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Re: Quad 1973 & Pink Floyd's The Wall



How bout Eddie Vedder? I'd think he'd be a good bet. Although he was rather shy 
about his DST appearance.

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, mleaman@sccoast.net (Mark Leaman) wrote:
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>>1) Those of you who have said "Quad has never had the live performance it
>>should..." must not have been there in '73. 
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>Mason:
>
>I'd say that it was performed what, 7 times counting the British shows?
>Someone should know that out here somewhere. I THINK we got 3 performances
>in the US before Townshend ripped the tapes out of the console. And those
>replete with problems. I have no doubt that the shows were incredible...I
>can't imagine them otherwise. But I don't know if they qualify as QUAD
>having the performance it should have (or deserves). 
>
>>I also expect minimal other "guests" - possibly Clapton, not Dylan...
>>I think the "Special guests" referred to in the ads are merely the backing
>>band.
>
>I posted earlier that Clapton has been confirmed for the MSG shows.
>Definite, unless he gets sick or something. I'm still trying to find out
>about Dylan, but I will...I have a line with the promotor. Bono I doubt,
>although he's supposed to be at the Hyde Park show. Other guests may be
>American Rock stars we don't even have a clue about yet. How about Bob
>Mould? That's a good possibility. I'll try to find this out, too.
>I do think we'll either have Dylan opening or more than QUAD. I cannot
>imagine a 90 minute show is what we're in for. That would go against
>everything that Townshend and the band have been doing for 30 years. I have
>hope that it will be rarely performed material (possible because of the
>other players), but we will see. I will see, and I can't wait...
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>                   Cheers                   ML
>
>"I think you should keep on playing Rock as long as you have an axe to grind
>and then if you haven't got an axe to grind you should go into cabaret."
>                                                                 Pete Townshend
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