I Was There, Man!
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I Was There, Man!
I Was There, Man Episode 31 'State Of Shock'
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Picture this… It’s 1983. A sweaty club in Toronto. Cameras rolling for CHUM/CityTV. And on stage — a young guitar player who’s about to take over the world. Stevie Ray Vaughan wasn’t a household name yet… but if you were in that room at The El Mocambo, you knew you were witnessing something different.
Doug McClement was there to record it. Not just as a fan — but as the guy responsible for capturing lightning in a bottle. And here’s the thing about lightning… sometimes it bites back. The night before, in Hamilton, Stevie got shocked by a live mic. Not metaphorically. For real.