
Question about (a) live show
My dad saw the Pumpkins at Purdue University in Indiana on April 18th, 2000. I found a recording of the concert, audio only.
He’s told me MANY times that he has a distinct memory of Chamberlin leaving his kit and playing guitar with Billy and James for “1979”. Only problem is, I can’t find a single piece of evidence for Jimmy doing this anywhere.
The drums in the recording sound clean and sharp enough to be a drum machine passing for real drums, so it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s not really him. There’s a different introduction to the song too, so it makes me wonder that introduction was possible because there was a third guitarist, allowing James or Billy to play something different.
The linked Archive.org article is the recording of the concert. 1979 is the second to last song.
Can anybody help me confirm/deny my dad’s claims? He’s very very very sure that this happened and said that he can still vividly picture Jimmy walking out from behind his kit and joining James and Billy.