Paul Revere and the Raiders ... sometime around 1963/4
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Kansas, Point Of Know Return tour, 1977.
Don't remember the year but it was a triple bill;
Aerosmith
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
and this new band we'd never heard of from Australia on their first US tour called AC/DC.
Aerosmith
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
and this new band we'd never heard of from Australia on their first US tour called AC/DC.
Lynyrd Skynrd, Southern by the Grace of God tour in 1987.
-Mike
-Mike
I saw them at the Troubador, likely the same tour. Then again in 1995 (6)? They’re super. Nice guys too. Nick Cash talked with us for a few minutes- Anaheim Ducks arena.
First show-The Who 1971/2 San Diego Sports Arena. Loud-loud-loud. Killer show!
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
1975 - Chicago, at West Point - Eisenhower Hall. Great place to see a show. Same year I saw Elton John with Ray Cooper.
Two great shows.
Two great shows.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
I remember being very disappointed because Frank Marino couldn't play because he had fractured his hand. I did get to see him a couple of times in later years.
My current drummer, who is also my former drummer, and lifelong friend, took lessons from Franks drummer from a few years later, Timm Biery (he played on Juggernaut, 1982). We've seen Timm play the occasional local venue supporting a blues act. He's phenomenal. He runs a studio in Nashville now.
Very cool.
Frank played on my friend's album and they became very close friends. I've had the opportunity to talk to him on several occasions, great guy.
KISS with special guest Uriah Heep. 1977. Changed my life forever.
February 6, 1977
Details:
Bloomington, MN
Met Center
Promoter: Schon Productions
Other act(s): Uriah Heep
Reported audience: 16,800 **SOLD-OUT
Reported gross: $104,900
Set list(s):
1. Detroit Rock City
2. Take Me
3. Let Me Go, Rock ’n Roll
4. Ladies Room
5. Firehouse
6. Makin’ Love
7. Cold Gin (incl. guitar solo)
8. Do You Love Me
9. Nothin’ To Lose
10. Bass Solo/God Of Thunder
(incl. Drum solo)
11. I Want You
12. Rock And Roll All Nite
Encores:
13. Shout It Out Loud
14. Beth
15. Black Diamond.
Notes:
- From a local review: "KISS' choreographed, high-energy show last night was not substantially different from its local debut in 1976, although the staging was somewhat more elaborate if not more outrageous... The 75-minute performance was characterized by more spontaneity than last year's, though KISS clearly lacks the finesse, vitality and style demonstrated on stage by its heavy metal colleagues such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult. KISS' music is merely an assault" (Minneapolis Star, 2/7/77).
My mom dropped us off, (we rode in a station wagon,) and some ladies bought us 3.2 beer. We were 13 years old. Mike Babcock, Mary Rausch, Jerry Bell, Tim Nielson, myself and perhaps the Dunsworth triplets, or at least two of them. Babcock confessed to me the next day he had a crush on Mary Rausch. I don't believe anything ever came of it. Jerry's mom picked us up and yelled at me because I had stolen weed from her.
February 6, 1977
Details:
Bloomington, MN
Met Center
Promoter: Schon Productions
Other act(s): Uriah Heep
Reported audience: 16,800 **SOLD-OUT
Reported gross: $104,900
Set list(s):
1. Detroit Rock City
2. Take Me
3. Let Me Go, Rock ’n Roll
4. Ladies Room
5. Firehouse
6. Makin’ Love
7. Cold Gin (incl. guitar solo)
8. Do You Love Me
9. Nothin’ To Lose
10. Bass Solo/God Of Thunder
(incl. Drum solo)
11. I Want You
12. Rock And Roll All Nite
Encores:
13. Shout It Out Loud
14. Beth
15. Black Diamond.
Notes:
- From a local review: "KISS' choreographed, high-energy show last night was not substantially different from its local debut in 1976, although the staging was somewhat more elaborate if not more outrageous... The 75-minute performance was characterized by more spontaneity than last year's, though KISS clearly lacks the finesse, vitality and style demonstrated on stage by its heavy metal colleagues such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult. KISS' music is merely an assault" (Minneapolis Star, 2/7/77).
My mom dropped us off, (we rode in a station wagon,) and some ladies bought us 3.2 beer. We were 13 years old. Mike Babcock, Mary Rausch, Jerry Bell, Tim Nielson, myself and perhaps the Dunsworth triplets, or at least two of them. Babcock confessed to me the next day he had a crush on Mary Rausch. I don't believe anything ever came of it. Jerry's mom picked us up and yelled at me because I had stolen weed from her.
Chicago in Memphis. 1970.
Soon after the release of Their second album.
Soon after the release of Their second album.
1979, Cheap Trick. Dream Police tour at the Sunrise Musical Theatre in Ft. Lauderdale. No opener, they played 2+ hours.
That had to have been at the Sportatorium, right? I bet the traffic going home was brutal, as it always was there.
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First concert ever was in 3rd grade with my parents, The Statler Brothers at the tri-county fair. Probably my first 10 concerts were country ones with my parents at the fair: The Oak Ridge Boys, Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Charlie Pride, Ronnie Milsap, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Bros Band. My dad liked all that slick, glossy late 70s/early 80s country.
First rock concert by myself was in 7th grade with my friends (no parents), Van Halen 1984 tour.
First rock concert by myself was in 7th grade with my friends (no parents), Van Halen 1984 tour.
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PR&R for me as well, except in 1968, exactly 50 years ago. One of, if not the, last of the Dick Clark package tours. Bryan Hyland was on the bill as well. I knew it was all a bit passé, kind of an end of an era thing, but I was nuts about them in grade school just a couple years previous, ‘Where The Action Is’ and all that. Those ‘66/‘67 singles were simply killer rockers for the time. Not only that, but my parents were more inclined to let me go to a Dick Clark show but not one of those ‘dirty hippie’ concerts. Of course that was all going to change real fast. Later in November, after seing what ended up being the final Eric Burdon and the Animals tour, I saw Hendrix(with a horrible band opening called Cat Mother). Unfortunately it was a bit of a lackluster gig for him.
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I saw that show also. Dave was at the helm.
I remember swinging around the back of the arena - after the show - and catching a glimpse of Anthony and Edward walking about backstage. They both waved back at me and the small group that had gathered around me. That was cool; it was a great concert too.
