David Shaw
26th Feb 2025, Weds 10:58pm
(Dæ thys in hInglish fur everywan)
Recently.. over the last month, couple of random times, G'n'R songs came up, either in conversation or a tune in the background.. reminds me of this story..
Many years ago, my birthday was coming up and Robin Jones offered to buy me a ticket to 'Slash's Snakepit' concert at the Barrowlands (that famous 'Barras' our then local haunt) I wasn't sure as I didn't like the new Snakepit album and only liked the one before it. But Robin said rightly, that I'd get to see Slash play.. so I agreed.
The night of the gig came, it was around 7PM (or 7:30) and the doors opened and we all piled in.. 2 hours later and no Snakepit had shown up, so everyone was in the lower bar drinking.. even including myself, which was rare. Around 9:30pm.. we heard it.. 'Welcome To The Jungle'.. and everyone shot out of the lower bar, emptied! and up the stairs to the gig.
That night we were specially treated.. because, it wasn't actually Slash's Snakepit playing.. but Velvet Revolver.. the full G'N'R line up* except Axel Rose, with Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) on vocals.. that night we were treated to like every G'n'R song!
The gig went on til IIRC 1:50 AM until the Barrowland's staff kicked them off stage.. they played like EVERY GnR song.. even a rendition of 'Patience'.. November Rain.. Paradise City.. you name it they played it! it was AWESOME! Few STP songs too, but all I wanted to hear from STP was 'Plush'.. anyways.. pretty much all of Appetite for Destruction, GnR Lies, UYI 1&2, even a few from the 'The Spaghetti Incident?'
It was a night I'll never forget.
*Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum.
