[Hanna Sniper]

Its amazing how much time has changes

I remember every 6 months there was a record show that would come around and rent a huge room at the Hotel here in Hamilton. There's was this table that would only have 3 VHS tapes on his table and a binder that had a listing of bootleg concerts

Would scroll through the binder looking for bootlegs you didn't have, give the guy a nod that you were interested. Then head down to the underground parking where he would open the side door of his van, remove the towel covering a bunch of boxes filled with bootleg concerts. 3 bootleg cassettes for $20

You would run your finger along the spines of the cassettes as you passed over the concerts as you read them. I'll never forget holding back the tear's the one time as I was running my finger down and read Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton Alpine Valley 26 August 1990 (Stevie was killed shortly afterwards that night in a Helicopter accident)

But how weird, buying bootleg cassettes out of a van in underground parking like it was a drug transaction. those were fun days