Hi everybody, I’m Pat from
Scotch Plains, New Jersey. I’m
going to start with a song that
was our second number one
record from our album, Green
Thoughts, which came out on
Capitol Records 23 years ago.
And I’ll wake up throughout
the process. It’s called, “Only a
Memory.”
[After playing the song, the sto-
ries began] I don’t care what
anybody says, New Jersey rocks.
About a year ago, my daughter
Liza, who’s going to boarding
school out in Southern Califor-
nia in Santa Barbara, turned
16. She’s 17 now. And I hap-
pened to be in California doing
a month’s worth of living room
or house concerts whereby I
drive to the homes of Smither-
eens fans and supporters - 99%
of whom I’ve never met before.
I turn up at their door step with
my guitar and I play for three
hours. I was in the middle of this
tour and my beloved daughter
Liza - whom as a divorced par-
ent I dedicated the last 13 years
Watch The Smithereens perform “Only A Memory” at Court Tavern
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