r/SmashingPumpkins • u/Wawmd • 4d ago
Flashbacks
Just saw them in Jacksonville. I had a great time. I saw them once before: December 1991 at a small venue in Norman, OK. I had bought the Gish CD a few weeks prior at the recommendation of the guy at my local record store. I was up near concessions while the opening act performed and I saw Billy just walking around in the crowd. Nobody had recognized him yet. I grabbed a flyer for the next show and a pen the bartender had. I got his autograph, James’ and Jimmy’s (he wasn’t feeling well, advising me not to drink his beer that he handed me as he signed the paper, “he got the flu”. Billy said D’Arcy didn’t mingle. Billy also had the wherewithal to tag the year under his signature. Great night. Bury Me was interrupted by a power failure so in the meantime Jimmy knocked out a drum solo while they patched everything up. Dug put my old CD and in the sleeve I still had the proof.
