'they blew'em off the stage'

Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet Band (the tour their "Live Bullet" came from), opening for the Doobie Brothers, maybe 1976.

In 1968 I was at a concert at the Garden State Arts Center with the bill being CHicago as headliner and Iron Butterfly ( go on, laugh). Iron Butterfly absolutely blew Chicago away. CHicago appeared ill-prepared and unrehearsed, Terry Kath broke a string and seemed unable to comepensate for it until the end of the song when he had a roadie give him another guitar. I heard Chicago about a year later in Asbury Park's Convention Hall, and they seemd like a totally different band, much tighter and with much improved sound. Go figure.--Mrmitch

I meant Bob Seger, not Seeger (obviously).

Black & Blue Tour at the Garden (79 or 80); Blue Oyster Cult totally blew away Sabbath (Ronnie James Dio--not Ozzie). First time I saw BOC and they made Dio/Sabbath look absolutely terrible. Made me a BOC fan.

Again back in the day I saw Bruce Springsteen open for Winter Consort, apples to oranges, but it still was no contest. A favorite was the TRIPLE billing of the original YES (3rd), original Humble Pie (2nd), and Black Sabbath. The night before Yes and the Pie destroyed Sabbath so the night I went they cancelled!! Talk about a rockin' night!