LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 2,2020…IT WAS 1988 AND CHEAP TRICK PLAYED THE OLD ‘STONE’ NIGHTCLUB IN SF. THE LOCATION OF THE STONE WAS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER THE HOME OF MANY BARS. ORIGINALLY OPENED BY MARTY BALIN OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE AS ‘THE MATRIX’. HE OPENED IT AS A VENUE FOR HIS BAND TO PLAY. DON CORNELIUS OF ‘SOUL TRAIN’ PURCHASED IT AND OF COURSE NAMED IT ‘SOUL TRAIN’ AND TURNED IT INTO A SOUL AND R&B BAR. WHEN IT OPENED AS ‘THE STONE’ IT WAS TIME TO ROCK ‘N ROLL AGAIN. HERE’S CHEAP TRICK WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM 1979
