'they blew'em off the stage'

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.

Philo,

I'm glad that you have fond memories of the show. I remember 3 unpleasant things (in addition to the flying bottles!) abou that concert:

1 - The band seemed pissed off from the start - I assumed they didn't like the glass assault on Toots.

2 - Kenny Jones had just replaced Keith and IMHO he didn't pull it off.

3 - It seemed like 1/2 the music was taped accompaniement.

Different strokes and all, but I've seen the band once before that show and 3 times since then and much preffered the other concerts. But, again, that is only MHO.

Marty

Marty,

My mistake, when I saw them Keith Moon played the drums. You must have seen them later as Keith Moon died in 1978

sorry..

Aug, 1970 saw the orginal Allman Brothers Band open for Canned Heat. The crowd literally wouldn't let the Allman Brothers leave the stage and they ended up doing three encores. By the time Canned Heat hit the stage, they did about 3 or 4 songs before calling it quits. Of course, by that time about half the audiences had already left.