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I thought about the Lost Weekend With Van Halen the other day after watching the video footage on youtube. I was wondering if anyone knows where he is now or if anything was ever heard from him since. That had to be the most memorable moment in his life. To get to go on stage with the mighty VH. The video footage is awesome. The crowd is going freak'n' nuts.
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There is a ph# & address listed for a K Jefferis in Phoenixville, PA on the Yahoo people search. That's where he was from back then. Send him a postcard and invite him to post at this site.“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.” -
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Kurt is in PA. I work at a bakery and he is a regular customer. The footage was removed from youtube. here is a link to the mtv video, it is shorter: http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/10021...-weekend.jhtmlLast edited by sublimebones; 04-02-2009, 11:00 PM.Comment
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The full video footage of all the behind the scenes and the full ATBL clip cause quit a stir a few years back when it was released for general trading.
It was hoarded for over 20 years between just a few traders. The BTB put it on dvd. A couple all out wars over at JTT and vhtrading. I remember getting the show a week or so before it was put up for torrent from an Anonymous source.
If you got some time to kill you can read about how it came out: Vh Mtv Lost Weekend + Raw Footage - JamToThis
Some great stuff on that dvd.
MTV LOST WEEKEND
Van Halen
04-04-1984
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan
BROADCAST VERSION
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Original MTV Broadcast
PHOTOS
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Still Photos Of Contest Winner
RAW VIDEO
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Plane
Limousine
Hotel Room
Backstage Pre-Show
On Stage
After Show Backstage
After Show Limousine
InterviewComment
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From my March 20th entry in "This Day in CVH/DLR History".....
"1984
Van Halen plays the Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA. Autograph is the opening act.
MTV chooses Kurt Jefferis of Phoenixville, PA, as the winner of their Lost
Weekend with Van Halen contest. Jefferis, whose postcard was picked from
more than one million entries, passed on offers of clothing, cars, women, and
even $5,000 to take his best friend, Tom Winnick. 1,000 runners-up win a copy
of 1984."
And the August 31st entry....
1984
David Lee Roth on cover of Faces Rocks Magazine. ""My Lost Weekend with Van Halen"": four-page feature on Kurt Jefferis (the winner of the MTV Lost Weekend with Van Halen contest) by Ann Kolson.Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee RothComment
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Wouldn't it be funny if he coverted to Van Hagar afterwards? lolComment
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I wonder if they joysticks on his Atari 5200 still work. They had a huge failure rate.
I brought my pencil!!!Comment
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