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Happy Birthday, Robin!
I figured the occasion would be a good time to check back in and post some more of the original prints that made my book. I also have a...
lucab12
Jan 233 min read
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1978
Happy New Year. I just wanted to post a few more pics from the book in higher resolution than they appear on the page. The June 1978...
lucab12
Jan 31 min read
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Whiskey Pics
Happy Holidays! It's been a while since I've posted more photos from the book. It's been a pretty hectic December. Jeffrey Mayer's work...
lucab12
Dec 26, 20242 min read
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Pic #2--The One With Joan Jett
Thanks so much to everyone who has bought, read, reviewed, and commented on the book since its release on Sept. 3. This photo, taken at...
lucab12
Sep 26, 20242 min read
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Table Of Contents, Intro, And Back Cover
Here's a few bits for those who asked before the book comes out on Tuesday. First is the back cover shot, by William Cormier from Utica...
lucab12
Sep 1, 20241 min read
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Photo #1, 1976
Ken Voss of the Illinois Entertainer was kind enough to send me this ad for the 5/20/76 show at Haymakers. The photo itself was taken by...
lucab12
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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The Cover: In All Its HD Glory
I promised I would post all the stuff I didn't get releases for to include in the book, but having finally seen the finished version I...
lucab12
Aug 18, 20243 min read
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You Knew The Words To All Our Songs/You Stayed With Us All Night Long.
Photo by Jeffrey Mayer. You can buy it here. Yes, this is Jerry's "Alligator" Stratocaster, which he originally got from Graham Nash. If...
lucab12
Jul 31, 20246 min read
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The Night They Drove Old Disco Down
Yes, it's 45 years since Disco Demolition Night. I know I could crop these articles to make them smaller, but the surrounding ads are too...
lucab12
Jul 12, 20247 min read
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The Photos Of Winnebago County
More July 4, 1979 shots taken by Stephen B Toon:
lucab12
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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45 Years Ago, Sweet Home Pecatonica
https://youtu.be/gen5YLRC01s?feature=shared 1979 was the year of Cheap Trick. By that I mean that they were seemingly everywhere and it...
lucab12
Jul 5, 20244 min read
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Are You Ready, FLORRIDA? Sounds like Califfornia!
One of the most interesting (yet frustrating for the band itself) elements of Cheap Trick's story is that at the very moment when they...
lucab12
Jun 24, 20244 min read
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Sounds like...Buffalo (and Rochester)
There are a lot of references to Western New York in my book. This was no accident. Rochester and Buffalo were early crowds that really...
lucab12
Jun 13, 20245 min read
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About The Cover
On April 8, 1978 Cheap Trick played London's Roundhouse. Here they are captured by Andre Csillag onstage. A shot of Tom Petersson, shown...
lucab12
May 3, 20242 min read
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Happy 58th, Mike McCready
Like Brian Kramp, my book features a guest foreword by a member of Pearl Jam. It's no secret that almost any band from the '80s and '90s...
lucab12
Apr 5, 20243 min read
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What About Tom?
This shot is from 1980, I believe. Rick has the "Roadie" pin on his sweater he was wearing during this time. Bill O' Leary's photos...
lucab12
Feb 24, 20245 min read
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Happy Belated Budokan Birthday (45 Years So Far)
As Bun E. Carlos has pointed out more than once in interviews, the band changed one word from the import version of Budokan in order to...
lucab12
Feb 5, 20244 min read
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lucab12
Jan 13, 20240 min read
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Got My Queen Records Out
So much of Cheap Trick's history is the result of the same stories being told over and over. Many of them are half-truths or outright...
lucab12
Jan 2, 20242 min read
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Miami, August, 13, 1978
Cheap Trick's first trip to Florida, 1978. Of course, the following act at the same venue was the late, great, Jimmy Buffett.
lucab12
Dec 26, 20231 min read
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