September 5th in Rory history:
1969 London GB The Marquee
1971 Speyer DE Rheinhalbinsel British Rock Meeting (📸 Hartmut Hennig)
1971 Vienna AU Wiener Stadthalle British Superstar Festival
1973 Columbus USA Agora Theater
1974 New York USA Max`s Kansas City (2 shows)
📍Hollywood
"We would just go in the front door of every one with a tape and say, 'Hi, we just got here from Florida, can we play you this tape?'" - Tom Petty on his first trip to L.A., going door-to-door on Sunset Boulevard looking for a record deal
Just a few months later in September 1974, as newly arrived L.A. residents and Shelter Records signees, @Mudcrutch opened for Dick Dale at @TheWhiskyAGoGo and saw their name on the marquee over Sunset.
[Archival Footage courtesy of Jim Lenahan, Photo by Red Slater]
A lot of people are almost 30, some heading towards 35, and genuinely have nothing to their name. No property, no kids, no successful business, no useful connections, nobody to call when things go wrong. They work but after food and basic survival, there’s barely anything left to save. And when you don’t have rich parents or anyone to fall back on, building a life from nothing is a completely different kind of struggle.