| . Danni's near paralysis
at the thought of talking to an actual Juke in the autograph room...
Jeff Kazee to Danni at the autograph
table: "YOU'RE Danni Girl?? Wow!"...
the great luck of having a second Danni...
Vitamin V...
a small smile, firm handshake and
warm greeting: "Hi. I'm Ed Manion."...
my silent reaction: "Holy crap!! THE Ed Manion??!!"...
in alphabetical order: Debbie, Jane
and Maggie...
"Sly" as a nickname is
cool.
Sly the person is even cooler...
Mark Pender's support of the Girl
Scouts of America.
And probably girl scouts everywhere...
Bobby Bandiera's laugh when I change
his autograph room name sign to read Craven Moorehead...
La Bamba's laugh when I tell him I
thought he was giving out pastel condoms ..
dinner with Carol, Mike, Danni and
Sly...
"Kazee" sounds more like
Kazoo than Crazy.
But either one works...
eleven hours of music doesn't sound
like much but it's a lot...
it wasn't enough tho...
Pender holding a note longer than
many men can make love...
Carole from California still not yet
grown up.
Lucky girl and lucky us...
Joey Stann never stopped smiling all
weekend...
Debbie May's surprise at being asked
for an autograph...
my surprise that no one else asked her first...
my wife likes this as much as I do.
Maybe more...
Eileen from New Jersey sleeping by
the lobby fireplace waiting for La Bamba.
Debbie and George Apgar's New Jersey
Hall of Fame Museum...
finally meeting Stan and Kim...
19 Hubcaps playing behind La
Bamba...
Rob Bandiera the next generation...
Southside Johnny jumping onstage
with Jeff Kazee to start the weekend...
getting out of town before the
storm...
the musicians hanging out with the
crowd...
300 people just like me...
and finally...
Southside Johnny. HE thanked US...
Priceless.
Happy Trails
-Stan Goldman-
Message 2 - Stan & Trish Goldman
stan@fhsgrads.com
TrishCG@aol.com
Date: March 8th,
2001
Subject: More JUKESTOCK
Oops. While making
up my "priceless" list the other day I forgot to mention a couple of things.
Rich and Mary-Ellen Breton are best known for the brucelegs web page and their tireless
work with the Kristen Ann Carr Fund. It was fun meeting and chatting with them and
wouldn't you know it...the prime topic of conversation had nothing to do with any of that
but rather why 14 year old boys take such long showers. Thanks, guys. I'm not sure that's
how you want to be remembered but we're both in the same boat. Or shower.
I've had any number of chances to get autographs over the years but I'm not a collector
and never bother. I did pick up Springsteen's for my wife sometime after a show in the
early 80's when she didn't feel like battling a crowd. So it surprises me now, after the
fact, that I was so eager to get the Jukes' autographs on Saturday. Helped also that I had
them autograph my Jukes blue satin windbreaker {got a Jukette too -- Debbie autographed
the sleeve}. Truth is, the only other autograph I've ever collected was Perry Como's on
the programme of the first baseball game ever played at Shea Stadium. I'll bet you’re
jealous.
Sometime during the Jukes show my legs were about to quit. So I went over to the chairs
alongside the wall, all of whom had people standing on them, and sat down on the edge of
one, careful not to squash the feet of the woman standing on it. She tapped me on the
shoulder, smiled and told me to be careful or she'd "Bruce Lee" me into next
Tuesday. She was kidding {I hope} but I was a little afraid. Seems she's married to a guy
who's so tough, he likes to let Southside Johnny headbutt him. Yep -- that's how I met
Stan and Kim.
So here in Atlanta it's mild enough to wear the aforementioned windbreaker. It has a funny
effect. I seem to stand a little straighter and strut rather than walk, making sure I go
slowly enough so EVERYBODY can read the back of that jacket. In the quiet aftermath of The
Week After, a little self reflection indicates that listening to all that music and
hanging with all those people has made me completely lose my mind. And I wouldn't change a
thing.
Another Jukes fan in my family who couldn't make it will love the JUKESTOCK shirt I'm
gonna buy her as soon as Debbie or Jane or Maggie or whoever is in charge puts them back
on sale. In case I'm a little slow on the draw guys, save me one. I can score serious
brownie points with the family if I come thru with this.
Happy Trails
-Stan-
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