Poplar Creek was a favorite venue of mine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar_Creek_Music_Theater
Some of the acts I saw there were: Santana (2x), Steely Dan, NY Rock and Soul Revue (Becker, Fagen, Phoebe Snow, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, Harvey Brooks, etc.), Herb Alpert TJB reunion w/Lani Hall, Dylan, Weather Report, Chicago, Monkees, Peter Noone, Gary Puckett, Rob Grill (Grassroots), and Barry Manilow, among others.
Memorable moments:
1 - Meeting Herb Alpert & Lani Hall. Herb was most amused at me wearing my "You Smile, the Song Begins" t-shirt included in the 1974 promo kit of the album. The promo kit also included a mobile, which I wish I still had. BTW: You Smile... was originally scheduled as a CD-4 release, as was Coney Island. Both CD-4 releases were scrapped, because the albums stiffed.
2 - At Weather Report's show, Joe Zawinul announces: "now we're going to let Jaco Pastorius do his thing." Jaco sits atop a huge amp and plays Purple Haze solo on his bass.
3 - At the end of the NY Rock & Roll Revue show, Donald Fagen yells, "see you next year." I turned to my two pals and asked, "are they going to do this next year, or will it be Steely Dan?" Next year came and it was SD.
4 - Before the Barry Manillow show, we ran into someone my then fiancee worked with. Foot in mouth, my ex says, "this must be your wife." I could see the guy was embarrassed as hell. So, obviously, it wasn't his wife!
5 - Since I was at another show anyway, I picked up Herb Alpert tickets. Obviously, the kid at the box office hadn't heard of him. He kept referring to him as "Her-bert Al-Pert."
...some of that information was listed in the amazon uk description HERE...I don't know why I'm so curious about this release..other than it's Steely Dan and I can't seem to get enough of their music...I expect it will sound pretty bad...
