Memory:Scott McKnight
I saw GG twice. The first (I believe) was at Louie's Rock City in Arlington, VA. Louie's has been gone for ages. It had been a supermarket, then a Polynesian night club, then Louie's, now a Chinese Retaurant. I guess this show would have been in the fall of '77 with Doctor Feelgood opening. As has been described elsewhere, GG fans were not in the mood for Dr. F and made that fact plain. It was great to see the band after listening to the albums for years. I mostly remember lots of instrument swapping, Ray's surround-sound violin solo and someone wearing a Giant mask sticking his head through the curtains behind the drums during a drum solo. Oh, and I remember after the show going to the bathroom, standing at a urinal and looking over to see John Weathers at the urinal next to mine.
The second time I saw GG was at the Capitol Center in Largo, MD. Now I believe it's called the US Air Arena. We were at the far end of the arena, couldn't hear much and couldn't see much beyond what was on the big projection screen in the center. Still, even that was pretty cool.