Carla G wrote:Steve P wrote:Michelle's statement started what I have left of my little gears turning...and with the help of some purplely-hazy memories, the internet, a box full of used ticket stubs, several conversations with old high school buddies and nothing better to do I compiled a partial list of bands I saw in just the summer of 1974.
Holy ...wow! In one year?! Where were you living at the time that so many bands came into town (or did you do a lot of road trips)? I've seen about 2/3 of those you've listed but it was over a couple of years. Ill add a surprisingly great concert by Steely Dan to the list as well as a wonderful concert by Phobe Snow at the old Memorial Auditorium.
Awwww man! I was skinny then!
Not one year...one summer. This was back in the mid to late 70's heyday of Cleveland Rock and Roll, which at the time was to R&R what Detroit was to R&B in the 60's. Anyone who WAS anyone...or WANTED to be someone came through Cleveland. It was a fun time to grow up and a fun place to do it (if you were a R&R fan). 1979 was even more interesting as I was working for Ticketron (now Ticketmaster) and writing music reviews for a my university newspaper (good thing I had an editor, ehh ?)...I can't begin to recall all the shows THAT year but it was probably 60 or 70.
Funny thing...and I'm sure it comes with age and becoming a curmudgeon...I have a very difficult time getting into the "new" music today. Most of it just T-totally evades me. As a result I've turned to listening to the (electric) Blues...Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro, Coco Montoya, Walter Trout, Jimmy Hall, etc, etc.