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'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.
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tpreaves
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06-05-12: Hotmailjbc
84 in kansas city stevie ray vaughn opened for huey lewis and the news. after 15 minutes of huey wantin a new drug the place was empty......absurd combination for a concert.

06-06-12: Styxtrekr
Savoy Brown opening for Iron Butterfly, Iron Butterfly didnt stand a chance after Savoy Brown Boogie

I can see why in both cases !!!!
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kennyt
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Best surprise I ever got was 1984 Roy Buchanan warmed up for Robin Trower at the old Capital Theater in Passaic New Jersey.

Insane how good Roy was! He truly blew Robin Trower away!
unsound
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Philojet, sorry for the late reply, just saw this thread again after a long time. Again I wasn't there, but from what I understand the Monkees teeny bopper fans nearly booed Hendrix off the stage.
Audiofeil, couldn't agree more re: Mott The Hoople, even their best songs were penned by others.
mateored
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In the late 80's/early 90's, Fishbone played with tons of bands and blew them ALL off the stage. Incredible musicianship and ridiculous energy.
richardfinegold
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I was at a Chicago Symphony concert recently where the first piece, Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings, completely upstaged the main event, Shostakovich's 5th Symphony.
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