[acomjean]

Funny how you never forget when a band blows you off. Even so many years ago.

I just started working with the Umass student group that put on concerts on campus (UPC). I did stage crew and security. The 1991 spring concert was the big one, an all day affair, with a purchased stage students put together.

Del La Soul didn't show.

Bob Dylan showed (Mr. Dylan as he liked to be called), had to go on early. He was not to happy about it. Other bands in the 1990s that showed up to the spring concert, phish, beastie boys, mighty mighty bostones, wailers (without Marley obviously), voilent femmes....

Odd that these events were pulled together without cell-phones and the internet. There is hardly any online info on those concerts. Life before youtube..

The lineup 1991 lineup (thanks google): Chucklehead, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Feelies, De La Soul, Bob Dylan.

[PlugTunin]

According to the below article, in the late 80s, De La opened for Bob Dylan in Amherst, MA (Pretty sure the date is wrong and it's referring to the show you speak of, as I have trouble believing DLS opened for Dylan as early as '89). Anyway, the article suggests the reason they were a no show was because they had some, ahem, car troubles along the way. It's possible this story isn't true; if it was, I guess you would have known at the time:

http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2011/05/bob-d...

[8ig8]

I was at the '92 Spring Fling. Incredible line up.