Best show you saw at the Bayou

Anyone?

I think the only show I saw at the Bayou was Whiskeytown in 1998. They played a 20 minute Sonic Youth cover that singlehandedly cleared out half of the audience.

did they play "summer of 69"? i love that song

I saw a great Smithereens show there.

I saw dada there on Thanksgiving eve.

Do I get any hipster style pts for this one?

"In 1992, dada exploded on the scene with their critically acclaimed debut release, Puzzle (#2 Billboardâ??s Heatseeker Chart) on Miles Copelandâ??s now defunct, I.R.S. Records. The single "Dizz Knee Land", (#5 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart), set the alternative radio movement - just then hitting it's stride - on fire"
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1. Big Audio Dynamite
2. The Replacements

The Sweet were a whole lotta fun.

Voivod w/ Soundgarden & Faith No More. A lot of people left after Soundgarden.

The Stray Cats when Robert Plant showed up after a Page & Plant gig at Cap Center. He didn't get up on stage though. I heard Lois kicked 'em all out after they got too rowdy in the dressing room.

The Tragically Hip on their first-ever US tour.

I was probably at the same Smithereens show.

NRBQ ruled the Bayou back in the late 1970s and 80s, and this is coming from a guy who saw groups like U2 and The Kinks play there.

Originally posted by Bags:
I saw a great Smithereens show there.

That brings back a bad memory… whoever ran the PA music was always BLASTING that Smithereens CD that begins with Top Of The Pops… that was one of those venues that insisted on BLASTING music right up until the second the live band started playing. Groups hate that so much. The impact of a live band starting a set is so much better if they aren't following loud music; in fact it's best if there's NO music before they come on

Todd Rundgren playing with Ian Hunter in the same band at a benefit for John Anderson's Presidential campaign.They played both Todd and Ian's songs and also some of their favorite songs by other artists.Still have the T-shirt.

Guns n' Roses original line-up on their first tour for Appetite for Destruction. Shortly thereafter I quit school bought some atrociously tight pants and moved to Hollywood.

XTC, The Stranglers, The Plasmatics, Oingo Boingo, Joan Jett, Nina Hagen, and Iggy Pop were really fun shows.

(and having the Insect Surfers perform on my birthday was pretty special too…..)

I only saw Too Much Joy and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones there.

Anyone see Billy Joel there?

Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
Too Much Joy

I saw them there as well, and can't remember a thing about it, not even if it was good or not (only 'cuz I'm old, not because I was inebriated…)

I saw the Ramones there a bunch of times in the 80s. I think The Smithereens actually opened for them.

The Slickees a ton of times.

I accidentally saw Southside Johnny there once.

The only thing I remember about seeing The Tragically Hip was that it was on my birthday and I had free tickets.

Originally posted by SPARX:
Todd Rundgren playing with Ian Hunter in the same band at a benefit for John Anderson's Presidential campaign.They played both Todd and Ian's songs and also some of their favorite songs by other artists.Still have the T-shirt.

That was at the Ontario Theater! Check your shirt!

I was there……..

Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:

Originally posted by SPARX:
Todd Rundgren playing with Ian Hunter in the same band at a benefit for John Anderson's Presidential campaign.They played both Todd and Ian's songs and also some of their favorite songs by other artists.Still have the T-shirt.

That was at the Ontario Theater! Check your shirt!

I was there……..

Edit:I may be wrong,shirt says nothing about the venue.I'll check with Hoot, as that is who I went with,along with Eddie Spleen and his brother Mark.I may have went back and checked Ian at the Bayou due to that show,as I noticed he played there shortly thereafter. So,either way it would be Ian Hunter.

Repeating myself as I only went a couple times before it closed and moving here in 97…

But Smithereens "Especially For You" tenth anniversary show where the band did the album front to back… Wow what a show

Got to see Too Much Joy before they self combusted, heard the story about how they got visited by the Secret Service…

Richard Thompson circa '83 mebbe '84 or even '85, I dunno. Anyway, Ubu's David Thomas opened the show by telling stories, many while holding an egg in the palm of his hand. Thompson and his band –couldn't have been 'Hand of Kindness' tour could it?—
were all wearing running shorts and t-shirts that were made at like Spencer's Gifts or something, bearing a slogan trumpeting RT's running prowess. Maybe Jim Fixx showed up for the encore? Nah, he mighta been dead by then. RIP Jimmy! After a show with some stunning guitar solos, "Calvary Cross" fer shure, my friend and I were assaulted by a group of Marines up on M Street for looking too "new wave". Never shoulda tried to get into Winston's…

I didn't get to see many shows there…the most memorable was the Judybats.

Waterboys, BAD, Richard Thompson (late 80s).

Originally posted by bearman:
I didn't get to see many shows there…the most memorable was the Judybats.

I think I must have gone to this one, too. I'm pretty sure I saw them every time they came to town but only remember up in that weird room at Georgetown (jellyfish also played there at one point) and at the old Birchmere.