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| 285 S. 12th Street San Jose CA |
The house where Tom Johnston lived while attending San Jose State and where the city's most famous rock band came together. ("Historical landmark" plaque visible in lower right corner)
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Editorial footnote: The most famous band to come out of San Jose besides, of course, the Baja Brigade . . . .
Publisher's footnote" Never mind the editor. He got some edibles confused with his gummy bears.
Looking at wiki's list of groups from San Jose, the Big B.B. is strangely missing. But I'd say they're probably the fourth most famous band, just a notch below The Count Five and Smash Mouth and one step above Skankin' Pickle.
One group that caught my eye on the list: The Peninsula Banjo Band, which according to the article played in San Jose Shakey's Pizza Parlours going back to the 60s. I wonder: is it possible The Pizza Spins could have crossed paths with them at some point?
The Peninsula Banjo Band was ground zero, of sorts, for the Spins, I would submit. Both Nick and I suited up in our red striped shirts, sleeve garters, and straw hats to play with many other banjoers at that Shakeys. I still have the binder with the music sheets from those days, and I'm sure that some of the Peninsula Band's repritore found its way to the Spins.
It's a small world.
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