shadorne..thanks for the correct year, 1968. At my age its more difficult to keep the mind accurate sliding into old age. Getting old sucks! Seeing the Fudge and Blood Sweat & Tears in '68 was the start of the Fudges' tour
and Zeppelin replaced B,S,& T's as the opener when they hit the west coast. Yes I was lucky, but painfully lucky at that time period. Worst time of my life. At the time, I was living in a run down "skid road" hotel that I co-manged with my alcoholic mother in Seattle's Chinatown. My only salvation that prevented me from slipping into darkness were rock concerts. Big time. For those youngsters from the Pacific Northwest in their late 30's to mid 40's reading this thread, who think the Show Box in downtown Seattle at 1st & Pike is the greatest rock auditorium in Seattle's history, are dead wrong. Let me educate you. Your going to love this. Lets go back to 1966 when a little known man named Boyd Grafmyre, known as the Bill Graham of the Northwest, took over an auditorium at 7th & Union in downtown Seattle called Eagles Auditorium. The rock bands that played Eagles at the time were the greatest rock bands in the world. Here are the groups I saw at Eagles. The Youngbloods with Jesse Colin Young. The Steve Miller Band. The original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green. Lee Michaels and his drummer Frosty. The Byrds,(saw them on LSD). Blue Mountain Eagle. Paul Butterfield Band, Pauls' harmonica playing was killer. Joe Cocker and his Grease band on their first U.S. tour. Jethro Tull on his first U.S. tour. Around 1970 Boyd became so big he moved his operation to the Seattle Center Coliseum now known as the Key Arena, and founded a company called Concerts West. At the Coliseum I saw Jimi Hendrix, Yes on their first U.S. tour. They opened for Jethro Tull and blew Jethro Tull out the window. Santana, Chicago, KC & the Sunshine Band. And of course Zeppelin. Saw Paul McCartney and Wings at Seattle's King Dome in 1976. In the early 80's, saw Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones at the Dome as well. Boy, life sure goes fast.
and Zeppelin replaced B,S,& T's as the opener when they hit the west coast. Yes I was lucky, but painfully lucky at that time period. Worst time of my life. At the time, I was living in a run down "skid road" hotel that I co-manged with my alcoholic mother in Seattle's Chinatown. My only salvation that prevented me from slipping into darkness were rock concerts. Big time. For those youngsters from the Pacific Northwest in their late 30's to mid 40's reading this thread, who think the Show Box in downtown Seattle at 1st & Pike is the greatest rock auditorium in Seattle's history, are dead wrong. Let me educate you. Your going to love this. Lets go back to 1966 when a little known man named Boyd Grafmyre, known as the Bill Graham of the Northwest, took over an auditorium at 7th & Union in downtown Seattle called Eagles Auditorium. The rock bands that played Eagles at the time were the greatest rock bands in the world. Here are the groups I saw at Eagles. The Youngbloods with Jesse Colin Young. The Steve Miller Band. The original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green. Lee Michaels and his drummer Frosty. The Byrds,(saw them on LSD). Blue Mountain Eagle. Paul Butterfield Band, Pauls' harmonica playing was killer. Joe Cocker and his Grease band on their first U.S. tour. Jethro Tull on his first U.S. tour. Around 1970 Boyd became so big he moved his operation to the Seattle Center Coliseum now known as the Key Arena, and founded a company called Concerts West. At the Coliseum I saw Jimi Hendrix, Yes on their first U.S. tour. They opened for Jethro Tull and blew Jethro Tull out the window. Santana, Chicago, KC & the Sunshine Band. And of course Zeppelin. Saw Paul McCartney and Wings at Seattle's King Dome in 1976. In the early 80's, saw Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones at the Dome as well. Boy, life sure goes fast.
