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3. Rocket 88 at the Buffalo Boathouse near Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada, June 1994. This area landmark has since burned down. I do not shed a tear.
After being held up for hours at the Peace Bridge Customs, they finally let us proceed after one of the event organizers came through with a security deposit. Of course he had to actually come to the bridge with real money. They finally let us through, and we arrived
at our destination. I had been warned that the load-in was a bit difficult. I did not listen.
As it turned out, the load-in entailed navigating a journey of about 50 yards down a
narrow rickety pier with tons of equipment and then up a flight of stairs or two,
and around here and there, then move this out of the way, etc. I was starting to
have doubts this gig was even worth it. No real problem (yet). It was a beautiful
summer early evening. We'll find a way to have some fun. Rocket 88 had come
to play.
Well the 'party' was a total bomb. There was only a tiny handful of guests
all evening. And those that were there seemed to view the band as a
bunch of imposing noisemakers. We had been paid through an agency
in advance for our 3 one-hour sets, so there was no getting out of the
complete performance. They insisted the imposing...
