I was a long time deadhead so I'd like to think I helped my little sister along the path in some of her musical habits. I stumbled across this post while searching for the shirt that Stacy is wearing in the photo. Remember Chris introducing one song and saying it was all about smearing jam all over his girlfriend - cant remenber the song... Wow - welcome Richard and thanks so much for leaving your comment. Enter your email address to subscribe to packetofthree.com and receive notifications of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I never got... You're welcome. Squeeze are a British rock band active from 1974 to 1982, from 1985 to 1999, and since 2007 to date. We have the complete SQUEEZE Songbook (why not leave your memories of your favourite song), the complete SQUEEZE gig archive (just try using the Search box for the gig you were at and leave a review) and all the breaking news. Of all the songs released by Squeeze, this one will still be around in centuries. The music was marvelous. It was held over Thanksgiving weekend as a way to maybe get American college kids and tourists to come over to JA over the holiday. It's a pleasure to have your company. Squeeze – 19 March 1978 – live at Reading Top Rank, Squeeze – 20 January 1981 – live at Langford Auditorium at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Welcome. I am Stacy's brother. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I was really excited about seeing my first "new wave" show with Elvis Costello and I didn't know much at all about the openers. I was there too - month before my 16th birthday. About a year and later I saw them stacked in a room of this video production company that also at the time managed Ron Wood in this expensive brownstone on New York City’s Upper East Side. I am a bit younger than you but I inherited this shirt from my older sister - along with her appreciation for the... Really weirdly, a streaming version of this has now appeared on YouTube Music (replacement for Google Play Music). Note that the three 1984 singles by Difford & Tilbrook are included on this chart. Punk/new wave bands like Squeeze, The Clash, English Beat and Joe Jackson, And The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead and, of all people, Skeeter Davis (who apparently was rather popular in JA), It was held in Montego Bay at “The Bob Marley Memorial Performing Amphitheater,” which was basically this place they’d bulldozed into this flat field of sandy dirt and rocks and erected a temporary stage. Looking at the set list from the link above, yeah, I recall Glenn singing the shit out of “Tracks of My Tears” and a nifty “Time Is Tight” (that I taped on my Walkman and loved listening to for some time after. Went for the hot rods who were great. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Squeeze are a British rock band active from 1974 to 1982, from 1985 to 1999, and since 2007 to date. Squeeze – 27 November 1982 – live at Jamaica Sunsplash, http://squeezelive.blogspot.com/2010/01/squeeze-jamaica-1982.html. My joke about it was always: “What if they gave a music festival and nobody came.” Which made it a delight to attend, as no crowds, a few of my favorite bands. As that it was a miserable failure, (I went as a music journalist on a press junket with all expenses paid and room at a 5-star resort just outside Mo Bay.) The whole festival was taped, and who knows where they tapes are now. Reggae acts like Rita Marley & The Wailers, Black Uhuru, Yellowman. I agree. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squeeze_discography&oldid=971079792, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 August 2020, at 02:06. The Squeeze lads were all very down and gloomy after the show as it was, for then at least, their last. My college photo is hanging on the wall. 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