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Foo Fighters - Tower Records - Rockville, MD - 5/16/1997

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  Foo Fighters Congressional Plaza Tower Records Parking Lot Rockville Maryland 5/16/1997 https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/foo-fighters/1997/tower-records-rockville-md-23d4781f.html   With this Saturday marking the day of the first Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts I felt like I had to write about the first time I saw him playing in the Foo Fighters (actually his first performance as a Foo).  Previously I saw Taylor slaying the drums for Alanis during her “Jagged Little Pill” tour with Radiohead opening and I remember hearing him shine.  When I heard that Taylor was joining Dave and the guys I was excited to hear them and then I found out they were playing my hometown Tower Records(RIP) for free.  The concert was on a Friday afternoon and my mom said I could skip school as it was prom night (pretty sure it was my gf at the times prom) and I didn’t ever ask to skip school for a concert (Thanks Mom). Got to the parking lot about an hour before the concert was supposed to start and milled aro