July 10, 1994 - 'Your Filthy Little Mouth Tour'
Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC Canada
The weather was hot (as it always was when Dave came to town), and me and a couple of buddies were hanging out in the alley behind the Ballroom in hopes of meeting his holiness. The Commodore is only a few blocks away from the Nelson Plaza Hotel, easily walking distance. A few years earlier when Dave was in Vancouver recording 'A Little Ain't Enough', word on the street was that he had moved into the Nelson and took over the third floor... we figured maybe he'd be staying there again and approach the venue from the backside, so we waited.
Sure enough, thee man himself came walking down the alley towards us and the backdoor of the Commodore! As he approached us we just stood there speechless, in a daze and he walked right by us and waited until someone opened the backdoors for him. We couldn't move or speak... we were totally blown away by his presence. Then the doors opened up, and I snapped out of my daze as he slowly entered the venue. It all happened in slow motion as I pointed and barely managed to whisper, "There he is!" Then the doors closed shut and we all snapped out of it.
We all laughed amongst ourselves then went around front to go and see the show. The show rocked, and Dave was on fire with his banter from start to finish. Afterwards we went out back to the alley again to try and make up for the blown opportunity from earlier. It wasn't long until Dave came out and started signing stuff for everybody. He was joking with us all and in great spirits. When he came up to me, I ceased the moment and told him what I had planned to tell him if ever the chance. So I said, "Dave, I'd like to thank you for all the blue skies and sunshine that you've given me all of my life." Then he said, "Well thank you very much. With the way the world is today everybody could use a little bit of sunshine."
After my Sun God preached actual words of sunshine to me, I was complete. Twas a monumental day in my years of surfing the wave of thee Dave, and I wish I could thank him again.
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