Thorogood was epic, playing in those conditions. No one was in the mood for any Journey, not at all.
I remember another one, Blue Oyster Cult with Blotto opening in1982. I had never heard any Blotto tunes, but I thought they were from WNY and I heard they were pretty good... so I pumped them up with everyone that was going, "Cult & Blotto from Buffalo, gonna be a great show!" Well, BOC are always great, but Blotto was horrible, embarrassingly bad. For weeks after that show, whenever anyone would see me, they'd say "Hey Blotto, how's it going?"