EAT EM AND SMILE BAND reunion w/RALPH SAENZ on VOCALS-THIS WEDNESDAY

[Top Jimmy]

Just read that John 5 was jamming early in the night,
but later they went over capacity, in anticipation of the big thing
Fire Marshall got involved & the EEAS jam was called off....

bunch of people waited in the cold,
annd...PSYCH! Go home, nothing to see here...

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Sheehan posted this on his FB:

"Well well well. The fire department shut down the whole show before we got on stage. And did we ever have a surprise for you! Such is life."

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And a comment on one of Sheehan's posts:

"I left work early with a friend of mine to see the 30th Anniversary of Eat Em and Smile All Star Jam. We waited in line for over an hour and the idiots let too many people in. The Schmuck at the door with the counter apparently couldn't count numbers even with the help of a machine and as a result, the Fire Marshall shut the place down. Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Greg Bissonette and special guests David Lee Roth and Steven Tyler weren't able to perform. It was amateur hour at Lucky Strike and someone should be fired over this. I'll never go back."

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[jhale667]

I was there. Completely fucked up. They were onstage ready to play when the fire marshall shut them down. Such a bummer.

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Who was onstage to start? Vai, Sheehan, Bissonette, and Ralph?

[jhale667]

Also, I'd known Roth was going to be there since last week, was sworn to secrecy. So even bigger bummer. Vai is the one that talked him into it. Just sucks.
The line was curling around the corner on to Hollywood Blvd. at 6:30 when I got there. There were 400 more people in the building than allowed by law. Vai even offered to PAY THE FINE, fire marshall said no fuckin' way. Chances are it'll never happen again, and if it does, not likely there.

[jhale667]

Who was onstage to start? Vai, Sheehan, Bissonette, and Ralph?

Ralph was there in case Dave decided not to show, but - Dave was there. Brett Tuggle was there. It was to be a full EEAS band reunion, and they let too many people in. Place only holds 800 on the best day, and they apparently tried to pack 2000 in. History, denied.

[jhale667]

Apparently there were already more people in line than the place could hold when I got in.


Line's already around the block at @luckystrikelive ... glad I got here early. #EEASreunion A photo posted by Jay Hale (@jhale667) on Nov 25, 2015 at 7:13pm PST

[twonabomber]

There were 400 more people in the building than allowed by law. Vai even offered to PAY THE FINE, fire marshall said no fuckin' way.

The last thing we need is another Station incident.

I saw another FB post that said they were looking for volunteers to leave, so the show could start. I laughed so loud I probably woke up my neighbors.

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And, in case any of you haters missed it

Brett Tuggle was there.

He's still with Fleetwood Mac and they just wrapped up a tour in NZ a few days ago...

[jhale667]

The last thing we need is another Station incident.

I saw another FB post that said they were looking for volunteers to leave, so the show could start. I laughed so loud I probably woke up my neighbors.

Totally agree on the Station thing, not to mention it wasn't lost on me that as hyped as it was if someone was looking to pull off a Paris in L.A. it would have been the perfect place. But THAT happening was kind of embarrassing. In the 20 minutes it took for the MC Paulie to keep asking and not get enough volunteers to leave (hell, I considered it) - even though a LOT of people volunteerd, they could have just let them play - and the 1000 non-regulars that were there would have left immediately after. Just terrible planning - they hyped this on the local news and acted surprised they ended up over capacity (?). The place isn't THAT big, it's a bowling alley the rest of the week...lol. The club itself still made a killing though - the lines at the bars were so long everyone (myself included) was buying drinks two at a time, and I've NEVER seen that many food orders come out, but people (like me) showed up 2 and 3 hours earlier than normal and had planned to make an evening of it. Club won, fans LOST.

[damngoodtimes]

There's gotta be a dozen venues in LA that could get this pulled together TONIGHT.

Cancel the house band, get Animal at the front door with a fuckin' counter, and make it happen, cap'n!

[vaijuju]

[jhale667]

Fucked everybody else too... a former bandmate and roomie , and probably 30 other people were supposed to play after them... "Thanks for coming out, but never mind..."