April 6, 2008
Hippies Take Over the UWS
Last night Rat Dog ended their three-night run at the Beacon Theater. The band is led by the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and is one of the few left that will bring the hippies out to the Upper West Side (pictured).
As for the band, they blogged about their stay, saying, "We’ve gotten to New York City – ‘just like I pictured it’ – and things are getting seriously New Yorked." For those keeping track for tape-trading purposes, the Thursday show included Warren Haynes joining in on Sugaree, while "a fine vocalist with Janis-like powerful pipes named Dana Fuchs, jumped in for an incendiary closing Lovelight."
A source tells us that both young and old hippies showed up, with many bringing their babies. Hopefully they protected their baby's ears, though the source tells us, "I think the babies were left in strollers on the sidewalk during the show to practice their hacky-sack skills...that's only a guess, though."
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Well I guess its better than the -sters.
i 2nd that andoman
haha, i saw those guys burning in riverside park on saturday
Where does a hippie live nowadays?
in a mansion on the hill.
and the rich man in his summer home..
they can have the Beacon, now that its managed by MSG. The United Palace in Wash. Heights is where its at and where I spent the weekend seeing Widespread Panic.
I was amazed at how much better the sound, security and decor of the place was in comparison to the Beacon - and I used to love the Beacon.
I walked by this concert on Saturday night and saw hundreds of dirty hippies passing out balloons filled with Nitrous. Everyone was running around laughing and looking retarded. Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah. When I walked by later on after the show, the sidewalk was covered with hundreds of black balloons. It was crazy