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Bands: Jorma Kaukonen; Good Rats;
Charlie Ainley
Venue: Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ
Date: May 20, 1978
Quality: Uncirculated program; Cover
art.
Comments: “Keep those lamps
trimmed and burning” has real meaning to every spot op of
the day. We burned through a pair of rods every half hour or
so, depending on how precisely we tuned the gap to the gel. I
still hear Jorma’s guitar on purple-accented aquamarine
stages when I should be sound asleep. Still, I don’t
remember why I moved Martin’s Aquarium in the
illustration from Jenkintown PA to Monroe Street in Passaic,
and maybe someone mentioned to me the economic importance of
the concession stand to the survival of the theatre.
The photo is Jorma on the stage at
Stony Brook University in the 1960s. I had just discovered
1,000-watt beam projectors and Roscolene 878.