That is really funny, and I’d be willing to tell you a few of the worst of the lyriccal misunderstandings that I had in those days, but my wife just told me I was not allowed to do so…
More importantly, your post sent me down a George Benson rabbit hole, which I’m finally concluding at 11:15 PM. Tomorrow, when I have a few minutes, I’ll post a few of the best things he did as a world class jazz guitarist. What a talent!!!
Thanks for posting, it made my (late) evening 
Fun fact about Bonnie, She was married to Danny Noonan (Michael O’Keefe) for about 10 years.
Another fun fact…she is, (to my knowledge), the only professional slide guitar player who wears the slide on her middle finger. She’s done it her whole career, and plays that style virtually always (although I’ve seen her play standard non-slide chording/soloing on a few occasions).
I first saw her sometime in the early 1970’s on the U campus. She was not the top act (I don’t recall who was), but I was blown away, have been a lifelong fan, and have never forgotten the show.
I didn’t mention the location, because in my mind, it was at Kingsbury, and her band was the opening act. But the only one of my good friends from that timeframe, that is still alive, swears that we saw her at the Union and her band was the only act.
I only drank occasionally, and after three bad attempts had forever stopped smoking pot, while my friend has no such restrictions on his intake, so I’m sticking with my story.
Regardless, she is a world class talent.
Speaking of Kingsbury Hall, I was lucky enough to see three awesome concerts in the mid 80’s there. Pat Metheny, BB King, and Weather Report.
Weather Report!
We saw Pat Metheny about 10 or so years ago at Kingsury Hall. It was so loud!. It was so loud we left after a few songs-which was his new electric synth stuff- kind of made it worse… I should put that in the Pet Peeve’s thread. @salUTE why do performers choose to be louder than a jet engine? Not that it’s your fault.
Really good question… Most of my life when playing in bands, I wore custom made earplugs to protect my own hearing and was the guy in the band that argued for turning the volume down. Some band members, particularly guitar players prefer the distorted sound produced by their equipment with increased volume (although there are ways to produce more or less the same effect at lower volume), some believe there is a better “feel” in the audience as the volume goes up, and some do it because they believe the audience expects it (and there are a lot of audiences that do expect it).
I said this before, but I saw Neil Young with Crazy Horse. And the opening bands were Sonic Youth and Social Distortion. I mean, my ears were physically ringing for at least a day afterwards. It seemed like each band wanted to be louder than the last one
This has a nice groove. I’m bummed I missed his concert in SLC.
I spent the first decade of my concert-going life raw-dogging metal shows with no earplugs. 35 years later, I’m really paying for that decision as my hearing is significant decreased and I have slight tinnitus.
I’ve been to shows that are loud enough to be physically painful, even with earplugs. Other shows have been nothing more than a “wall of noise” where it’s so loud that you can’t even tell what song they’re playing. Neither of those experiences make for a fun live show.
I will take a good sound mix over ear-splitting volume any day of the week.
Same. I pretty much prefer to listen to recorded music these days. Of course, it doesn’t help that the overwhelming majority of the bands that I would like to see are defunct.
One of the things I loved about Grateful Dead shows was the fact they spent millions over the years on their sound equipment. Not to make them louder, but to make them more clear. They also introduced the first delay sequencing over large field set-uo because they realized to reach the back, elevating the volume killed the front row folks and just made unmanageable, undulating-waves which ruined the sound for those who could hear them in the back, but 3 seconds behind everything else.
Now I know @SkinyUte is not a “Dead-Head” like me, but check out this live recording from an open field on a farm with almost 100 degree heat and high humidity
SBD-> two-track MR-> DAT-> Sonic Solutions-> CDR-> EAC-> Sound Forge Edit (analog pop removal using pencil tool)-> Sound Forge Pitch Shift (antialias filter followed by pitch shift of +19 cents); stemming from David Gans seed, via Adam Jerugim to Leigh Orf, who fixed up (see details in info file); d3 trackd for 80 min; note previous shn sets have been Betty Board sourced- this is not
Here’s a decent video from just before that period to get an idea of the clear, separation of instruments and the conversant nature of their music.
2 nights later
Skiny, I’m going to try to do a really huge favor to prevent awkwardness and perhaps embarrassment. I would be shocked if you raw dogged anything. Somebody started using it differently, but it specifically refers to unprotected anal sex between men. And while a lot of people understand people trying to transfer usage, it’s still a bad idea to use that phrase. Just say hardcore or something like that. If you say that particular expression to the wrong person I promise you things are going to get very awkward and weird
I’ll take your word for it that’s the definition in the gay community. Outside of that group, however, it simply means doing anything without any protective measures.
My kid’s middle school principal used it in an address to the entire student body and their parents during back to school night this year, so I don’t think your definition is the commonly held one. Not saying it’s incorrect, just that it’s not what most people think of when the term is used.
Using my browser without an ad blocker is raw dogging it. 
One of the funniest uses of the term is the recent airplane trend on social media. Raw dogging a flight, i.e. no entertainment, headphones, reading materials or other distractions.
Rediscovering my Sound System
My dad was a department manager at Southeast Furniture in Sugarhouse from about 1957 until 1975. He designed and opened the high end “Sound Room” there as an extension of the TV/Appliance department.
He got to bring home some pretty nice gear to demo. One that he purchased and retained in '72 was a pair of JBL L-101 Lancer speakers. I was fortunate enough to inherit them. They are as-new and look and sound spectacular.
Earlier this year, I added a pristine Yamaha CR-640 (1979) receiver from the original owner. Looking for the best possible source, I researched and ended up with a WiiM Pro Plus streamer. The fidelity is lossless with the qobuz app.
I am blown away with the indescribably clean result. As I find new music and replay decades of favorites, the fidelity and crispness are unbelievable. I’m hearing discreet details I never knew were there. And mind you, I’ve had some very nice gear over the years. Marantz, Sansui, Pioneer, Kenwood, JBL, Klipsch, Yamaha, etc.
So happy for you! I have a pair of old but rebuilt hope to get a decent amp and turntable when I retire
Wow! What was his name? I probably knew him, well.
My best friend and I, who were both semi professional musicians, who practically lived in the Sound Room, from about 1972 to maybe 1978, in fact I purchased the 4 channel Teac reel-to-reel deck I still use for personal recordings, and my friend purchased the TASCAM 4 channel reel-to-reel deck that he used to launch a small but very successful local music recording studio, that only stopped functioning when he died during the pandemic. We bought both of those machines in the fall of 1975.
That showroom was awesome!
My first understanding of the term was just unprotected sex, so it was (and still kind of is) weird to hear it in the mainstream, and in things like school from adults. But you are correct, it is very mainstream now. And as @EUte mentioned, this trend has brought back the famous Puddy flight on Seinfeld, the man to originally raw dog a flight.
It’ll soon be in Grannie’s lexicon.
