Thursday, November 08, 2007
Dave Carpender
I probably spend more time than most 46-year-olds with the obituaries. I have a sad knack for picking out, from a whole page of funeral notices (or two or three pages, on Sundays) those for people with brain tumors. But a different notice burned my eyes this morning: that for Dave Carpender, Greg Kihn's guitarist back in the heyday.
I've never been much of one for rock concerts, in spite of John Summers' best efforts. But I remember seeing the Greg Kihn Band at a free lunchtime gig in Justin Herman Plaza. (Radio station KOME -- or maybe it was KSAN -- sponsored these concerts in the spring and summer back in the late 70s and early 80s. We also saw the Ramones at one.) John and I arrived early and were right up front. Good show, fun, perfect for outdoors.
Kihn himself has written a eulogy for his friend and fellow traveler that's good reading.
(Edited on Friday, November 9 to correct dates -- the free concerts were in the late 70s and early 80s, of course -- and to clean up some grammar awkwardness and add a few details.)
I've never been much of one for rock concerts, in spite of John Summers' best efforts. But I remember seeing the Greg Kihn Band at a free lunchtime gig in Justin Herman Plaza. (Radio station KOME -- or maybe it was KSAN -- sponsored these concerts in the spring and summer back in the late 70s and early 80s. We also saw the Ramones at one.) John and I arrived early and were right up front. Good show, fun, perfect for outdoors.
Kihn himself has written a eulogy for his friend and fellow traveler that's good reading.
(Edited on Friday, November 9 to correct dates -- the free concerts were in the late 70s and early 80s, of course -- and to clean up some grammar awkwardness and add a few details.)
