, I call it home and have enjoyed the ride for the past 47 years! NorCal....where the palm tree meets the pine.

                                                                                       I Wish They All Could Be California Girls!!!

                                                                                       J Dawg

Jane has helped me do this. I sent her some scanned stuff and she posted it up on one of her sites. http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/ … morabilia/