Podcast # 57- Conversation with Tommy Fogarty
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
This weeks podcast with Tommy Fogarty was so much fun- and feels like the perfect Strangers Stopping Strangers story to kick off 2018!
Tommy and I have many things in common- grew up in the same neighborhoods- a friendship/connection with the same guy who was ultimately the catalyst for us both started going to see The Grateful Dead & the wine industry- yet it took meeting through a social media thread to meet one another!
Tommy shares his stories that start off in the San Francisco hard core punk rock scene- where he first caught a glimpse of a Jerry Garcia show on Broadway across the street from Black Flag & peaked some interest- a teenage road trip up to Boreal Ridge, and to Henry J. Kaiser in Oakland- the show that locked him in. Tommy takes us down to Irvine Meadows-now into the groove traveling to shows with friends, and back home to Shoreline, a favorite venue that always packs some special stories from Deadheads who was able to catch SF Bay Area shows in the late 80’s- 90’s.
Tommy and I could have talked forever- and I have no doubt our paths will now cross in person, whether catching each other at show – or following up on his invitation to visit Thomas Fogarty Winery – in Woodside CA on a future trip “home”.
As always- thank you for stopping by & enjoy!
Featured Music~
Grateful Dead-Help On The Way- Slipknot- Franklins Tower, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland CA, September 1, 1985
Grateful Dead- Let it Grow- Irvine Meadows, Irvine CA, April 13, 1986
Grateful Dead- Cassidy, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA, June 16, 1990
Grateful Dead- Its All Over Now, Baby Blue, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA, June 16, 1990