Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, a backstage view.
the opportunity to revisit those old environs, and it was rather
nostalgic finding myself there once again. The
opportunity recently arose for America's show with special guests the Lovin' Spoonful at Magic City Casino. I've
mentioned in previous columns my friendship with Steve Boone, the
original bassist for the Spoonful and cowriter of such hits as "Summer
in the City" and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice." I met him in the early '70s when I was a kid
living in the Virgin Islands and he was escaping on his sailboat down to
the Caribbean in the aftermath of the Spoonful's calamitous breakup.