tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post3056201730207840855..comments2024-03-28T08:28:35.507-04:00Comments on Hell's Acres: Miscellaneous ShitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-44487048750129916312018-02-24T21:37:55.665-05:002018-02-24T21:37:55.665-05:00i was at the UB40 show at the paramount. they aske...i was at the UB40 show at the paramount. they asked us to stop dancing in the balcony because it was going to collapse... STOP DANCING TO UB40?!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-58793310893028855752017-08-05T15:47:31.946-04:002017-08-05T15:47:31.946-04:00I'll have to take a pic of that sign! What str...I'll have to take a pic of that sign! What street?Hell's Acresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-32959173329513706612017-08-05T00:30:49.244-04:002017-08-05T00:30:49.244-04:00I was researching facts about West Springfield hav...I was researching facts about West Springfield having just moved to the area and stumbled onto your blog. Great stuff! As a younger guy I really appreciate someone taking the time to lay out history and pictures to show off these awesome places and facts. ANYWAY I know the fate of the Agawam Motel sign!! 4 days ago I saw it against the wall in a lot behind a house on the same street Frigos in Springfield is on! We stopped and looked at it and it looked to be in great shape. Across the street was a church that they are doing major construction work too. GO take a look and find it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-51668221675442162902016-07-06T12:13:08.300-04:002016-07-06T12:13:08.300-04:00That must have been quite the Donovan show, despit...That must have been quite the Donovan show, despite him being past his prime.<br /><br />I saw a Jefferson Starship show in the Springfield Civic Center in '83. It was not well-attended and it was easy to get up near the stage. It wasn't their classic Marty Balin-era lineup, but I thought Grace was really "with it" and sounded great. So did Mickey Thomas. One of my friends, who worked in the kitchen in a bar downtown (Tilly's?), said that after the show some roadies were trying to score some coke for the band. Don't know how true that story is (it was probably for themselves) but Grace did party a lot!Hell's Acresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-89337761101447935422016-07-06T11:55:36.829-04:002016-07-06T11:55:36.829-04:00I went to the 1974 Donovan show for free on a pres...I went to the 1974 Donovan show for free on a press pass I had as co-Editor of The Ram, the Springfield Technical Community College newspaper. Since I could go to any show for free, I went to everything. I even used it once to attend a Jefferson Starship concert in Boston, which also got me into a press conference the afternoon of the show with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick. Grace just sat there looking very hungover and Paul did all the talking. Donovan, by the time he came to Springfield, was surviving on the last gasps of the nostalgia fumes left over from his 60's hey-day, but as I recall it was a performance full of good pop music and a better show than I expected. TDhttp://tommydevine.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com