October 25, 1981 - Eddie & the Otters at the BBC (British Bicycle Club)

When Decade owner Dom DiSilvio got remarried, he asked us to play at his wedding reception, held at a private club in downtown Pittsburgh. I don't remember much about this performance except that Bryan Bassett (brother of the bride) sat in on guitar for "Johnny B. Goode". Bryan was the guitarist with T. Dice and had previously played in Wild Cherry (post "Play That Funky Music") and various lineups of Airborne, Tumbling Dice, Scarab, Rhode Apple, and other Pittsburgh bands. He later joined the Silencers in their last year or two and went on to play with Molly Hatchet. For many years now he's been the lead guitarist with Foghat.

No tapes, no pictures, no video, no other memories.


October 25, 1979 - The night after we all went to the Otters' debut at The Decade, Jim (B.), Jean, Janet Kabosky and I went to see Jethro Tull and U.K. at the Civic Arena. We got there late, near the end of U.K.'s set, because I had a mid-term exam in an evening class I was taking at Pitt. We ended up sitting behind the stage because our tickets were for seats directly behind the mixing board.