'they blew'em off the stage'

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.

Martkyl,

I was at that show in Detroit Dec 1975 (I still have the ticket stub - $6.50) and Toots & The Maytalls had bottles thrown at them! Nobody knew who they were and Reggea and the Who do not mix IMO. FWIW I always thought the Who that evening was the best rock concert I had ever seem and I have seen them 3 times since.