Comments on: John Eddie @ Emerald City 05.29.1981

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:21:46 +0000

So where is Joe Sweeney now? The kid kicked ass in the 80s and 90s on guitar!

By: greg

greg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:00:12 +0000

Gary, nice try, but that machine was mine! You were good, but not quite good enough!! LOL

By: Joe Streno

Joe Streno — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:39:27 +0000

@Gary :

Thanks for clearing that up. I knew it was Bobby ‘something’. Glad to see you found my little place on the net.

I have more picts. You guys opening for Mink Deville @ The Fast Lane. You guys opening for Ronnie Spector @ the Fast Lane. I just have to get the time to scan them & get them up. If you remember dated for either of those gigs … let me know.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:43:13 +0000

I OWNED that Asteroids machine!

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:41:18 +0000

Bobby Jay was the guitarist at this time. I remember how excited we were to get this gig. This was the first big gig my mom came to and I think that she saw that this could actually be more than a hobby and she became more of a supporter after that. The pics bring back great memories! I wish I could save them. Would love to see more.

By: greg

greg — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:19:03 +0000

No, I wasn’t there on that particular night but many others. I was always around to see the bands that defined that era in that area. I was a huge fan of a band called Quincy that played at the same time. Emerald City was the big show, but we spent many an evening at the Backstreets Cafe in Cherry Hill, the Galaxy in Sommerdale, etc.. The pic that really made me smile was seeing Billy Talerico, just because it reminded me of all the friends that would be hanging out as well as the bands themselves. The timing was just amazing,that’s why I said what I did in the earlier post. I had just been feeling very melancholy about time passed, and almost being able to picture a group of the people that I used to know just hanging around the asteroids machine just inside the front door of the Backstreets (Kim Benson, Billy,) when I googled “Front Street Runners”. And Viola! There were my memories in stunning black and white! Thanks again. Priceless……….

By: Joe Streno

Joe Streno — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:24:30 +0000

@ Greg

You are welcome. Where you there that night?

There are also plenty more where that came from. I just have to get back to scanning all the negatives & posting them.

I have John Eddie @ The fast lane opening for Mink DeVille, and opening for Ronnie Spector too. And those are the two shows I can remember off the top of my head.

I can also see through my blog stats there are a lot of John Eddie fans that have been here to check this post out.

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By: greg

greg — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:56:31 +0000

My pleasure…and thank you for the amazing trip down memory lane. I never thought my personal memories came with such terrific illustrations!

By: Joe Streno

Joe Streno — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:16:25 +0000

@ Greg

Thanks for the info. I would have never remembered that!

By: greg

greg — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:39:10 +0000

Kim’s last name was Benson, if that helps.