'they blew'em off the stage'


what concerts have you attended, where the warm up act blew the headliners away.....my examples...brownville station upstaging zz top to the point where people where chanting 'brownsville station!' during the littl ol' band from texas' set.....another..t.rex upstaging lynyrd skynyrd(yes there really was such a show), and the grass roots upstaging cream.
jaybo
Ike & Tina Turner with the Ikettes at Madison Square Gardens were the "warm up" group for the Stones MANY years ago !
I have two.The first one I saw. August 16 1977 Montreal Forum.
J Geils Band opening for Peter Frampton
The second was one I didn't see but read about,
Miles Davis opening for Steve Millar Band, around 1970. As I recall,Miles was to open for Miller on a few consecutive nights. By the second night he showed up"late"he wasn't going to open for that mother%@#% he was quoted saying!
Montejay -- I also witnesses Geils open for Frampton in '77 (in Miami), and yes, they blew Frampton away.
Rnm4. I remember it was at a time when Frampton was at his peak fame wise and was a huge live act. Geils takes the stage whipping the crowd to a frenzy with the energy they brought. By the time Frampton appeared there was no way he was at the right concert venue for his show. I remember feeling sorry for him but Geils was amazing!
Pink Floyd (opened for Savoy Brown) at the Electric Factory in Phila - Sat 9/26/70

An unknown band, ELP (touring in support of their first album) opened for Procol Harum at the Phila Spectrum Sun 4/25/71 - Keith playing the keys with knives, standing on the organ rocking the bejesus outta it, throwing knives at the speaker columns etc etc. Procol was sheepish, they knew they had a tough act to follow.