Hey Lori, Rich and Rob!

Lori, The name of our band at the time was "Impact". We played all
original material.

Rich, I don't recall the exact date of that Starry Night Gig (man
that was so long ago). I wish I had a time machine! :)

Rob, I do recall the band "No Ties" and think we may have played a
few gigs with them as well. Although Tommy and I weren't friends, we
have exchanged a few friendly emails in the last few years.

I hope to see Rail at the Portland Rose Festival on June 11th.

Thanks for the replies ;)

Rail Fans Blaze!
Brian


-- In railonlinenet@yahoogroups.com, Lori Mo-Jagger <tl_jagger@y...>
wrote:
> Great story, Brian! (You didn't name your band...who
> was it? I grew up in P-land and saw all those bands
> you mentioned, too.)
>
> --- progcop <progcop@c...> wrote:
>
> > Seeing Rail open for Van Halen in 1980 (Portland, OR
> > Memorial
> > Coliseum) was such a thrill for me at age 15.
> >
> > By the age of 19, I was already in an up an coming
> > band of my own.
> > We were very popular in the Vancouver/Portland area
> > and played many
> > shows locally with Jeff LeBansky, Outtrage, Laden
> > Saint and a very
> > early Black n' Blue. Our biggest break came when our
> > manager
> > arranged for us to open for Rail and Ronnie Montrose
> > at the Starry
> > Night Club in Portland, Oregon. You can bet I was
> > thrilled to pieces!
> >
> > My band mates had no clue who they were about to
> > open for, and quite
> > frankly, were pretty boring about it. I on the other
> > hand, was so
> > excited to meet my Rock n' Roll hero's Rail.
> >
> > On the day of our show, my band mates thought it
> > best to goof around
> > in the city instead of hanging at the club to watch
> > Rail set up and
> > perform sound checks. Of course I stayed behind and
> > sat watching the
> > band. Then, I met them.....
> >
> > The guys in Rail were so cool to me. They gave me
> > drum sticks and
> > guitar picks (maybe even a t-shirt), while my band
> > mates got nothing.
> >
> > Show time:
> >
> > As our band played our set, I was petrified because
> > the crowd was
> > huge. As I looked stage right, there was Terry
> > smiling and giving me
> > the big thumbs up. Suddenly, my Steinberger bass
> > broke a string,
> > causing me to play much higher notes to finish the
> > song. Terry
> > motioned for me to hang on, disappered and reappered
> > holding one of
> > his basses and motioned for me to come over. Terry
> > said "Use one of
> > mine". We quickly changed basses and there I was,
> > holding and
> > playing one of Terry's basses to finish the set. I
> > remember
> > thinking..."How cool!".
> >
> > After we finished, I took Terry's bass back to their
> > dressing room
> > and thanked him.
> >
> > If MTV had the Basement Tapes contest all over
> > again, I would still
> > vote for Rail as I did back in 83'.
> >
> > Now, I'm a local Police Officer who has never
> > forgotten his roots in
> > Rock n' Roll. :)
> >
> > You guys Blaze!
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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