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The Gigs

This is a list of the gigs that I performed at (list compiled by Nick and Pat). Nick has a complete list of gigs up to the present.
Gigs that were done using a flatbed truck are indicated with the symbol.

November 15, 1987	Massawa - HAPS Benefit	First HAFB gig.
December 1987	AIDA Christmas party	We played for the company that Nick and I worked for (Aida). I recently listened to the tape, and we were truly the "Haight Ashbury Polite Band"... plain old light dinner jazz. In spite of that, I think that our Silicon Valley coworkers were still confused. After the party, Nick, Larry, David and I jammed in the Aida lobby until around 2:00am.
March 13, 1988	Feed-In	Huge 60's style benefit in Golden Gate Park.
May 20, 1988	Land and Life	I remember that at this gig, Larry Drummed while his set was being torn down. Nick did a great version of his hyper homage to urban R&R "The Land of Paradise".
April 30, 1988	Spring Mobe	I guess that this was the first Truck Gig.
May 1988	Peace Day
June 1988	Jesse Jackson Campaign
June 1988	Haight Street Fair	I think that Nick could not get us a spot to play at the Haight Street Fair. Sooo... We crashed the party by driving up to intersections and playing!
June 18, 1988	Anarchist Coffee House	I believe that this is the gig where the music transitions from mostly polite to out. Listen to the version of "Take Five" from this gig.
August 20, 1988	Boedekker Park
August 1988	AIDA picnic	Again, we confused our coworkers at Aida.
September 23, 1988	Fire Victims benefit
October 12, 1988	Boedekker Park
January 1989	On the Roof	We played on the Roof of Nick and Larry's building. Why? Because the Beatles did it! Later that year, U2 did the same thing. I guess that they were copying us!
April 29, 1989	We won't take 4 more years
May 1989	Boedekker Park
May 1989	Haight Street Fair
June 17, 1989	Amiga Fest Day 1	I think that this was the first gig with realtime processed projected video. Also this was the gig where the infamous Bob S.... attacked the sound board ripping out cables before he was subdued. Widely reported in the Japanese Media.
June 18, 1989	Amiga Fest Day 2
Summer 1989	Martin DePorres	I recall that at this gig Larry continued drumming while an irritated stage hand tore down his kit. When the stage hand took the last piece (his cymbal), Larry followed it out to the lobby, drumming all the way. Nick mooned everyone.
Summer 1989	Paint-In	Nick's "batmobile" was painted under the Freeway. The kids that worked at Cirque Du Soliel helped.
Fall 1989	Peace Navy #1	First boat gig at fleet week.
Fall 1989	International Evening #1
Fall 1989	International Evening #2
Fall 1989	International Evening #3
Fall 1989	International Evening #4
Fall 1989	International Evening #5
December 1989	Prague Project Kickoff
Winter 1990	Next Stage Improv Theater
June 2, 1990	Atomic Cafe #1	First Atomic Cafe in SF.
June 21, 1990	Prague Project - Life on the Water
July 27, 1990	Surrealist movie at No-Nothing
October, 1990	Peace Navy #2 with Country Joe	Second boat gig at fleet week. Country Joe played with us.
October 20, 1990	Anti-Mideast Intervention March
April 20, 1990	Immortal Piano Company	Nick's former roomate Bernhard Balas lived here. It was a huge warehouse filled with dead pianos. Bernhard worked here restoring pianos. He restored my Player piano here.
May 25th, 1991	Abandoned Warehouse Cacophony gig
May 31, 1991	Deaf postal workers gig	Elaborate Performance orchestrated by Nick. Dancers, Clowns, Realtime Processed video, and of course pulsing rhythms of the HAFB. Unfortunately some of the revelers wanted disco.
February 8, 1992	The Atomic Cafe #2	Second Atomic Cafe in and abandoned toothpaste factory in Berkeley.
June 12, 1994	5 year reunion/Haight St. Fair	One more Truck gig to reunite the "Old Free Band".

Revision History

02/22/2003 (gps) Initially written

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