Show Notes: gdtourvan: "Saturday July 14: Leaving Detroit, John drove all night through Northern Ohio, past Avon Lake, where I was assembled back in ’79 and then into the steeper hills of the Allegheny Front of Western Pennsylvania. This is where my burned clutch plate began to really cause some problems as I could barely get over the hills. The crew change came around 5am during a gas stop in State College PA, ending 46 sleepless hours for John, what a maniac! Sean got us in to Harrisburg mid-morning and we stayed with the Admiral guys we met back in Rapid City. They were fantastic hosts. The show that night was at The Core, located in an overgrown thicket at the end of West Locust street in Enola, PA. It was an abandoned biker bar that had clearly seen better days; but just seeing its two island bars and the chickenwire screen in front of the stage, they must have been fun days. It’s now a tidy neighborhood of townhomes. Kill me now. The night was a hot, wet and humid. New to the guys was how warm it stayed in the evening east of the Rockies. It could be a hot day in the East Bay, but come sundown, the fog rolls in. There were few warm evenings at Gilman Street and these hot humid nights were distinctly different. Being a van, this evening hosted my favorite band of the tour, Gear Head! They rolled up in a 1972 chop top Gen-2 E-300 with vertical exhaust stacks. Insane! Their guitar player had a blue oval tattoo and the double kick drum heads were festooned with schematics of the Ford flathead 6! They were all FORD! Whatever happened to those guys? I think they were from Maryland.""

Opening Band(s): 2 Car Family, Gear Head, Eight Ball

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Verification Status:
Tour Statistics: 39/Smooth tour
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