Joe's pissed again, find out why

Taste of RI, Newport
"By the time we got to Newport, we were almost a dozen strong,
and everywhere was a song and a celebration"

Well, not so much songs and celebrations as clam cakes and fried scallops. The stage was half this size. They had to extend the front about 8 feet so we could fit.

They spared no expense on the deluxe staging...

Allen, getting himself into the state of lemur-like readiness we all know as: "The Al Zone". Everybody chant along, oogachacka, ooga ooga oogachacka

Mike and Paul, waiting for the brownie man.

Greg, retelling the story of how he shot an elephant in his pajamas, how it got in his pajamas, he'll never know.

Greg got to meet his idol, Jerry Garcia.
Neither of them could explain Greg's shirt...

B3 heavy. Strong men lift. Unngh.

Black shirts with yellow designs are very popular with the cool people

Note lack of black shirt with yellow print, draw your own conclusions.

and a cardigan? Sheeze...

Timmeh was one of the few to get the Valves name tag. And Reina had the good taste to get the stylish and trendy black balloon. None of those sissy bright colors for her!!

Paul still getting his shirts from the T-shirt test print box

Steve was the first official customer of Lou's Hot Dogs. The actual one he ate was smaller. They fed us all day for free.

The Pre-Gig Strategy session:
"There are 4 tents selling beer, you two take the Jagermeister booth and Mike and I will reconoiter the Bud quadrant. I want to know who has the biggest cups and the hottest bartenders, and I don't want any excuses. The rest of you spread out. Maintain radio silence unless you find someone offering free shots. We meet back here at 0400 hours"