Before they were famous.

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I use to mix a small original music bar in '05-'07, I'm talking 125 cap at most... as we had some acts come through that are B-Level National Acts. These bands came through every 4-8 months, sometimes more often. Many of these acts would open up for local favorites... LOL. I still talk to the most to the bands.

aNew Revolution
Ballyhoo!
Crazy Anglos > Almost Kings
Egypt Central
Passafire
Pepper
Super BOB
Uncrown
 
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Dipping WAY back into my past I did many shows in Denver with a teenaged runaway from Sioux City Iowa named Tommy Bolin.

I did some of the first SF Bay Area appearances, as well as one of his first US "solo without a band" performances by a guy named Bobby McFerrin.

There were also some stand up comedy shows with a guy who had recently been a buss boy at The Trident Restaurant named Robin Williams.

And still in the comedy vein the opening act for a Great American Music Hall show by the great, much missed Jane Dornacker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Dornacker was a young woman who may never had worn a wireless lav mic before named Whoopi Goldberg.
 
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I remember mixing Train and Three Doors Down before they were famous, and mixed many Evanescence shows including their CD release party. I don't know if Todd Snider or Ian Moore are "famous" now but I did shows for them when they were youngsters.
 
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Lee Brenkman said:
Dipping WAY back into my past I did many shows in Denver with a teenaged runaway from Sioux City Iowa named Tommy Bolin.

I did some of the first SF Bay Area appearances, as well as one of his first US "solo without a band" performances by a guy named Bobby McFerrin.

There were also some stand up comedy shows with a guy who had recently been a buss boy at The Trident Restaurant named Robin Williams.

And still in the comedy vein the opening act for a Great American Music Hall show by the great, much missed Jane Dornacker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Dornacker was a young woman who may never had worn a wireless lav mic before named Whoopi Goldberg.
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And in a personal weird "it's a small world" kind of thing, I saw Tommy at probably his last show or close to it at Mile High Stadium in the Fall of '76, as one of the openers on the Peter Framptom Comes Alive tour.
Also, in the Summer of '78, while out walking one evening in a certain neighborhood in Boulder, I come upon a film shoot at an old Victorian house on the block. Cameras roll, and a Jeep comes driving up with a guy wearing suspenders, riding shotgun, sitting upside down.

Best regards,

John
 
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Two more, solo pianist/singer about 18 years old, on the West Coast promoting his first album release. Harry Connick Jr.

And at Bimbo's in SF, a label sponsored showcase with an audience invited to hear a new artist they were trying to "break", Donny Hathaway.
 
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Lee Brenkman said:
The list of acts I've provided or mixed for both on the way up AND down would take quite some time to type up ;-0 !
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I've been doing this for quite a while now. One conversation I've had more than a few times...
On the way UP: "Yo, Dude, the record company says that we will get our own guy once we sell some records"
On the way back DOWN: "Hey, I remember you, you mixed us before we toured with xxxxxxxxxxx. Want a job ?"
Me: (Shakes lowered head) "You guys ready for doors ?"
 
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No one confirmed quite yet, but I got to do some live mixing for a country act, Travis Marvin. Guy knows what he is doing. Got to do a "coming down" guy recently too, T-Pain. He's an ass. I don't suggest doing shows for him.
 
Re: Before they were famous.

Chris Hindle said:
I've been doing this for quite a while now. One conversation I've had more than a few times...
On the way UP: "Yo, Dude, the record company says that we will get our own guy once we sell some records"
On the way back DOWN: "Hey, I remember you, you mixed us before we toured with xxxxxxxxxxx. Want a job ?"
Me: (Shakes lowered head) "You guys ready for doors ?"
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One act that was already "legends in their own mind" drew less than half a house despite extensive and expensive "label support". NOTHING was good enough for them either on stage of in the dressing rooms.

The audience reacted in a rather lukewarm fashion to their half assed performance.

When settling up, their Tour Manager, either a parent or older brother of one of the group members, told the venue rep, "the guys are only doing this ONCE, we won't be playing toilets like this anytime again in the future". The venue manager handed him the money and asked "can I get that in WRITING?".
 
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Lee Brenkman said:
One act that was already "legends in their own mind" drew less than half a house despite extensive and expensive "label support". NOTHING was good enough for them either on stage of in the dressing rooms.

The audience reacted in a rather lukewarm fashion to their half assed performance.

When settling up, their Tour Manager, either a parent or older brother of one of the group members, told the venue rep, "the guys are only doing this ONCE, we won't be playing toilets like this anytime again in the future". The venue manager handed him the money and asked "can I get that in WRITING?".
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I would happily play "toilets" like GAMH. Where do these fucktwits come from?
 
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