STREET SCENE was launched in 1984 with two versions of the event (one in May, the other in August). It was originally set in a one-block area of downtown San Diego (on 5th Avenue between J & K Streets), and the event's first-year performers included Los Lobos and The Blasters in May, and X, Robert Cray, and the Neville Brothers in August.
Posted September 22, 2008