tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5368628509135087584..comments2024-03-28T22:09:25.192-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: On the phone with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York DollsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78405526876852253632013-03-26T07:08:56.963-04:002013-03-26T07:08:56.963-04:00Syl will be playing, along with Sex Pistol Glen Ma...Syl will be playing, along with Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, in Ringwood, NJ on April 4th. Fifty minutes by car. drew@faresquaremusic.com for info.Live @ Drew'snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21623557374676284002013-03-11T05:01:34.652-04:002013-03-11T05:01:34.652-04:00Loved reading this. The saddest thing to me thoug...Loved reading this. The saddest thing to me though is that a member of one of the most influential rock & roll bands ever isn't able to afford to stay in NYC. Why am I going broke staying here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68264613130211124782013-03-08T14:17:52.384-05:002013-03-08T14:17:52.384-05:00Thanks Grieveage and also the good doctor. Thanks Grieveage and also the good doctor. Spikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243742157275437942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45497904349406066082013-03-08T14:03:20.051-05:002013-03-08T14:03:20.051-05:00.....so it's early July 1973.....I'm back ........so it's early July 1973.....I'm back in Cleveburg, and the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen is announced with the Dead, the Allman Brothers, and the Band. We grab four tickets, all VietNam Vets.....so we approach it as a military exercise......tents, food, rain gear, "other" essentials....comes the departure morning of the 26th.....I go to get envelope out of desk drawer with the tiks.....WTF....WTF....WTF.....tickets NOWHERE to be found....and although they ARE my buddies, my life is in danger! :+)<br />Search for four hours = NOTHIN'.....dammitdammitdammittttt!<br />So, to make it up to them I know that there's this other outdoor concert happening that same weekend over at Massilon Stadium with Rainbow headlining (Ritchie Balackmore's group after Deep purple) with the undercard being Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Mott the Hoople and.......the New York Dolls. <br />And MAN had the Dolls gotten REAL good since I last saw them.....pretty well kicked ass.....and made both Mott and Rainbow have to kick it up a notch.It was SOOOOO much fun watching the Dolls SHOCK the troops into enjoying their particular brand of whhoopass!!!<br />Final mindblower = got home the next morning, had to go in desk drawer for something.....the Watkins Glen tickets fall out on the floor, having been stuck SOMEPLACE in the side of the drwaer!!!<br />NO BULLSHIT!......STILL can't explain it.<br />I'm just a prisoner of rock and roll.....what can I say?DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45475437131303904732013-03-08T13:44:23.925-05:002013-03-08T13:44:23.925-05:00So listenin' to Sylvain over at EVR right now....So listenin' to Sylvain over at EVR right now.....and it is PURELY RIGHTEOUS!!! Wish all radio was still like this.<br />And I can't hold back.....I GOTTA tell this story.<br />It's Christmas time 1971, and I'm stuck in Valley Forge Hospital having caught malaria my last week in 'Nam.....and the Army docs won't release me until 30 days of observation.....but I can get a few days leave for Christmas....so it's either back to boring old Cleveland or Christmas in NYC = NO choice....EV here we come!<br />Searchin' around for old runnin' buds.....get the word that the Endicott Hotel is throwin' a Christmas party Christmas eve.....gonna have a band.....and it turns out to be the Dolls.....needless to say, along with the Spirits of the Season (among "other" stimulants), it was a BLAST!.....<br />......HOWEVER, and I want to put this as nicely as I can.....the Dolls had the passion, the ENERGY, and, ooooh, those OUTFITS.....but they were slightly not the best instrumentalists 'ya ever heard.....but it WAS a party!<br />And this is just Part ONE of this story.....part two comin' right up...... DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52526769697116869082013-03-08T11:52:00.333-05:002013-03-08T11:52:00.333-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMvPeOLkyEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMvPeOLkyEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-87420349006370725922013-03-08T11:51:19.639-05:002013-03-08T11:51:19.639-05:00Favorite Dolls song is definitely their cover of D...Favorite Dolls song is definitely their cover of Don't Mess with Cupid. And Trash. And Personality Crisis. Damn, that was a good band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25577284185026557152013-03-08T11:50:16.136-05:002013-03-08T11:50:16.136-05:00Awesome interview. But the comments about putting ...Awesome interview. But the comments about putting your life in your hands really drive home. I think people have really forgotten how dangerous it could be pre-Giuliani just walking around in this town. I remember as a teenager in the early 90s how it seemed almost every other block had someone hanging around just trying to start shit. One second of accidental eye contact and you could really be in a tricky position. I miss the freedom of the old days and the reckless, spontaneous nature of the city deeply. But I'm glad that I can walk down the streets without having to worry these days. Back then, there was such a feeling of relief sometimes when you finally made it home. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2464389440944513252013-03-08T11:48:23.400-05:002013-03-08T11:48:23.400-05:00@DrBop
$150? Outrageous!
@Makeout
Thanks! I borr...@DrBop<br /><br />$150? Outrageous!<br /><br />@Makeout<br />Thanks! I borrowed a phone!EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-89158854472187078862013-03-08T11:47:24.105-05:002013-03-08T11:47:24.105-05:00The one band I always wanted to see but never got ...The one band I always wanted to see but never got the chance to. Still pissed about that, all these years later. But thanks for this.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38600601827459355002013-03-08T11:32:33.746-05:002013-03-08T11:32:33.746-05:00Real nice kinda Q & A EV and wait- you have a ...Real nice kinda Q & A EV and wait- you have a phone?Makeoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69579847372593998332013-03-08T11:28:11.377-05:002013-03-08T11:28:11.377-05:00Thank you thank you thank you for this! Long live ...Thank you thank you thank you for this! Long live the Dolls! <br /><br />Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395915435209482109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6962665166630287412013-03-08T09:19:21.961-05:002013-03-08T09:19:21.961-05:00+1+1esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47360697730771052842013-03-08T08:08:27.272-05:002013-03-08T08:08:27.272-05:00BRILLIANT Mistah Grieve.....funny how the circles ...BRILLIANT Mistah Grieve.....funny how the circles work.....we were mostly gone fron the EV by 1970 because the rents had gone UP to $150 a month.....and wtf was it about these punk kids (actual phrase used) dressin' up like women and THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY their instruments!!! (OF COURSE, rethought ALL that over next couple of years.)<br />Also right on about danger (and LOTS of skank), yet balanced with personal freedom/thrills ; but EVERYwhere else seemed square, foreign and MUCH more frightening.<br />And Sanders could ALWAYS be a bit of a dick (although GREAT bookstore). DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.com