'they blew'em off the stage'

Calbrs03
I also saw AC/DC on the same tour (seattle 1978) Cat Scratch Fever i think and AC/DC with Bon Scott blew both Ted Nugnet and Cheap Trick away.

I saw a triple bill in the Paramount in Seattle (1979?) with Wireless, Judas Preist and UFO as the headliner. Judas Preist was unbelievable they killed UFO (no michael schenker, he had just left UFO) no contest. We were in the third row over to right in front of the speakers and ears rang for 2 days.

On the odd combo side

Toots & The Maytalls opened for The Who on the Quadraphrenia tour. This may have worked in England, but at that time the crowd in Detroit (Pontiac, actually) wasn't very receptive. They literally booed Toots off the stage. The Who followed with the worst set I've ever seen them deliver.

odd pairing..both great...redbone, charles lloyd

Hatpanley
That was 1978? Ouch.

T bone
I often saw the Hooters at the Main Line Cabaret. Fun bar band. Phillips Hall at West Chester University had some great shows around the same time. Marshall Crenshaw played for maybe 13 people counting myself--the guy was just fantastic. King Crimson played there, too. And the Pretenders once just before they hit it big, once after. The first time, a tiny, drunken Pete Farndon punched-out a bouncer in the parking lot after the show. Lunatic.

This is a great thread. Sorry for sidetracking it.

Odd couple: The Blasters and UB40 at the Mann in Philadelphia.