'they blew'em off the stage'

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.

When I was in high school in the 1970's I saw Bruce Springsteen open for Chicago at the Spectrum in Philly. I wouldn't say that Springsteen blew Chicago off the stage... In fact, nobody knew who he was back then and after a few songs people started to get ugly and boo. Not nice!

Led Zepplin's debut(in the States) blew away Spirit(I think it was the Filmore West.). Lonnie Mack blew away Edgar Winter at the Filmore West. Grateful Dead blew away the Band-New Year's Eve at the Civic Auditorium in S.F.