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Why do 20 nights at the Fillmore?

TENCH: We hadn’t played in a while, and Tom didn’t want to tour behind , because he thought that would put a certain kind of emphasis on it, as if. He came up with the idea of a 20-night stand at a legendary venue. At first I found the idea intimidating, but at the first rehearsal in Los Angeles we played “Night Watchman”, a song we hadn’t played in years and years, and it was terrific. After that I thought, ‘Oh, this is gonna be fun!’

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