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In reply to the discussion: Southern Rock thread - Post your favorite. I'll start with "One Way Out" [View all]cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)I got out of the Navy in '89 and moved to Round Rock, which is where I was living when Stevie Ray died. I used to spend a lot of time on Sixth Street and at a place called The Back Door. I remember going to Sixth Street the night Stevie Ray died. I was just getting into the Blues and I've never seen so many people so bummed out.
About Sixth Street in general... I STILL have a t-shirt I got there. It says "LSD consumes 47 times its weight in excess reality".
The night in Jacksonville (Orange Park actually) partying with the Skynyrd fans is something I'll never forget. That anyone would desecrate those graves makes me so sad.
Hey do you remember this? http://www.the-faces.com/lane/articles/data/19890402AusAmSt.htm We woke up that Saturday, turned on the radio and when we heard what was going on, actually started packing up the car!
KLBJ used to have a daily thing called "Sack Lunch" where if you called in and identified some songs they played you'd win a free lunch somewhere in Austin. Me and the guy I worked with won it three times...