February 04, 1986 - Lincoln, NE

Show Day - Rain/Overcast

Up at 8AM. Shower and out by 9:15. Drive then stop for breakfast. I drive 10:45 to 2PM. Lunch north of Kansas City on our way to Lincoln Nebraska - the Drumstick. We have an appointment at the Ford dealer Wednesday AM to check electrical problems out.

Arrive 5:45 - we drove real fast. Cool club - everybody has played there. We play pinball - unload. Set up and eat fried chicken - great. Sound check - cool sound. A couple of young kids inside for check. They buy T-Shirts and we sign them. Hang out while the other band sets up. Cellophane Ceiling - good band.

I could only find this reference to Cellophane Ceiling on the web.

Crowd shows up - great Tuesday night - 100 plus. We go on about 11:10. Play for an hour and 5 minutes - great show - crowd loves it. We encore twice. Sell lots of T-Shirts - sign everything. Out by 1:30 or so. Go to the Sharon Motel - sign in $25 dollars. Eat up the road at some inn. To bed 3AM.

When in Lincoln, stay at the Sharon Motel!

Posted by Dean at February 4, 1986 01:55 PM
Comments

This show did, in fact, rock. I had been playing Big Lizard on a radio show that a loose group of friends and acquaintences did on Saturday mornings on KZUM--community radio. It was 6:00 - 8:30 am so I doubt anyone was listening. That's the justification we used for playing VFW anyway. Getting back to the point--we were stoked about the show and were not disappointed.

The Drumstick drew some incredible shows when you consider it was in Lincoln, Nebraska. I'm still seriously uncool with it being closed. It was sort of like the Zoo Bar for rock. [A blues bar in Lincoln for 30+ years that still draws nationally] Anyway, it was a much better venue that the Centennial Ballroom which is where you ended up playing your post-Drumstick Lincoln dates IIRC.

Posted by: Fezboy! at January 29, 2004 12:01 PM