David Byrne at Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA 10/12/1989

Here's another concert that falls into the "I Wish I Had Seen Them With Their Original Band" category. Missing out on seeing The Talking Heads in concert is definitely one of my musical regrets, but at least there's the movie Stop Making Sense which is the next best thing to being there. Coincidentally that movie was shot at the Pantages.

David Byrne released the album Rei Momo just 9 days prior to this show, I'm not sure that I bought it before or after? He was touring with this great Latin band and I believe Celia Cruz and Tito Puente made guest appearances at the show. You can hear influences towards this musical direction on the Talking Heads "Naked" album which was released in 1988. It was my first time at the Pantages and it was a great venue for a show like this. The band was tight! The percussion and horn sections were amazing. This was definitely not a show to remain seated at, even if you can't dance (myself included) you couldn't help but get up and move. I wish I had a setlist for this show. I remember that most of the music that night was from Rei Momo, but I seem to remember at least one or two Talking Heads tracks. Great show!