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Alice Cooper and the surviving members of his original band, the Alice Cooper Group, performed at Good Records on Lower Greenville Avenue on Oct. 6, 2015.One of the most unlikely and unique nights in recent Dallas music history, and especially in the life of Good Records co-owner Chris Penn, didn’t exactly start with all engines running. In fact, it was an engine that stopped running 24 hours prior that nearly ruined the night Penn had dreamed of.
Good Records owner Chris Penn got to meet his musical heroes from the Alice Cooper Group when they played at his store in 2015. And indeed, all of Penn’s pushing and DIY renovation paid off when it came to showtime. With fans packing the aisles of the store’s main downstairs floor and the upstairs loft, the instantly recognizable rock icon walked through the newly created stage entrance with a smile as the group kicked into its 1971 hit “Be My Lover.”
“I just emailed him,” Penn said over the phone as he rang up a customer at Good Records one recent afternoon. “We’ve done a lot of signings over the years that didn’t involve an in-store performance with people like Johnny Rotten from PiL and the Sex Pistols, and John Densmore from the Doors. I’m a big Alice Cooper Group fan, and I had read that Dennis [Dunaway] had a book coming out, so I contacted him before it came out, and we stayed in touch.
Penn “planted seeds,” he says, by emailing Cooper’s manager and even driving to a Cooper concert in San Antonio to meet up with the manager face-to-face. Dunaway also vouched for Penn and his record store to his old high school friend Cooper. Unlike many famous bands that splinter, Cooper, Dunaway, Neal and Bruce have remained friendly since the band’s breakup in 1975. The seed-planting worked, and Cooper agreed to play his part.
The band, which featured Cooper’s touring guitar player Ryan Roxie, burned through eight tunes, including enduring classic rock hits “Under My Wheels,” and “No More Mr. Nice Guy.” The fan in Penn was also impressed with what happened on his tiny stage.
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