Joe Strummer at Tower Records

Their in-store appearance was a full set. I believe they played most of the new album and maybe a couple Clash songs? At one point Joe asked for a box to stand on because there was no stage and "Americans are so tall" (or something to that effect).

After their set they stayed to sign CDs. As it happened, the line started right in front of me, so I was one of the first to get mine signed. I think Joe misheard my name ("brink") and started to write "Frank," but he corrected it. Maybe one of his bandmates corrected him? They all seemed super nice.

Just as I was about to leave, I realized I should get a CD for Johno (who couldn't make it because he had a yard sale that evening). So I bought a 2nd CD and got back in line. There ended up being only a few people behind me, so I was one of the first AND one of the last. Joe recognized me - "weren't you here already?"... By that time, Joe's daughter (who was like 9 at the time) was there with them, so she signed both CDs too. 

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros at Summerfest

Amy and i drove up to see Strummer the day after i had caught him at the Metro.  She was 7 months pregnant with Emmett at the time (who we were calling "Lump").  How's that for love?

Strummer was good.  Not as good as the night before, but that might have been the venue (outdoors, etc.).  I did notice that he did, in fact, change the ad libbed parts of the songs to reflect the fact that we were in Wisconsin and not Chicago.

Joe Strummer at Metro

I had been carrying around a big Strummer obsession for quite some time.  I finally got to see him here.  He opened with Diggin' the New (fittingly), but there was Clash stuff pretty generously strewn throughout.  The timpani (or whatever passed for them) were insane for Tony Adams.  A. Maz. Ing.

Jon Langford opened (with the Skull Orchard band/album).  This is where THAT obsession began.